Ospreys Split to Open Madeira Beach Invite

Friday, February 22

Madeira Beach, Fla.

11:00 a.m.

University of North Florida

5-4

Albany

0-1

North Florida

UAlbany

Action shot of Paige Pfent tagging a runner at home plate.

Pfent was huge in game one, going 3-for-3 with 2 RBI.

2/22/2019 5:46:00 PM | Softball

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MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. - North Florida softball split the opening day of the Madeira Beach Invitational as the Ospreys took down Albany, 4-1, before falling 5-2 to Purdue in the second game on Friday afternoon.

Game 1: UNF 4, Albany 1

Pitchers of Record
UNF | Morgan Blourne (1-1)
UA | Maranda Jimenez (0-1)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1

Both teams stayed silent through four complete until the Ospreys took advantage of a wild inning in the fifth.
Rindy Bryant led off with a walk before moving on a sac bunt.
Navia Penrod then pulled a short infield hit near the shortstop who tried to get Bryant at second, but she was able to advance for runners on the corners.
Mary Rodriguez came in to bat in the two-hole and set down a sac bunt right in front of the plate, but all of the runners came out unscathed to load the pond.
Albany got the next batter on a fly out before a passed ball allowed runners to move and UNF to take the 1-0 advantage.
Freshman Paige Pfent then sent a deep ball to right field for a stand-up triple to score two for the 3-0 advantage.
To end the scoring, Dominica Cocuzza sent an RBI single to the left for the 4-0 run.
The Danes got one the board in the sixth on two hits and an Osprey error.
Blourne got the win, tossing the complete game with three strikeouts and no walks.

Statistical Leaders
UNF

Pfent | 3-for-3, 2 RBI
Cocuzza | 2-for-3, RBI
Blourne | CG, 5 H, 3 K

Albany

Aliyah Wade | 1-for-3, R
Kelly Barkevich | 1-for-3, RBI

Purdue 5, UNF 2

Pitchers of Record:
Purdue | Bates (2-1)
UNF | Sydney Matzko (2-3)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Purdue tacked on a run in each of first three innings of the game before the Ospreys answered with a pair of scores in the third.
Veronika Klimpova laced an RBI double and Cocuzza plated another with an infield-RBI single in the bottom of the third, cutting the Boilermaker lead to one.
The Boilermakers opened the game up with two scores on a pair of doubles and a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning.
The Ospreys' best threat the rest of the way came in the sixth with a Katelin Davis single, but a double play stalled the comeback and then Purdue sat down UNF in order in the seventh.

Statistical Leaders
UNF