FORT Myers, Fla. – The Owls traveled to Fort Myers, Fla., a community they last visited in the fall of 2022 to assist with the aftereffects of Hurricane Ian. Their return trip brought the Owls to the Florida Gulf Coast Invitational, and the Owls fell 4-2 to Lipscomb and 5-0 to tournament host FGCU.
The Owls will next have a revenge game versus Lipscomb,on Saturday at 2:30, and will then face Boston College in the 7 p.m. slot.
GAME ONE
Four hurlers were used in the morning contest, three of whom threw from the left side. Two factored into the decision, while Lipscomb’s righty closed out the game for a Bison save.
Lipscomb scored three runs before the Owls pulled within two on a Becca Jones run scoring double, plating Oliva Peterson, who led off the inning with a walk and moved to second on a Zoey Jones single. Lipscomb would get the run back in the top half of the fifth and see the Owls challenge again with a Cammeo Presutti leadoff triple, but was held to just one run.
NOTES/STATS
- Zoey Jones was the lone Owl with multiple hits going 2-for-3
- Becca Jones and Olivia Peterson were credited with FAU’s RBI
- Becca Jones collected a double and Presutti add a triple, respectively
- Summer Clark threw three innings and took the loss, allowing one run, she was relieved in the fourth by Lynn Gardner, who gave up three
GAME TWO
Ultimately, it was extra base hits that doomed FAU in game two. FGCU capitalized on an FAU miscue followed by a two-run homer in the bottom of the third. They spotted the Eagles two more in the fourth an another in the sixth.
NOTES/STATS
- The Owls sent three pitchers to the circle starting with Gabby Sacco, who was relieved in the fourth by Ainsley Lambert, and Kelsey Endress tossed the sixth
NEXT UP
The Owls will continue play at the FGCU Classic on Saturday and Sunday and will then host the first Joan Joyce Classic featuring Boston College, North Carolina, Villanova and Wisconsin scheduled for Feb. 23-26 in Boca Raton.
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