
Photo by: Todd Drexler
@OspreySB Falls to Providence and Georgia Southern on Day One of Madeira Beach
2/19/2016 11:23:00 PM | Softball
MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. – The North Florida Softball team completed their first day of competition at the Madeira Beach Invitational, falling to Providence 3-0 and Georgia Southern 2-0.
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Note: The full box score from the Ospreys game against Providence will be added later.
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In the first game of the day, Providence took the early lead in the second inning with a solo home run. The Friars added another run in the third before pushing the lead to 3-0 in the top of the seventh.
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For the Ospreys, freshmen Navia Penrod and seniors Shelby Duncan and Katie Mandigo provided the hits for the Ospreys, with Duncan earning her second double of the season.
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In the second game of the day, Georgia Southern took the lead in the second inning with a solo home run before pushing the lead to 2-0 in the fourth on a sacrifice fly.
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The Ospreys only mustered one hit in the contest by junior Ashia Kerr. Junior Katie Beth Gordon threw a complete game in the circle, allowing just five hits while striking out two.
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The Ospreys play one game tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. against Villanova.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: HUNTLY, Taylor (1-0)
L: Jeffrey, Meghan (0-1)
Batting:
2B: RURKA, Julianne 1 ; PORTILLO, Vanessa 1 ; KEMP, Nadia 1
HR: PORTILLO, Vanessa 1
RBI: PORTILLO, Vanessa 2 ; LUTTRELL, Kelsi 1 ; KEMP, Nadia 1
SH: DERANEY, Danielle 1
Base Running:
RUNS: RURKA, Julianne 2 ; PORTILLO, Vanessa 1
SB: LEE, Emma 1 ; VELER, Brittney 1
CS: VELER, Brittney 1 ; LUTTRELL, Kelsi 1
HBP: LUNDSTROM, Nicole 1 ; DERANEY, Danielle 1 ; LUTTRELL, Kelsi 1
PO: DERANEY, Danielle 1

Batting:
2B: Duncan, Shelby 1
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