No. 24 Owls Sweep Shockers; Coach Clark Earns 100th Victory

Sunday, March 9

Boca Raton, Fla.

12 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

24-4, 3-0

Wichita State

10-12, 0-3

Wichita St.

Florida Atlantic

Photo by: Christian Proscia

3/9/2025 4:41:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

By: Ben Paul

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The No. 24 Florida Atlantic softball team completed the sweep in their first American Athletic Conference series of the season, defeating Wichita State 5-0 on Sunday for Head Coach Jordan Clark's career 100th win.

For the Owls (24-4, 3-0), two home runs were all that was needed to break the Shockers (10-12, 0-3 AAC). Junior pitcher Autumn Courtney checked in the third inning with a 2-0 lead and allowed just two hits the rest of the way. She improves to 12-1 on the season, responsible for half of FAU's wins.

THE BEGINNING

It did not take long for the Owls to put themselves on the scoreboard. A single from freshman Destiny Johns was followed by junior third baseman Jesiana Mora launching her third home run of the season to score both.

Making the start in the circle, senior Gabby Sacco pitched the first 2.1 innings, before making way for Courtney.

THE TURNING POINT

Courtney retired the final two Shockers batters of the third inning and stranded a baserunner. The defensive battle was in full swing with both teams trading four scoreless innings.

THE FINISH

First inning heroes Johns and Mora returned to the plate in the bottom of the sixth, each hitting back-to-back singles.

With two outs, junior Chloe Yeatts launched a bomb to left center field, her fourth home run of the season, to clear the bases and put the game out of reach.

QUOTABLE

Of course we had to do this postgame#WIP🏝️ pic.twitter.com/kikTdNiMHs
— Florida Atlantic Softball (@FAUSoftball) March 9, 2025

NOTES/NOTABLE

The Owls finished the series outscoring the Shockers 14-2.
Florida Atlantic is one of just two teams to remain undefeated in AAC play.
Courtney's 12 wins are the most in the conference. She also leads in lowest batting average allowed (.171) and strikeouts (86) and is second in ERA (1.86).
With the three-run blast, Yeatts takes the team lead in RBI with 28 on the season.
Mora's third home run of the season ties her career high.

UP NEXT

Florida Atlantic will take on their next AAC series, traveling to UAB (10-12, 1-1) from Friday, Mar. 14 to Sunday, Mar. 16. The first pitch for the opening game of the series is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. EST, airing on ESPN+.

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