Behind a stellar performance from Junior Emily Lochten, Florida Atlantic softball won three out of four in their opening weekend series. Lochten finished the weekend with four scores, five hits, a home run and a RBI.
North Texas scored more runs in every inning of its game two victory, than it did in its game one defeat against No. 23 Florida Atlantic softball on Thursday night in Boca Raton.
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association and USA Softball have both announced their respective preseason polls, with Florida Atlantic softball starting the season at No. 23 in both rankings. The Owls finished the 2016 season with a 51-9 record and a Conference USA Championship, capped off by their second straight NCAA Tournament appearance.
As 2016 winds down to a close, it has been an up and down year for FAU sports. The Owls had teams vary from national champions to the worst in Conference USA and everything in between.
Ever since Conference USA’s softball coaches named Florida Atlantic the top team in the conference’s preseason poll, the Owls have been thought of as the best team in the league.
Florida Atlantic softball (47-7) finished its season with the fewest number of losses in program history, earning the team the top seed and an automatic two-round bye into the second day of the Conference USA Tournament, which began on Wednesday, May 11.
Florida Atlantic softball finished its regular season with a sweep over the University of Texas at San Antonio, extending its winning streak to 18 straight games.
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Junior pitcher Kylee Hanson fields a ground ball and throws to first base for an out.
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Florida Atlantic softball capped off its senior day celebration by winning the Conference USA regular season championship and sweeping Western Kentucky University over the weekend.
