7 runs in the 6th doom UNF

Wednesday, April 2

Jacksonville, Fla.

6 p.m.

University of North Florida

UCF

UNF will try to end its three-game skid on Friday.

4/2/2008 7:48:02 PM | Softball

UCF rallies late for 7-0 win

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The University of North Florida softball team dropped a 7-0 contest to UCF Wednesday night at the UNF Softball Complex, falling victim to a UCF rally that saw seven runners cross the plate in the sixth inning of play.

The loss ended a streak for UNF (29-18) that saw it go 31 games without being shutout. UNF's last shutout was a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Notre Dame on Feb. 23.

While one streak ended for UNF, another continued for UCF (31-14), which won its 13^th game in a row behind a two-hit shutout from Allison Kime.

Kime (18-7) and UNF's Devyn Findley (16-9) were locked in pitcher's duel until a one-out error helped keep the sixth inning alive for the Knights. Findley was able to record a second out in the inning, but the error that loaded the bases finally came back to burn the Lady Ospreys when Lexi Gresham was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force in what proved to be the winning run.

Findley was finally chased from the game two batters later before Lindsay Dean provided the big blow in the inning with a grand slam that made it a 7-0 contest.

Kara Rutenbar reached base twice to lead the Lady Osprey offense, reaching on an error in the fourth inning to give UNF its first base runner of the game before collecting the team's second hit of the game with a leadoff single in the seventh inning.

Ashley Battaglia broke up Kime's bid for a no-hitter in the bottom of the fifth when she singled to left-center.

UNF enters an important stretch this weekend when it hosts conference foes Gardner-Webb (Friday) and USC Upstate (Saturday). Both doubleheaders start at 1 p.m.