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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

• Cocuzza | 2-for-3, 2B, RBI, R
• Klimplova | 1-for-3, 2B, R, RBI

Purdue

• Jenny Behan | 3-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI
• Sydney Bates | CG, 5 K, 2 ER

Up Next
UNF continues its weekend on Saturday against Georgetown at 11 a.m. followed by Manhattan at 1:30 p.m.