Three Florida Atlantic pitchers combined on a four-hitter Friday afternoon and the Owls defeated Old Dominion 6-2, eliminating the Monarchs from the Conference USA tournament at MGM Park.
After ODU's Kyle Battle singled to lead off the bottom of the first, FAU left-hander Jake Miednik retired the next 18 batters. In the meantime, the third-seeded Owls roughed up Monarchs starter Michael Blanchard (Nansemond River) and reliever Morgan Maguire for eight hits and five runs in 5.1 innings.
Second-seeded ODU broke though in the eighth, scoring a pair of runs on Battle's RBI single and when Vinnie Pasquantino reached on an error.