FAU Wins Second-Consecutive Series

Sunday, February 27

Boca Raton, Fla.

Noon

Florida Atlantic

5-3

Delaware

2-4

Delaware

Florida Atlantic

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Florida Atlantic

2/27/2022 7:42:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Timely hitting, consistent pitching and outstanding defense led to the Florida Atlantic University's baseball team's 5-1 victory over Delaware on Sunday.

The complete game effort moved FAU's record to 5-3 over Delaware who fell to 2-4. Capturing the series versus the Blue Hens marks the Owls' second series win during the 2022 season.

Quotable

Head Coach John McCormack on the game
"This is probably one of the more complete games that we have played," said John McCormack, FAU's head coach. "I think we turned three double plays. The day started off with Armando [Albert] making that diving play in the first inning to get us back into the dugout. We scored two here and two there. We tacked on the one, which was huge. I thought that along with Tibur [Rivero], Max [Martzolf] and Drum [Sam Drumheller] threw great. But I thought it was the most complete game we played all year. I'm really proud of the guys. It is good game to build on and we will go from there."

The Beginning

The Owls plated two runs in the bottom of the first after holding Delaware scoreless in the top half of the inning. Nolan Schanuel was hit drawing a two-out pass. He moved to third on a double by Jackson Ross. The duo then scored on Steven Loden's RBI single.

The Turning Point

Rivero tossed 5.2 scoreless inning scattering four hits. He relied on a stingy defense while recording three strikeouts and walking one. Drumheller pitched the final out of the sixth inning and all of the seventh. He allowed just one hit and walked one. Dante Visconte allowed an earned run on two hits and walked another.

The Finish

The Owls got the run back in the bottom of the eight. Catcher Shane Magrann hit a one-out double to right and scored on a Jalen DeBose single up the middle. Max Martzolf closed out the game for FAU with a scoreless ninth.

The Arms

Rivero started for the Owls and earned the 5-1 win to improve to 1-0 on the year
Rivero (5.2), Drumheller (1.1) and Martzolf (1.0), held the Blue Hens scoreless
Visconti threw the eighth, allowing Delaware its lone run

The Bats

Ross was 3-for-4 on the day with a run scored
Loden was 2-for-4 with two RBI and DeBose was 2-for-3 with two RBI
Four Owls belted doubles: Ross, Dylan Goldstein, Magrann and DeBose

What's Next

FAU will play host to a two-game mid-week series with Michigan on Tuesday, March 1 and Wednesday, March 2. Both games are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. The games will continue with a 12-game homestand played over 18 days.

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