JACKSONVILLE – North Florida slipped to Notre Dame, dropping both games in the doubleheader, on a chilly evening at the UNF Softball Complex.

QUICK GLANCE
Score: North Florida 0, Notre Dame 4 | UNF 1, ND 3
Records: North Florida (13-13)| Notre Dame (15-8)

GAMEDAY MEDIA CENTER
BOX SCORE (Game 1) | BOX SCORE (Game 2)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Sophomore Kayla McGory as well as juniors Navia Penrod and Dominica Cocuzza each recorded two hits on the night.
• McGory also earned two walks with one stolen base.
• Sophomore pitcher Morgan Blourne tossed her first complete game of the season in game one.
• Sydney Matzko threw her 12th full game with eight hits, three runs - just one earned - and two strikeouts. She moves to 7-8 on the season.

GAME 1 CAPSULE

• North Florida mustered just two hits against freshman pitcher Alexis Holloway who struck out 10 in the win.
• Blourne held the Irish off the bases until the sixth inning. She gave up just four hits in the opening five frames.
• In the sixth, Notre Dame opened with a single and back-to-back fielder's choice bunts to load the bases. The Irish then hit consecutive sac flies to go up 2-0.
• The Irish closed out the seventh with two more runs on three hits and an error for the 4-0 lead.
• Holloway went the distance, walking five in addition to her 10 strikeouts. Her two hits given up were the first in 10 innings.
• Blourne finished with eight hits, one walk, two strikeouts and three earned runs.

GAME 2 CAPSULE

• The Ospreys stranded 11 runners on base in game two of the night.
• Notre Dame did not waste time as the Irish went ahead, 1-0, on an RBI single from Morgan Reed in the first.
• North Florida answered back in the second when freshman Taylor Scott came home on a throwing error from the Irish.
• The score was knotted for one inning before Notre Dame had another RBI single to go up 2-1.
• UNF's best chance to score came in the fifth when it loaded the bases, but Irish pitcher Katie Beriont got the ground out the end the threat.
• In the sixth, Notre Dame added to its lead again for the final score.
• Holloway came back in the game to get six straight outs to earn her first save of the year.

NEXT UP
North Florida heads out on the road for six games at the Clearwater Spring Break Classic starting on Friday against LIU Brooklyn at 4:15 p.m.