LAFAYETTE, La. – It came down to the final inning against No. 15/17 Louisiana, but North Florida softball pushed across a run for the 1-0 win at Lamson Park on Saturday afternoon. The Ospreys dropped their first contest to Memphis.
QUICK GLANCE
Score: North Florida 0, Memphis 5 | North Florida 1, #15/17 Louisiana 0
Records: North Florida (8-8) | Memphis (6-4) | Louisiana (9-3
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Box Score (Game 1) |
Box Score (Game 2)
TOP PERFORMERS
- Junior Megan Woodson had the lone RBI of the day.
- Senior Ashley Niesman went 2-for-5 with a walk.
- Junior Sydney Matzko posted a 0.00 ERA for the day in 10.2 innings of work with seven hits, two walks and six strikeouts.
SAY WHAT
"I am so incredibly proud of this team. They played their hearts out and left everything they had on the field. Syd was lights out on the mound and our defense played great behind her. To be able to come into an environment like this and beat a nationally-ranked opponent is not easy and we played them with a lot of confidence. That was such an exciting game and really showed what this team is capable of."
- Head Coach Marcie Higgs
GAME 2 CAPSULE
- The game was quiet through six innings as both pitchers combined to allow seven hits.
- In the seventh, Ashley Niesman stroked a single to left field to put a runner on for Rindy Bryant.
- Bryant laid down a sac bunt, but it was misplayed and allowed Niesman to reach third.
- Niesman then scored on a squeeze play at the plate on a bunt from Woodson to bring in the game-winning run.
- Matzko (4-4) sat the final batters down in order. She finished with four hits and no walks, while striking out five in her sixth complete game of the year.
GAME 1 CAPSULE
- The Tigers got on the board in the fourth after a pair of fielding mistakes from the Ospreys and a hit by pitch loaded the bases.
- Memphis picked up its first two runs on a pair of bases loaded walks. The Tigers added an RBI-single followed by another walk to give them a 4-0 advantage.
- A one-out single plated the Tigers final run of the contest.
- The Ospreys best chance to score came in the second when they loaded the bases with one out before Memphis used a fly ball double play to get out of trouble.
- North Florida stranded seven base runners in the loss.
NEXT UP
North Florida closes its road trip in Lafayette against UMBC at 10 a.m. on Sunday morning.
