FAMU Lady Rattlers Bow Out of NCAA With 7-2 Loss To FAU

GAINESVILLE, Florida  --  The Florida A&M Softball Team saw its' 2015 come to close her Saturday afternoon in a 7-2 loss to Florida Atlantic University in the elimination round of the NCAA Softball Regionals at the University of Florida's KSP Stadium.

Florida A&M (18-39) rallied from an early 2-0 deficit, by scoring single runs in the third and fourth innings to tie the game at 2-2.

In the third, Jessica Nathan socked a solo homer over the left field wall to slice the Owls' edge to 2-1, then in the fourth, FAMU starting pitcher Kenya Pereira, bashed an RBI double scoring Naesha Lewis for a 2-2 count.

Miesha McBride, who was waved home on the play, hesitated and was thrown out at the plate.

FAU (38-18-1), scored two runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth to close the game's scoring, and advance to the final game of the day, a 6:15 p.m. elimination final against Hofstra.

The winner will face Florida Sunday at 1 p.m. for the regional title.

FAMU REFLECTIONS: Head coach Veronica Wiggins reflected on the season just concluded following Saturday's game: "I am very proud of this team, especially the way we came back today and fought.

"When we do our exit interviews, we are going to look at what we need to do to improve, and to go farther in the NCAA playoffs.

"We accomplished a lot this season, but we can get better and want to take this team beyond the regionals,and I believe with the core of players coming back, and some of the incoming recruits we have, we will be able to do just that... That will be our focus for next year,"

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