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Owls outslug Monmouth, 12-10, to sweep series

The crooked numbers piled up on the Florida Atlantic scoreboard as the minutes wasted away on Sunday afternoon, FAU and Monmouth trading home runs and pitching changes in their series finale.

In a three-hour and 39-minute game, the Owls outlasted the Hawks, 12-10 to earn a season-opening sweep. Sunday’s victory punctuated an offensive explosion for the Owls, who opened the season 3-0 for the third straight season.

“It’s a good thing that we had a little adversity, we fought through it and we came out on top,” FAU coach John McCormack said. “We see some things that we need to work on, better at-bats, we need to get our bunts down.