BOCA RATON, Fla. – (March 6, 2020) – Jacob Josey and Mitchell Hartigan combined to scatter eight Northeastern hits, as the Florida Atlantic University baseball team defeated the Huskies in the Friday night series opener between the two teams, 4-2 at FAU Baseball Stadium.
Quotable
Head Coach John McCormack:
“Jacob (Josey) got in trouble there in the third, and was able to minimize the damage to two runs, which was fantastic. And then we answered right back with the three-spot. Charlie Concannon, who has kind of been on the shelf, jumps in with the two-out … two-run single to get us going … Jacob really settled down and did great, and I thought Mitch (Hartigan) pitched well for not having a bunch of innings so far this year. It was a really good win.”
Full Opening Statement from Coach Mac
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The Turning Point
Northeastern (7-5) scored twice in the third, but as McCormack alluded to, could have had more before Josey induced a groundout to strand the bases loaded. In the FAU (9-4) fourth, Bobby Morgensen led off with a single, and Andru Summerall was hit by a pitch. A throwing error loaded the bases, but a fielder’s choice erased the lead runner and put two outs on the board. Charlie Concannon stepped up and deposited a single to center to tie it, with the go-ahead run scoring on a bases-loaded walk of Francisco Urbaez.
The Finish
Excluding the third inning, Josey allowed just two other hits, and stranded two with a fielder’s choice on his 100th pitch of the night to end the seventh. The Owls added a fourth run on a wild pitch in the eighth, sandwiched in between two scoreless innings by Hartigan for his second save of the year.
The Arms
· Josey (1-1) matched his career-long stint of seven innings, striking out a career-high seven
· Hartigan punched out three more Huskies, leaving two on in the ninth with a three-pitch strikeout of NU’s three-hole hitter
The Bats
· Concannon’s first hit as an Owl collected the grad transfer his first two FAU RBI as well
· Bobby Morgensen had three singles in four at-bats
· Andru Summerall scored twice
· In addition to his pitching line, Hartigan had a two-out single to extend the run-scoring eighth, while scoring a run in the third
What’s Next
The Owls and Huskies’ middle matchup of three takes place Saturday at 4 p.m., with the starting pitching matchup of Corey Ireson versus Sam Jacobsak.
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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.
