HATTIESBURG, Miss. (May 13, 2017) -- FIU Softball got into its first Conference USA Tournament Championship, but lost 1-0 to Louisiana Tech Saturday afternoon at Southern Miss Softball Stadium. The loss ended an eight-game win streak and was the first time in program history losing to LA Tech in 10 games.
FIU is now 45-13, and will wait to find out if they can land the program's third at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. The selection show is Sunday night at 10 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2.
The two teams got locked into a battle of pitching and defense, with no hits in the first two innings and just six hits in the entire contest.