BOCA RATON, Fla. – (March 7, 2020) – The Florida Atlantic University baseball team’s series with Northeastern evened up on Saturday as the Owls dropped a 10-7 decision to the Huskies. Sunday’s rubber matchup will determine the series winner.
Quotable
Head Coach John McCormack:
“Credit to Northeastern, I thought they played really well. We’ve certainly got to pitch better, we weren’t able to get out of innings. Offensively, we hit a few home runs, which is great, but other than that, the offense didn’t do much. We weren’t on base a lot, we weren’t making them make plays.”
Full Opening Statement from Coach Mac
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The Turning Point
The Owls (9-5) had a 4-1 lead heading into the fourth, but Northeastern (8-5) scored six unanswered runs in their next three at-bats for a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. The big hit was a two-out bases-clearing double in the sixth to snap a 4-4 tie.
The Finish
Nicholas Toney’s second two-run home run of the night, in the sixth, cut it the deficit to 7-6, but the Huskies immediately got both of those runs back in the top of the seventh. Another Owl homer, by Jackson Wenstrom to straightaway centerfield, led off the seventh, but that would be the last FAU run of the night. NU added a ninth-inning run and recorded a 1-2-3 bottom half to save the win.
The Arms
Corey Ireson started and pitched into the fifth, but left when the first two runners got on
Taking the loss was Adrien Reese (2-2)
Michael Schuler came on to face a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the ninth, but struck out the only two batters he faced to leave all three inherited runners on
The Bats
· Toney recorded the first two-home run game of his career and now has three on the season. His four RBI is a new career high
· Wenstrom’s home run was his second of the season. He scored twice as well
· Francisco Urbaez had two singles and scored a run
· Andru Summerall knocked in two runs with a single in the second
What’s Next
The rubber match Sunday begins at noon. FAU will send Dante Visconti to the mound to face off against Sebastian Keane of the Huskies.
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Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 4-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 52-28 victory over SMU in the 2019 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
