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Raymond Church scored four runs on Saturday including this one on Andy Mee's second-inning sacrifice fly. (FAUOwlAccess.com photo)

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FIU 11, FAU 9 Top-seeded FAU is eliminated from the Sun Belt Conference Tournament after losing to rival Florida International for the second time in two days.

Originally published on 5/29/2010

by Marcus Nelson

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Florida Atlantic was five outs away from advancing to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship game and one of its last orders of business Saturday against FIU was to retire shortstop Garrett Wittels one last time to end his 52-game hitting streak.

With one out in the eighth, the Owls allowed Wittels to keep his streak going, then surrended control of the game to the Golden Panthers, who defeated the Owls 11-9 after a late-game rally.

The loss eliminated the Owls from the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, but FAU is still likely headed to the NCAA Regionals with an at-large berth.

“It’s all part of it and you have to keep turning the page,” said FAU coach John McCormack. “It’s difficult sometimes, but when you are surrounded by guys like this it’s easy. They just kept coming ...

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Moving forward: 2B Raymond Church was 3-for-4 with a double, triple and homer. …3B Sean Bukovich was 2-for-4 with an RBI. ...The Owls turned three double plays

Moving backward: P Andy Mee blew a save opportunity and didn’t retire any of the four batters he faced. The Owls had runners thrown out on the basepaths in the fourth and fifth innings…

Stat Download: FIU won the season-series by taking three out of five from FAU. It’s the first time FAU has lost a season series to FIU since 2001.

Up Next: FAU will find out on Monday if it will earn an at-large berth into next week’s NCAA Regionals

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> Video: Church's big day not enough to stay alive
> GameBrowser: Quick hits and analysis
> Re-Tweet Replay: Our in-game Twitter updates
> Post-game interviews: HC McCormack, 2B Church, P Everist
> Boxscore: The game by the numbers
> SBC Tournament guide: Schedule, team-by-team capsules
> Photo Gallery: Shots from Murfreesboro
> Blue Wave Board: Talk about the SBC Tournament here

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