Box Score MIAMI (May 18, 2013)  -  The FIU baseball team (25-29, 13-16 Sun Belt Conference) gave up nine runs over the first two innings as the Panthers fell to the Florida Atlantic Owls on Saturday, 12-1. FIU has clinched the No. 6 overall seed in the Sun Belt Tournament and will play the No. 3 seed Louisiana on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. ET.

FIU collected seven hits in the loss, with three of those coming from junior Zach Sweety. Sweety went 3-for-3 with a double, while freshman Edwin Rios homered to score FIU's only run. Sophomore Oscar Aguirre tacked on two hits in the loss.

The Owls got to FIU starter Alex Seibold in the first, as Geoff Jiminez homered to make it 1-0. Brendon Sanger had an RBI single later in the inning to up the score to 2-0.
The big inning for the Owls came in the second. All seven FAU runs were unearned due to a fielding miscue early in the inning that would prove costly. The inning was highlighted by a Levi Meyer home run. The Owls had a commanding 9-0 lead after three.

Rios provided the only FIU offensive production in the fourth inning with his seventh home run of the season.

The Owls would add three in the fifth to secure the 12-1, seven-inning victory.

The Panthers will be back in action on Wednesday at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, hosted by the University of Louisiana.

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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports, and is a proud member of the Sun Belt Conference and an affiliate member of Conference USA (men's soccer). Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including U.S. Century Bank Arena and Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium.

About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU is worlds ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission and enrolls nearly 48,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. More than 140,000 alumni live and work in South Florida. FIU is a member of the Sun Belt Conference and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu