University of North Florida
Belmont
Ospreys head to Music City
3/13/2008 10:22:15 PM | Baseball
UNF will try to extend two-game A-Sun winning streak
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The University of North Florida baseball team will try to put a nice tune together when it heads to Nashville this weekend for a three-game series against Atlantic Sun Conference foe Belmont.
The Ospreys snapped a three-game winning streak on Wednesday night with a 7-1 loss to South Florida in Tampa, Fla. UNF did have more than one hit in an inning until the top of the ninth, when senior T.J. Gaudy and freshman Michael R. Smith had back-to-back singles. Smith's base hit drove sophomore Andrew Hannon in to score, who reached earlier on an error. UNF had won five of its last six games prior to Wednesday.
Belmont is coming off a 5-3 loss to Austin Peay in Nashville on Wednesday in a non-conference matchup. The Bruins notched just five hits in the game, led by Derek Wiley's solo home run. Belmont pitching allowed three home runs. The loss extended the Bruins' losing streak to five games. Jacksonville swept Belmont in a three-game series last weekend, which brought the Bruins' conference losing streak to five games.
What: UNF Baseball at Belmont
When: Friday, March 14 at 4 p.m. ET; Saturday, March 15 at 2 p.m. ET (DH)
Where: Greer Stadium (Nashville, Tenn.)
Records: UNF (8-5, 3-3 A-Sun), Belmont (4-9, 1-5 A-Sun)
Series History: UNF leads 5-2; UNF leads 2-1 in Nashville
Last Season's Series: UNF took two games out of three in Jacksonville, highlighted with its 19-3 win on April 6. Sophomore T.J. Thompson went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and a run scored, while both sophomores Andrew Hannon and Ryan Lowe hit their first career home run.
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Admission: Free
Notables: The Ospreys are on a two- game conference winning streak ... UNF won its first A- Sun series of the season last weekend in Jacksonville, taking two of three games from Lipscomb ... the Ospreys are 12-6 all-time against teams from Nashville ... Hannon is hitting .529 in A- Sun games with a .706 slugging percentage, seven RBIs and six runs scored ... the Ospreys will try a new weekend rotation, with junior RHP John Raiford getting the nod in game one on Friday ... Raiford is 1-0 with a 2.92 ERA this season and picked up a no- decision in his lone start this season against Presbyterian on March 5 ... sophomore LHP John Atteo will keep his spot in the rotation with the start in Saturday's first game ... the UNF coaching staff is still undecided on game three's starter.
