For the past two weekends, Florida Atlantic left-hander Jake Miednik proved to be kryptonite to the Old Dominion batting order.
After shutting out the Owls for eight innings in the regular-season finale, Miednik tossed 7 1/3 innings of one-hit, shutout baseball Friday afternoon as third-seeded FAU stayed alive in the Conference USA Championship with a 6-2 victory over the second-seeded Monarchs.
“That’s two weeks in a row he’s thrown really good,” ODU coach Chris Finwood said. “We just couldn’t figure Miednik out. He threw more fastballs (Friday), and the wind was blowing in (at MGM Park), so it was going to be a tougher day.