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Saturday, February 8, 2003
FIU and FAU to meet for
Schlotzsky's/ FIU Invitational championship
 ophomore
pitcher Amanda Nealer tossed a complete-game, two-hit
shutout as FIU advanced to the championship game of the Schlotzsky's/FIU
Invitational with a 1-0 victory over No. 22 Alabama (6-3).
The Golden Panthers (3-6) will face Florida Atlantic, Sunday
at one o'clock in the championship game. The Lady Owls (5-6)
took nine innings to defeat No. 16 Ohio State, 2-1, on a bases-loaded
RBI single by Callie Piper. Pitcher Candice Freel
when the distance, pitching nine innings of five hit softball.
Nealer (3-1), meanwhile, struck out eight and walked just
two, allowing only one Crimson Tide runner to reach third base
in the game.
The Golden Panthers scored the game's only run in the sixth
inning. Nicole Dubovik stole second base and scored on
a two-out single by Cindy Turek, who collected two of
FIU's four hits in the game.
Earlier in the day, FIU fell to FAU, 5-0. The Golden Panthers
managed just one hit in the game off Lady Owls freshman hurler
Amanda Morin, a sixth-inning leadoff single by Kristen
Perry. FIU would go on to load the bases, but Morin struck
out Golden Panthers catcher Marleah Stapf to end the threat. |