Jared DeSantolo’s double into the right-field corner scored Eric Rivera from first base with the game-winning run as Florida Atlantic walked off with a 9-8 victory over Rice in 10 innings in a semifinal of the 2018 Conference USA Baseball Championship.
With the win, third-seeded FAU (40-16-1) earned a first-ever spot in a C-USA baseball championship title game and will be playing for their first postseason baseball championship since winning the Sun Belt Conference tournament title in 2013.
“It’s an amazing night, an amazing night,” FAU John McCormack said. “(Friday), when we got done, I told them, ‘You can make May 26, 2018, something that we talk about for the next 25 years, and we are.