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2018 FAU Softball Schedule
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FAU softball fell short 4-3 in their season opener on Thursday against Duke, but turned the tables in the second game with a 3-2 win.

This is the Blue Devils first season.

Madisyn Palmer drove in the first run of the season in game one, Sami Williams, with a bases loaded grounder to first, in the bottom of the third inning. Emily Lochten hit a solo home run to left field to pull within two. The third run of the game was the Owls’ second homer of the night this time off the bat of starting third baseman, then pitcher, Tatum Buckley. Buckley’s shot was to center. It was the third and final run for the Owls.

Kelsey Morris was the losing pitcher, only lasting three innings while giving up all four runs.

Buckley scored Palmer with a double to right field in the second game. Mia Olsen then drove in Buckley, giving the Owls their first lead of the season. Palmer then recorded her second RBI of the evening with a single to right.

Mia Olson took the win in the circle.

The Owls will host  both Michigan State and Bethune-Cookman on Friday night.
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FAU softball earned its second and third wins of the year Friday night with a 3-0 shutout against Michigan State and an 8-5 extra inning win against Bethune-Cookman. The Owls' record is now 3-1.

Tatum Buckley went 5-of-7 at the plate and tossed both victories. She knocked in three RBI and pitched the final three innings of game two.

Emily Lochten was 3-for-7 with a homer, three RBI, and a run scored on the day.

Florida Atlantic will take on Ohio State on Saturday at 6:00 PM.
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Owls softball team couldn’t keep up with Ohio State University’s premiere pitcher and fell to the Buckeyes 10-1 on Saturday night.

Mia Olson picked up the loss, leveling her record to 1-1.

Alex Acevedo had a pitch hit single for the Owls in the fifth inning to breakup the no-no. She then scored on a Buckeye fielding error.

Madisyn Palmer and Olsen both earn singles in the sixth and seventh, respectively, but the Owls couldn’t build on the momentum.

The Buckeyes outhit the Owls 13-3 for the evening overall.

Florida Atlantic (3-2) will take on host Bethune-Cookman once again for their final game of the FAU Classic on Sunday at 3:45 PM.

UPDATED SCHEDULE: 2018 FAU Softball Schedule - FAU Owl's Nest
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Could not hit their pitcher - we gave up 10 - in fast pitch - at home - ouch!!!!!

Put this one behind ya ladies - next game, and always strive to get better!!!
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The Owls finished off FAU Classic play with a 3-0 win over Bethune Cookman to conclude the sweep against the Daytona Beach rival.

Tatum Buckley threw a complete effort int he circle and allowed just one Wildcat hit on the day.

Mia Olsen gave FAU a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first with a single that plated a pair of Owls. An RBI flyout by Alex Aceveto later in the 6th added an insurance run that would nto be needed.

Despite producing exactly as many runs as they allowed (21) Florida Atalntic comes away with  4-2 overall mark for the tournament.

FAU will next hit the road for a five game stint in Clearwater starting Friday. Opponents include Oakland, Oklahoma State,Tennessee, Umass-Lowell, and Missouri.

UPDATED SCHEDULE: 2018 FAU Softball Schedule - FAU Owl's Nest
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These ladies play a rigorous schedule. Doing great. Keep it up.
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The FAU softball team lost two hard-fought games at the Michelle Smith Pediatric Cancer Invitational on Friday.

The Owls fell to Oakland 9-8 in their first game and 5-3 to no. 19 Oklahoma State in the second.

FAU now stands at 4-4 on the season.

Madisyn Palmer went 2-4 with five RBI in game one, including her first career homerun, which was a grand slam.

Mia Olson threw a complete game four-hitter in game two, but took the loss in the circle.

The Owls will next take on Tennessee and UMass-Lowell on Saturday at 12:30 and 3:00 PM respectively.

UPDATED SCHEDULE: 2018 FAU Softball Schedule - FAU Owl's Nest
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The softball team bounced back from a tough first day at the Michelle Smith Pediatric Cancer Invitational with a 3-2 win over #10 Tennessee and a 4-0 triumph over UMass-Lowell on Saturday. After losing both games on Friday night, Saturday’s results put the Owls back over .500 for the year at 6-4.

Tatum Buckley’s solo shot gave FAU a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning of game one. Former Volunteer Kelsey Morrison doubled the cushion when she led off the bottom of the second with a solo homerun of her own. A pair of doubles for the Volunteers trimmed the margin in half in the top of the third. Tennessee tied the game in the sixth but had the go-ahead run thrown out at the plate. FAU regained the lead in the bottom half of the frame when Emily Lochten beat the throw home on a Buckley grounder to put the Owls up 3-2. Mia Olson worked a perfect top of the seventh to earn the complete game victory.

Alex Miller drove in Lauren Whitt with a base hit to center in the top of the second to give the Owls a 1-0 lead in game two. The next inning, Madisyn Palmer singled, stole second and third, then scored on a Tatum Buckley sacrifice fly to increase the margin to 2-0. FAU doubled its advantage again in the top of the seventh. Sami Williams bunted her way on, then stole second before coming around to cross home plate on Palmer’s RBI double.  Palmer stole her third base of the day, then scored to make the score 4-0.

The Owls conclude tournament action on Sunday when they play Missouri at 11:15 AM.

UPDATED SCHEDULE: 2018 FAU Softball Schedule - FAU Owl's Nest
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Hey guys, how about some more props and attention for the Lady Owls team - beat NUMBER 10 TENNESSEE, An ANNUAL TOP 10 NATIONAL POWER IN FAST PITCH!!!!

With Ms. Hanson's defection to FSU we lost our stud pitcher and will have to  win with the bats, thus losing to Oakland 8-9 but then beating UT!!!!! I wish her luck and all but sure do wish she would have stayed to make FAU a top 10 program! Hope we get to face her and beat her in the NCAA's!!!!!!
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