UNF splits pair of pitchers' duels

Feb. 10, 2007

BOCA RATON, Fla.- The University of North Florida softball team finished the second day of play at the FAU Miken Invitational with a split, defeating Miami (Ohio) 2-1 in nine innings after dropping the first game of the day 2-0 to UCF.

Katie Brosky ran her record to 2-0 on the young season, winning a battle of ragged arms with Miami's Meredith Linch. Each pitcher threw more than 150 pitches in the nine-inning contest, with UNF pulling it out after a pair of Linch wild pitches led to a UNF run in the top of the ninth.

"Katie Brosky threw a good game and the defense played well behind her," UNF head coach Sonya wilmoth said. "I'm most impressed with the way we battled back after losing the first game of the day."

Brosky allowed only two hitsm while striking out five and walking three. Gwen Williams helped her secure the win, making a diving catch in short right field on a liner off the bat of Miami's Sarah Billstrom. That catch ended the contest, stranding a Miami runner on third base.

The Lady Ospreys (2-2) opened the scoring against Miami in the top of the second inning when Ashley Parenteau drove home Mallory Butler with an RBI double down the left field line.

The Redhawks tied the game with an unearned run in the bottom of the third when Ashley Nieman scored on a Heather Hyde error. All four runs that Brosky has allowed this season have been unearned.

Each team stranded a runner at third in the eighth inning before Amy Higgs scored the game winner in the ninth, moving from second to home on a pair of wild pitches.

Williams extended her hitting streak to four games with a 1-for-3 performance at the plate.

Allison Kime was a one-woman wrecking crew for UCF in the opener. Kime pitched a complete game two- hitter, while driving in what turned out to be the game winner and scoring a run on top of that.

Kime (2-0) and Tori Ahern (0-2) battled back and forth for the first five innings of action before Ahern was finally touched for a pair of runs. C.C. Alvarez started UCF's rally in the fifth with a double before eventually moving to third on a sacrifice bunt. Kime drove her home two batters later with an RBI single to left before scoring on a Shelly Frick double.

UNF threatened to score in the bottom of the fourth after Williams led off the inning with a single and eventually moved to third on a Lauren Pulling base hit. She was stranded there, however, as UNF only had five baserunners in the game. Williams and Pulling collected the only hits for UNF.

The Lady Ospreys will conclude play at FAU on Sunday.

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