BOCA RATON, Fla. – Wichita State dropped its American Athletic Conference opener to the No. 24 Florida Atlantic Owls, 5-1, on Friday evening at FAU Softball Stadium.
It took until the third inning, but it was the Owls opening the scoring, bringing a runner in on a wild pitch in the bottom half of the inning to take a 1-0 lead.
After a leadoff triple from in the fifth, tied the game at 1-1 with a base hit up the middle. The Owls responded quickly in the bottom half, taking advantage of early walks and an error to score four runs in the inning, taking a 5-1 lead.