Late FAU rally falls short – schedule change

Next game:

Charlotte

03/18/2023 | 3 p.m.

March 18 (Sat) / 3 p.m.

Charlotte

History BOCA RATON, Fla. — The Florida Atlantic University Owls (18-9, 2-2 C-USA) hosted their first Conference USA 2023 contest, but St. FAU side with Charlotte (14-11, 3-1 C-USA) taking the game 8-2.

The Owls allowed a run in the first and then saw Charlotte take a seven-point lead before the Owls could respond with two runs late in the sixth.

FAU’s Abby Ota opened the seventh with a single to left center and moved to second on a walk from Maya Amm with two outs. Zoey Jones then picked the middle to score Ota, before Amm later scored on a Kaitlyn Cunningham single.

Summer Clark drew and then came back in the fourth to close the game, but took the loss, falling to 5-3 on the season. Lynn Gardner attended a relief action and recorded three strikeouts, but was charged with four earned runs. night Jesiana Mora, Ota, Becca Jones, Sommer Baker, as well as Zoey Jones and Cunningham also added hits in The Owls Have A Schedule Change. FAU will host a doubleheader on Saturday, starting at 1 p.m., due to bad weather forecast for Sunday.

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