University of North Florida
USC Upstate
LADY OSPREY SOFTBALL WEEKLY
4/2/2009 3:09:37 PM | Softball
Road tests loom for UNF
After getting a little time off this week thanks to a rainout, the
UNF (18-20, 5-5 A-Sun) comes into the week in fifth place in the Atlantic Sun Conference standings, two spots ahead of Upstate and three in front of JU.
The Lady Ospreys went a combined 2-2 against the teams last season, sweeping a doubleheader at home against JU while falling in a pair of games to USC Upstate at home.
Saturday's matchup will feature one of the best pitching duels of the year when Devyn Findley – the newly crowned career strikeout leader at UNF – squares off against the Spartans' Morgan Childers. Findley and Childers were both named preseason all-conference selections and are battling it out for the league lead in strikeouts this season.
UNF is looking to get back among the top ranks of the A-Sun after losing three of four in conference play last weekend. JU, on the other hand, captured its first three wins in the A-Sun last weekend while the Spartans swept a doubleheader at Stetson.
Schedule
Saturday at USC Upstate, 2 p.m.
Monday at
Wednesday vs. Bethune-Cookman (Single game only), 5 p.m.
Records
UNF: 18-20, 5-5 A-Sun
USC Upstate: 19-9, 3-5 A-Sun
Bethune-Cookman: 9-27
On the Air: ASUN.TV (USC Upstate and JU doubleheaders)
Live Stats: Click here (JU and Bethune-Cookman games)
Series Records:
USC Upstate (UNF trails 5-2),
Notables: The Lady Ospreys are 5-7 on the road this season and 3-3 in conference play away from home … this weekend's trip will be the third of the year to South Carolina for the Lady Ospreys … UNF is 2-2 this season against teams that call South Carolina home … Devyn Findley is the third UNF pitcher to reach 500 strikeouts in her career and is only 43 strikeouts away from becoming the first pitcher in UNF history to notch 600 in her career … Ashley Battaglia is sixth in the A-Sun with a .402 batting average and leads the league with 20 doubles … Battaglia will go into the weekend on a seven-game hitting streak … she is hitting .600 during that streak and has a hit in 24 of the 39 games she has played in this year … Battaglia is now second on UNF's single-season list for doubles and is only four away from tying the single-season mark set by Kelly Lee in 2001.
