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Winner North Florida UNF 13-9
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Final
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North Florida UNF
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Radford RAD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
North Florida UNF 0 0 1 2 0 2 X 5 10 0

W: Matzko,S (7-5) L: Morrow, Abby (9-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

RADFORD FALLS TO NORTH FLORIDA ON WEDNESDAY



GAME INFORMATION
  • Score: North Florida 5, Radford 1
  • Records: Ospreys (13-9) | Highlanders (14-8)
  • Location: UNF Softball Complex | Jacksonville, Fla.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Radford scored the first run of the game, but North Florida scored five unanswered as the Highlanders fell to the Ospreys, 5-1, on Wednesday night at UNF Softball Complex in Jacksonville, Fla.
 
Maggie Rowe, who had a 2-for-3 night, drove in the only run the Highlanders scored and it came in the third inning. Marissa Gagliano hit the ball into the left center field gap and was aboard with a stand-up double. Sofia Tapia, the next batter, reached with an infield single and moved Gagliano over the third. After a groundout, Rowe singled through the right side and scored Gagliano that gave Radford a 1-0 lead. The third out of the inning came from Osprey right fielder, Ashley Niesman, who threw out Tapia trying to score from second.
 
In the bottom half of the frame, Dominica Cocuzza tied the game at one with a deep fly ball out that scored Navia Penrod. The Ospreys took a 3-1 advantage in the fourth inning as the go-ahead run scored on a Highlander error and the other came on an RBI single from Megan Woodson.
 
Radford had at least one base runner in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. The Highlanders had a runner in scoring position in the sixth inning. However, they stranded two as a lineout and a groundout ended the threat.
 
UNF took advantage of the Highlanders leaving a couple of runners on base and scored the final two runs in the bottom of the sixth. The Ospreys scored their final two runs of the game on sacrifice flies –one to center field and the other to left field.
 
The Highlanders went down in order in the seventh.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Win: Sydney Matzko (7-5) | (7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER 0 BB, 2 K)
  • Loss: Abby Morrow (9-5) | (3.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K)
  • Six of the seven Highlander hits came from the top four hitters in the batting order.
  • Tapia and Rowe went 2-for-3 each. Rowe had the only Highlander RBI of the contest.
  • Gagliano and Talia Douglas, the one and three hitters in the lineup, had the other two hits.
  • Gagliano had the only extra-base hit, a double in the third inning. She also scored the lone run of the game.
  • Brianna Mills had the other hit for Radford.
  • Hannah Medlam was hit by a pitch twice and only recorded one at-bat.
  • The Highlanders did not draw any walks, but only struck out twice.
  • Kayla Huffman was the only Radford pitcher to pick up a strikeout.
  • The Ospreys had 10 hits and four of them came from the leadoff hitter, Navia Penrod. She went 4-for-4 and scored two runs.
  • Kaya McGory and Tiffany Lower had two hits each for UNF.

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