Ospreys Travel to Florida A&M on Thursday

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Florida softball travels to Tallahassee on Thursday for its final non-conference game against Florida A&M.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION
North Florida (22-25) vs Florida A&M (19-23)

QUICK HITS

Heading into its final non-conference game, North Florida sits at 22-25 after grabbing a win from Lipscomb in game one of the series last weekend.
Junior Navia Penrod moved to second in the country with 66 hits and ranks 19th with her .440 batting average.
Penrod is on an eight-game hit streak - her longest of the season is 10. Senior Alex Arciola is on a four-game stretch.
Three Ospreys have reached safely in five or more contests including Penrod (8), Kayla McGory (6) and Arciola (5).
Junior Dominica Cocuzza ranks 21st in the country with 14 doubles and places first in the ASUN.
In the circle, Sydney Matzko is sits in fifth in the ASUN with 126 strikeouts. She is 11-16 on the year with a 2.12 ERA.
The last meeting against FAMU went into a marathon of 15 innings and the Ospreys came out victorious after a RBI single allowed Penrod to score the last run. Penrod helped UNF in the 9-8 win with three hits and two RBIs.

OPPONENT NOTES

The Rattlers are coming off a three-game sweep over Savannah State this past weekend.
Junior Lau Williams leads the team with a .359 batting average. She has 23 hits and two home runs on the season.
Classmates Tyra Bowers and Taylor Rosier are both batting above .300. Bowers records a team-best of 42 hits and 23 runs, while Rosier leads the team with seven doubles.
In the circle, Kyaira Brown is 13-9 on the year and posts a 2.74 ERA. She is on a nine-game winning streak.

LOOKING AHEAD
North Florida returns home for ASUN action as it hosts Stetson in a three-game series beginning Saturday, April 28 at 1 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Alex Arciola

Dominica Cocuzza

Sydney Matzko

Kayla McGory

Navia Penrod

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