FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Lynn baseball dropped the final game of its series against Nova Southeastern, 4-2, Sunday afternoon. Senior infielder AJ Orrico scored twice and stole a base to move into 10th place all time in Lynn history with 136 runs scored and 42 steals.  

Lynn is 21-26 overall in 2024.  

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

- A leadoff double led to a sac fly and 1-0 lead for NSU in the bottom of the first 

- The Fighting Knights tied it in the top of the third 

- AJ Orrico singled to left and later scored on Cole Fowler's triple 

- Nova regained the lead on a solo home run in the bottom of the inning 

- The Sharks added two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 4-1 lead 

- Orrico reached on an error and later scored on a wild pitch in the top of the fifth 

- Reliever Drew Clark entered with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh and recorded a strikeout to end the threat 

- Lynn went down in order in the top of the ninth for a 4-2 final 

FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS: 
- Orrico has started 47 games in each of the last three seasons, averaging 45 runs and 14 steals per year

- Peter Avino has multiple hits in eight of his last 14 games 

- Fowler hit his second triple of the season and owns a .920 OPS this season 

- Shawn Dougherty went 2-for-4 to raise his season batting average to .321 

- Clark struck out two over 1.1 scoreless innings to lower his season ERA to 2.70 

UP NEXT: 

- After a bye week, Lynn hosts No. 1 Tampa in its final series of the regular season, starting on Thursday, May 9 at 1:00 pm