FAU Baseball advances to their first ever C-USA tournament championship after defeating Rice 9-8 on a walk-off hit in the bottom of the 10th inning.
Trailing 8-5 heading into the bottom of the eighth No.3 FAU (40-16-1) scored four unanswered runs to pull out their second straight victory over Rice. It was the Owls third straight win-or-go home victory as well.
No. 7 Rice (26-31-2) fails to make it to their third straight conference tournament championship game, ending their season.
With one out in the bottom of the 10th on a 3-2 count designated hitter Jared DeSantolo hit a liner down the right field line scoring Eric Rivera all the way from first sending the team out onto the field for the long-awaited celebration at
After quickly falling behind 1-0 early FAU took the lead in the bottom half of the first scoring three runs on three hits.