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Brooks pointing to the dugout
Megan Fitzgerald
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S.C. Upstate UPST 20-28, 3-14 A-Sun
13
Winner North Florida UNF 34-17, 12-6 A-Sun
S.C. Upstate UPST
20-28, 3-14 A-Sun
6
Final
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North Florida UNF
34-17, 12-6 A-Sun
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
S.C. Upstate UPST 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 11 0
North Florida UNF 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 X 13 13 2

W: Naylor, Matthew (4-3) L: HATHAWAY, Bryan (2-1) S: Olmstead, Corbin (6)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Scott Fitzgerald | Athletic Communications

@OspreyBSB Completes Sweep in Home Finale

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Florida (34-17, 12-6 A-Sun) rallied for eight runs in the final three innings en route to a 13-6 victory over USC Upstate (20-28, 3-14 A-Sun). The win completes a three-game sweep of the Spartans in the final game at Harmon Stadium this season.
 
After the Ospreys jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the first two innings, the Spartans came back and tied the game up in the top fourth with back-to-back, two-out RBI singles by J.J. Shimko and Daniel Fickas. The Ospreys finally broke the 5-5 tie in the bottom of the sixth when Alex Merritt came through with a two-RBI single scoring Nick Karmeris and Corbin Olmstead giving the Ospreys a 7-5 lead.
 
The Ospreys never relinquished the lead from there and did not trail in any of the three games against USC Upstate this weekend. It marked the third-straight day the Ospreys had 10 or more hits, adding 13 more to their weekend total. The Ospreys improved to 27-3 when collecting 10-plus hits in a game.
 
After the Spartans pulled within a run in the top of the eighth, North Florida responded with a six-run bottom half. The big hit in the inning came off the bat of Keith Skinner who laced a three-run double down the right field line. The senior catcher finished the day 3-for-6 with three runs and four RBIs.
 
Olmstead came on to pitch in eighth inning and stranded the tying run on base. He recorded the final five outs and registered his team-leading sixth save of the season. At the plate, Olmstead finished off a monster weekend with a 4-for-5 effort. He scored a run and drove in his 52nd and 53rd runs of the year. Olmstead was 10-for-16 with a home run, four runs scored and six RBIs in three games against the Spartans.
 
The USC Upstate pitching staff struggled with control all afternoon walking 13 Osprey batters and hitting another two. Dakota Higdon and Chris Berry each walked four times, tying a North Florida single game record.
 
Junior Matthew Naylor was credited with his fourth win of the season after pitching 2.2 innings, allowing two hits and a run. He fanned three of the 10 batters he faced in his 28th appearance of the year. The win is his 12th in the last two seasons, the eighth most in the D-1 era.
 
Sophomore Matt Vaka made his fifth relief appearance of the year and didn't allow a run in 1.2 innings pitched. Making his second start of his career and second start of the week, right-hander Adam Polansky allowed three earned runs in three innings pitched while striking out two.
 
The Ospreys will wrap up their regular season schedule on the road when they travel to New Jersey for a three-game series with NJIT. The series will begin Thursday night at 6:00 p.m. at Riverfront Stadium.
 
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