2/11/2024 | Softball | Box Score
BOCA RATON, Fla. – A Zoey Jones three-run homer powered Florida Atlantic’s softball team past Michigan State on Sunday morning by a 4-2 score.
The Owls (3-2) had scattered three hits through the first five innings and had used three pitchers to hold FAU within striking distance while waiting for the offense to find its momentum.
Trailing 2-0, Florida Atlantic’s Presley Leebrick, who was 2-for-3 on the day, led off the inning with a single to the left. Kiley Channell followed with a single to right, giving FAU its first back-to-back hit of the game. With runners on first and second, the Spartans worked a groundout, but the game tying runs were on second and third. Sophomore Jesiana Mora, who was 1-for-3, hit a line drive just over the glove of the leaping MSU second baseman to score one.
Cue the music for left-handed hitter senior first baseman Zoey Jones, who stepped to the plate with a howling wind to right that had wreaked havoc on hitters all morning. Jones belted her second homer of the weekend, driving in three runs and putting FAU up 4-2.
Owls’ reliever Ainsley Lambert then retired MSU one, two, three securing the team’s third win of the season, of which Lambert has two.
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Postgame interview with Head Coach Jordan Clark #WinningInParadise pic.twitter.com/4FAXf2aeQ1– Florida Atlantic Softball (@FAUSoftball) February 11, 2024
NOTES/NOTABLE
- Presley Leebrick and Kiley Channell were the multiple hit Owls, both gong 2-for-3 on the day
- Jesiana Mora was 1-for-3 and drove in the first run for FAU
- Zoey Jones hit her second home run of the weekend, added three RBI to her totals, including the game winner
- Florida Atlantic used three pitchers in the game. Kelsey Endress drew her first start, Trinity Schlotterbeck worked the next three, scattering four hits, allowing one earned run while striking out three and Ainsley Lambert closed out the final three innings to pick up the win, her second of the weekend. Lambert recorded three strikeouts opposed to one walk
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FAU will host its first mid-week game of the year on Tuesday at 4 p.m. versus North Florida on Joan Joyce Field.
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