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Baseball: Owls stunned in first playoff game to WKU

After blowing a late comeback, the Owls now face Rice to keep season hopes alive.

Mitchell Hartigan (#24) swings from home plate.

Erika Fletcher

May 25, 2023

The Florida Atlantic Owls (33-24,16-14 C-USA) were stunned by a late comeback from Western Kentucky University (WKU) Hilltoppers (32-24,16-14 C-USA) in the first round of the Conference USA tournament.

In the bottom of the first inning, WKU scored first with an RBI double down the line and a double play that would score another.

FAU would bounce back in the top of the third with the help of a two-run bomb by junior first baseman Nolan Schanuel.