BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The FIU softball team erased a 5-0 deficit with a five-run sixth inning before falling by a 9-5 margin in the opening matchup of a three-game conference set at Western Kentucky on Friday night.
The Panthers sixth-inning outburst was sparked by a three RBI double by , who finished the contest a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with three RBI. drove in another run on a fielder's choice and capped the scoring with a run-scoring single to left that deadlocked the score at 5-5.
Western Kentucky responded in the bottom half of the sixth with four runs to claim a 9-5 edge on the strength of `back-to-back home runs.