#SB Faces Dartmouth, FIU in Miami This Weekend

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MIAMI, Fla. – University of North Florida softball plays its final early season tournament of 2014 when the Ospreys face Dartmouth and FIU in this weekend's three-day FIU Tournament held at the FIU Softball Stadium.

"We are off to a great start this season and this weekend will be another good test for us," said head coach Marcie Hickey. "We have progressed a lot over the last couple of weeks. All aspects of the game are starting to come together for us and we are looking to hit out peak as we enter our conference schedule."

UNF comes off a mid-week 8-3 victory at Florida A&M on Wednesday night, scoring runs in five of the seven innings. Abby Tewey, who began her collegiate career at FIU, drove in three of the Ospreys' six RBI and also accounted for two hits and two runs scored. Meanwhile, Kaylie Wallace earned the win after pitching all 7.0 innings.

This weekend will be the Ospreys' third early season tournament. UNF has gone 4-1 at both of its previous two tournaments, including last weekend's Osprey Invitational. UNF is scheduled to play five games at this weekend's FIU Tournament with three against Dartmouth and two against FIU.

Dartmouth opens the 2014 season at this weekend's FIU Tournament. This is the first of four early season tournaments for the Big Green and their only to the state of Florida. Dartmouth is slated to travel to Virginia for the James Madison Tournament and California for tournaments at UC Santa Barbara and Loyola Marymount. Dartmouth graduated its top batter from a year ago in Hillary Hubert, but returns its next top six hitters, including Katie McEachern, who had 10 home runs and 38 RBI in 2013. In the circle, Kristen Rumley also returns after registering a 1.74 ERA and a 22-9 record as a sophomore. Rumley was also one of the top batters in 2013 with a .362 batting average and 55 hits.

UNF holds a 2-0 lead in the all-time series with Dartmouth. Both previous meetings have been at tournaments hosted by USF and took place in Clearwater, Fla. UNF won the first-ever meeting 3-0 on Mar. 19, 2010 at the USF "The Game" Tournament. In the most recent meeting, the Ospreys toppled Dartmouth 9-1 in six innings on Mar. 18, 2012 at the USF Invitational.

This is the third-straight home tournament for FIU, who begins 2014 with a 16-game homestand. The Panthers do not leave Miami until the Louisville Slugger Tournament hosted by Arizona State Feb. 28-Mar. 1. FIU heads into the weekend at 8-2, with its only losses being a one-run setback to DePaul on Feb. 9 and an 8-0 six-inning loss to Wisconsin on Feb. 15. Three Panthers already have three players with double-digit hits in Stephanie Texeira (14), Rebekah Sanchez (12) and Aleim Lopez (11). Texeira is hitting .500 with two homers through 10 games, while Lopez has 10 RBI and two home runs. Meanwhile, Cor Jenkins enters the weekend with a 1.48 ERA in 29.1 innings pitched and is 4-0 in the circle thus far.

FIU holds a 6-0 lead in the all-time series with the Ospreys. Last season, the Panthers swept a doubleheader at the UNF Softball Complex by winning both games on Mar. 13 with 6-3 scores.

The Ospreys begin the FIU Tournament on Friday against Dartmouth at 3 p.m., and FIU at 7 p.m. UNF faces Dartmouth again at 3 p.m., and FIU at 7 p.m., on Saturday and then ends the tournament on Sunday against Dartmouth at 11:30 a.m. Live stats will only be available for UNF's games against FIU.

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