The Owls (20-3) split with Robert Morris on day one of the 2016 Parents’ Weekend Tournament.

The Colonials connected for a two out 2RBI homer in their first at bat against FAU ace Kylee Hanson. That would prove to be enough to take the contest 2-1 despite Hanson's (8-2) two hit, 15 strikeout performance from the circle.

However, Florida Atlantic took revenge in game two with a 7-0 shutout, plating three runs in the 1st inning, solo scores in both the 2nd and 3rd frames, and a pair in the fifth.

Amanda Wilson (6-1) tossed a complete game allowing only three hits.

Tatum Buckley (2-3) and Madisyn Palmer (2-2) each had 2RBI for FAU.

The Owls will be off tomorrow, resuming action against Rutgers on Saturday at 6:00 PM in the first of two games.

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The FAU softball team dispatched Rutgers 7-1 in their early game on Saturday behind a complete game two-hit effort from Tatum Buckley.

Buckley kept her undefeated mark in tact, improving to 6-0 on the season with the win.

The Owls (21-3) assumed a 1-0 lead in the first inning before exploding four a quartet of scores later in the fourth off  a pair of singles, a walk, and a Scarlet Knight's (8-14) error.

RU would plate their only run in the 6th before Florida Atlantic answered with the game's final two runs in the top half of the 7th.

Carnesha Thompson was 2-2, with two runs scored and an RBI to lead the offense.

The Owls concluded Saturday's action with a 1-0 loss to #17 Minnesota, registering their only hitless outing of the season.

The effort comes on the heels of a previous low mark of three hits against Robert Morris set during a 2-1 loss Thursday to open 2016 Parents' Weekend play.

With only four losses for 2016, the Owls have now seen two in the last four games, and ironically three of the team's defeats have come with ace Kylee Hanson in the circle.

The Golden Gophers registed five hits for the game against Hanson to six strikeouts, with none producing scores aside from Sydney Fabian's homer in the third inning.

Florida Atlantic (21-4) wraps up tournament play tomorrow against LIU Brooklyn tomorrow at 3:45 PM.

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FAU lost the finale of the Parents’ Weekend Tournament 2-1 to LIU Brooklyn on Sunday.

The Owls dropped to 21-5 this season and have now experienced their first losing streak on the year after a 1-0 set back to #17 Minnesota on Saturday evening.

Christina Martinez, Carnesha Thompson and Tatum Buckley recorded hits for the Owls. Thompson scored FAU’s only run.

Florida Atlantic will next travel to Orlando to play Purdue and UCF on Tuesday, March 15.

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The Owls got back on track with a pair of wins on Tuesday, defeating Purdue 6-1 before a 2-0 victory in eight innings over UCF.

Delaney Rickey went 5-for-8 with 2 RBI on the day for FAU, and also scored two runs.

Florida Atlantic (23-5) will next open Conference USA play with a three-game series at Middle Tennessee.

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FAU softball secured their C-USA opening road series against MTSU with two wins on Saturday.

The Owls took care of the Blue Raiders (14-14, 2-3) 9-0 in six innings in game one, later defeating them by a final score of 3-1 in game two.

Melissa Martinez went 2-of-3 with 5 RBI in the opener, with her highlight being a three run shot over the fence in the 5th frame.

Kylee Hanson allowed just two hits while striking out six in a complete game effort and picked up her 10th win of the season in the process.

Emily Lochten blasted her team leading 8th homer on the year in game two, a two run effort which accompanied a 3rd inning ground out RBI and  combined to account for Florida Atlantic's (25-5, 2-0) total run tally in the contest.

Amanda Wilson (8-3) joined Hanson with a complete game for the tilt, while scattering five hits over the third through sixth innings of play.

The team will look for their third sweep of 2016 tomorrow at 12:00 PM in the final game of the series.

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The Owls completed the sweep against MTSU with a 7-0 victory on Sunday, and are now 26-5 on the year and 3-0 in conference play for the first time since 2008.

Kylee Hanson threw a complete game, two hit shutout for her 11th win of the year. She didn’t allow a runner to advance past first base.

Offensively, Alex Miller went 3-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored, and Mickey Bell had a single, a double, drove in a run and scored twice.

"We did a good job of coming out and getting ahead early and Kylee pitched really well despite the weather", said head Coach Joan Joyce.

Florida Atlantic outscored the Blue Raiders 19-1 for the weekend.

The Owls will next return to Boca Raton to host Southern Miss for a three-game series.

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FAU softball team is ranked 23rd in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) poll, which was released Tuesday. The national ranking is the first for FAU (26-5) since the 2004 season.

The Owls won all five of their games last week including a 2-0, eight-inning win over (RV) UCF and are off to their first 3-0 conference start since 2008.

They will open their C-USA home schedule this Friday against Southern Miss. at 4 p.m.

After a two hour rain delay, the no. 23 Florida Atlantic University softball team split a doubleheader with Southern Miss on Friday. The Owls (27-6, 4-1 Conference USA) beat the Golden Eagles 3-0 in game one, but lost game two 3-2.

Kylee Hanson threw a complete game, two hit shutout for her 12th win of the year in game one and Emily Lochten went 2-for-2 with a homerun, her ninth of the season, two RBI and two runs scored.

Despite giving up just four hits in game two Amanda Wilson dropped to 8-3 on the year, while six different Owls had hits in the contest.

The Owls and Golden Eagles will meet in the series finale on Saturday at 12:00 PM.

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The softball team clinched its weekend series over Southern Miss with a 3-2 win on Sunday. FAU improved to 28-6 overall and 5-1 in Conference USA play with the win. Southern Miss dropped to 16-18 and 3-6.

Carnesha Thompson, Melissa Martinez and Tatum Buckley all had RBI and Kylee Hanson threw a complete game to pick up her 13th win of the season.

The Owls will remain at home and next host La Tech for a three-game series which begins Saturday, April 2 at 4:00 PM.

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