Ospreys Travel South for Conference Play

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The North Florida softball team will play its second Atlantic Sun Conference doubleheader on Saturday, March 27, against Florida Gulf Coast at 2 p.m. in Fort Myers, Fla.

The Ospreys (15-18, 1-1 A-Sun) have won three in a row after their win against No. 16 Ohio State and their sweep of Georgia Southern on Wednesday. In North Florida's wins against Georgia Southern the Ospreys put up 16 runs on the scoreboard beating the Eagles 9-6 and then 7-0.

Even though UNF committed a season high four errors against GSU, the Ospreys are third in the conference with a .970 fielding percentage.

Through the navy blue and grey's three-game winning streak junior Stephany Hall has amassed a .444 batting average with two runs and three RBI and is hitting .300 with runners in scoring position. Sophomore Amanda Moseley has also stepped up, driving in four runs, along with senior Airen Payne contributing three RBI in the Ospreys' winning streak.

Overall, Junior Caroline Torre tops the leaderboard for the Ospreys with her .311 batting average and 18 RBI. Sophomore Britanie Block has collected a .288 batting average with 32 hits and 20 runs on the season. Block is tied for sixth along with Torre in the conference for hits and is tenth in runs scored.

In the pitching circle UNF is holding its opponents to a .232 batting average and a .218 average with runners on-base. North Florida's rotation has combines for an ERA of 2.21. In the last three games, Devyn Findley (11-9) gathered two wins holstering a 0.49 ERA. Overall she has a 1.69 ERA and is third in the conference in strikeouts (166) and seventh in ERA.

Sophomore Shaina Dent (4-9) in game two against Georgia Southern enjoyed a complete game shutout earning her fourth win of the season.

Florida Gulf Coast (15-19, 4-0 A-Sun) sits first in the conference standing with its four straight wins in conference play. The Eagles have swept Kennesaw State and Jacksonville.

The Eagles defeated the Dolphins Thursday night with the help of Hayley O'Mara's three-run home run in the first game, 6-4 and a pair of home runs in the second game to down Jacksonville, 6-0.

For FGCU, Courtney Platt (.365 BA/ .606 SLG/ .432 OBP) leads the team with eight home runs and Jessica Gary (.356 BA/ .722 SLG/ .512 OBP) is second with six; both leads an arsenal that is second in the conference in home runs with 23. The Eagles are out scoring their opponents 140 to 131.

Since playing Florida Gulf Coast at the Division I level the Ospreys have split the last two seasons.

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