The FAU Owls baseball team (24-13, 10-5 C-USA) faced the Western Kentucky University (WKU) Hilltoppers (13-22, 4-11 C-USA) in Boca Raton for a three-game series. The series took place from Thursday, April 14, through Saturday, April 16. FAU won all three games.
Game 1 (Thursday, April 14): FAU 5, WKU 3
The Owls won Thursday’s contest over WKU 5-3.
WKU built a hill quickly by plating all three of its runs in the first inning. Junior second baseman Tristin Garcia singled up the middle to lead off the game, and sophomore shortstop Aidan Gilroy slammed a ball past the right field wall for the first two runs of the game.