RUSTON, La. – Florida Atlantic University softball cruised to a 6-0 victory over Western Kentucky in the first round of the Conference USA Championship Tournament on Wednesday. The fourth-seeded Owls advanced to play top-seeded Charlotte tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. eastern / 2:30 p.m. central.
Gabby Sacco, the Conference USA Pitcher of the Year, delivered another stellar performance with a two-hit shutout. Sacco now stands at 19-6 on the campaign with a 1.49 ERA, and today was her 15th complete game of the season.
OWLS JUMP ON HILLTOPPERS
Olivia Peterson juiced a solo home run to right center field in the bottom of the second inning. The Second Team All-C-USA honoree ripped her team-leading seventh round-tripper of the season to get the scoring going.
Florida Atlantic kept the pressure on in the third and pushed over two more runs with a Maya Amm RBI single to right field. In the top of the fourth, the game entered a one-hour and 15-minute weather delay.
The delay did not slow down the Conference USA Pitcher of the Year, Sacco. Sacco had a runner on second with one out heading back into the game but kept the zero on the board and ended the fourth with a strikeout.
FAU kept its foot on the gas pedal, and scored one more in fifth with another Amm RBI, and two more in the sixth with a two-RBI base hit from Jesiana Mora.
STATS & NOTES
- Amm doubled up her season total in RBI, with three heading into today and three RBI in tonight’s game
- Peterson’s solo home run was her team-leading eighth of the season, while also leading the squad in RBIs now with 33
- Florida Atlantic’s offense now has 34 hits and 35 runs over the course of the last four games
- Riley Ennis had a strong game at the dish, going 2-3 with a double, walk and single
- Mora went 2-4 with two RBI and a run scored, while Cammeo Presutti went 2-4 with a run scored
- Sacco finished with a line of seven innings pitched, with only two singles, and two walks allowed while tallying four strikeouts
QUARTERFINALS TOMORROW
FAU is set to face the top seed, Charlotte, at 3:30 p.m. eastern time tomorrow.
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