Final Score: Radford 14, North Florida 8
Location: Harmon Stadium
Records: Radford 1-0 | North Florida 0-1
WP: Austin Gerber (1-0) | LP: Eddie Miller (0-1) | Save: None

The Short Story:  Radford tallied six unanswered runs in the final two innings to top the North Florida baseball team, 14-8, during opening day on Friday at Harmon Stadium.

LEADING OFF
- Seven of the nine Osprey batters had at least one hit in the game.
- Mac Wilson reached base in every at bat of the game, going 1-for-1 with two walks, a hit by pitch and two runs scored.
- Tanner Murphy went 2-for-4 with four RBIs, including a two-run home run in the second inning to put the Ospreys up 3-0.
- Wesley Weeks hit 2-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI.

HOW IT HAPPENED 
- UNF got on the scoreboard first during its first opportunity on a throwing error by the Radford shortstop.
- Murphy then extended the Osprey lead with a two-run home run to left center field that scored Wilson after he walked.
- Spencer Horwitz drove in the first run for the Highlanders with a double down the left field line that brought home Adam Whitacre.
- Andrew Szamski then tied the game with a single up that middle that scored two runs.
- Radford took the lead in the fourth inning plating five runs.
- The Ospreys responded the next inning with five runs of its own, beginning with a single to center field from Weeks that brought home Max Law.
- Making his collegiate debut, Raff Libuano then singled to the right side that scored Weeks.
- UNF came within a run when Murphy drove a single to right field that plated Rey Gonzalez.
- Wilson then tied the game on a passed ball.
- The Highlanders produced another five-run inning in the eighth inning.
- Colby Higgerson ended the scoring in the ninth with a sacrifice fly that drove in Whitacre.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Ospreys play game two of the series on Saturday at 2:05 p.m. before wrapping up the series on Sunday at 1:05 p.m.