Owls complete the sweep…game release via SID Justin Johnson:

Whitley Herb’s single drove in Carnesha Thompson and gave the Florida Atlantic University softball team a 4-3 win over UTEP in 11 innings on Saturday. The win completed a series sweep for the Owls.

FAU (30-21, 12-9 Conference USA) went up 2-0 in the first inning when Jordan Stovall tripled to right field, allowing Christina and Melissa Martinez to score. UTEP (15-30, 7-11) took the lead in the third inning on a three-run homerun that appeared to go foul, but was ruled a fair ball. The Owls tied the score in the bottom of the inning when Shelby Knox scored on throwing error by the Miner catcher.

UTEP put the go ahead run on base in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, but couldn’t change the score. In the 11th, Thompson singled, then stole second, putting the winning run in scoring position with two outs. Lindsey Shell beat out an infield base hit, setting the stage for Herb.

Herb singled to center, driving in Thompson’s game winning run. Samantha Messer threw five scoreless innings in relief for her 14th win of the season.

The Owls will take some time off for exams before wrapping up the regular season with a three-game series at Middle Tennessee. The series starts with a doubleheader on Saturday, May 3 at 2 p.m.

Way to go ladies, nice sweep!

The Softball team locked up a birth in the 2014 C-USA Tournament by taking a double header against Middle Tennessee on Saturday afternoon in Murfreesboro.

FAU (32-21, 14-9) scored five runs in the first three frames of game one before downing the Blue Raiders 8-0 in a shortened five inning affair. Samantha Messer (15-7) earned the win, tossing a complete effort while giving up just three hits.

In game two, Florida Atlantic took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the 2nd inning before MTSU answered with a three spot in the bottom half of the third.

The Owls narrowed the gap to just a score at 3-2 later in the 5th, but sealed matters in the 7th by plating three runs off Shelby Knox's double to right which brought home Jordan Stovall, Christina Martinez and Melissa Martinez.

Amanda Wilson (3.2IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 4K) notched the victory in game two after taking over for Kylee Hanson, and improved her record to 9-4 on the year.

Knox and Stovall had the hot bats on the day for FAU. Knox produced a 4-of-6 showing with 4RBI and a pair of runs scored, and Stovall posted a 3-of-7 effort with 4RBI and three runs scored.

The squad will look to complete regular season play with a series sweep over the Blue Raiders (10-44, 2-20) tomorrow at 1:00 PM.

Florida Atlantic will serve as host of the league tournament which begins on Thursday, May 8th.

The sweep was on Sunday, as the Owls conclude the regular season by winning 9-of-10! Game release via SID Justin Johnson:

The Florida Atlantic University softball team made use of the long ball to defeat Middle Tennessee 5-0 on Sunday. The victory completed a three-game sweep for the Owls.
  
With her twin sister Christina already on second, Melissa Martinez homered to left in the top of first inning to give FAU a 2-0 lead. The shot was the second of the season for the sophomore. Kathryn Spack added a two-run homerun of her own in the second inning, scoring Carnesha Thompson and pushing the Owls’ advantage to 4-0. Spack scored the final run of the game, advancing home on a Whitley Herb base hit in the top of the seventh.

In the circle, Amanda Wilson threw her third shutout of the season to improve to 10-4 on the year. She scattered six hits and struck out four in the win.

FAU ends the regular season with a 33-21 overall record and went 15-9 in their first season in Conference USA. The Owls will host the Conference USA Tournament, May 8-10 in Boca Raton, Florida.

FAU will face #5 North Texas Thursday at 6:30 PM on day one of the 2014 C-USA Tournament.

The teams did not meet during the regular season.

The FAU softball team lost to North Texas 5-4 in 10 innings on Thursday night during day one of the 2014 C-USA Championship.

After two scoreless innings, the Mean Green (31-21) took a 4-0 lead in the top of the third inning which was paced by a three run shot to left from 3B Jordan Terry.

However, the Owls wasted no time in countering as Shelby Knox’s SAC fly plated Christina Martinez before catcher Mickey Bell sent a long ball over the wall for another three runs to even the contest.

Matters would remain that way until the top of the 10th when UNT took advantage of an FAU error to post the winning run.

Florida Atlantic (33-22) placed the tying run on second in their final at bat, but could not cash in.

Junior pitcher Samantha Messer (15-8) threw a complete effort, giving up just one earned run.

Despite the loss, the Owls conclude the year with their best winning percentage since the 2007 season.