#OspreySB Edges Mount St. Mary's in the Seventh

Thursday, February 27

Jacksonville, Fla.

3 p.m.

University of North Florida

14-3

Mount St. Mary's (Md.)

3-2

Mount St. Mary's

North Florida

2/27/2014 5:31:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

By: North Florida Athletics

Boxscore (PDF)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Kelly Wilson scored the game-winning run on a two-out, walk-off single by Abby Tewey in the seventh inning as University of North Florida softball topped Mount St. Mary's 3-2 Thursday afternoon at the UNF Softball Complex.

"We hit the ball pretty well and started out strong," said head coach Marcie Hickey. "We still need to do a better job on executing on the little things and group our hits a little better. We did well enough to get runners in scoring position, but could not get that last hit to really break the game open."

UNF went up 2-0 in the bottom of the second after Lexi Taylor's two-out hit to center field drove in both Tewey and Mariah Reynolds. However, Mount St. Mary's tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the fifth. Lindsey Ruhle brought home Holly Buckel from second for the Mount's first run. Ruhle later scored the game-tying run on a Marisa Mayes hit to right center.

Wilson led the seventh inning off with an infield single and then stole second, allowing the Ospreys to have a runner at second base for when Tewey hit eventual walk-off.

Cortney Radke came in relief for the final 2.0 innings and was credited with the win in order to move to 6-1 on the season. Radke limited the Mount to one hit and struck out one batter.

Sam Lichtner also came in relief and had the loss after pitching the final 2.2 innings. She allowed one run off four hits and struck out two.

UNF registered 11 hits in the game, which is the fourth time this season the Ospreys had double-digit hits. Four Ospreys – Ashia Kerr, Lexi Taylor, Tewey and Wilson – had two hits apiece. Taylor also had two RBI.

UNF returns to action this weekend with its Atlantic Sun-opening series. The Ospreys host Lipscomb in a three-game series Saturday and Sunday at the UNF Softball Complex. The series begins with a doubleheader on Saturday and first pitch is set for 1 p.m. Admission to all UNF softball home games is free.