MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. - North Florida softball hit .380 for the day as it downed Georgetown, 10-1, and Manhattan, 9-1, on the second day of the Madeira Beach Invite on Saturday afternoon.

Game 1: UNF 10, Georgetown 1 (5 inn.)

Pitchers of Record
UNF | Morgan Blourne (2-1)
GU | Cassie Henning (0-1)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1

• The Ospreys used a huge first inning to take a lead it never relinquished. A pair of walks and a single from Taylor Engman loaded the bases for Paige Pfent. She sent a short hit to the infield who failed to make the out at third and allow the first run to score.
• Georgetown looked to take advantage of the inning with a double play, but North Florida didn't back down.
• On Kate Davis' walk, the Hoyas tried to throw down at third base, but the ball sailed into the outfield and allowed two more runs to come in.
• Makenzie Griffin and Rindy Bryant each tallied a single before coming around on Tiffany Lower's slam to left field for the 7-0 advantage.
• The Hoyas scratched across a run in the third, but that was all the offense they could muster as Morgan Blourne tossed the full game, fanning six and allowing just four hits
• North Florida added three more runs in the fifth thanks to a lead off home run from Griffin and a pair of RBI doubles from Penrod and classmate Dominica Cocuzza to put the run-rule in effect.
• Despite surrendering a double in the Georgetown side of the inning, the Ospreys got out of the frame unscathed to secure the win.

Statistical Leaders
UNF

• Lower | 2-for-3, 3 RBI
• Griffin | 2-for-3, 1 RBI
• Blourne | CG, 4 H, 6 K

Georgetown

• Savannah Jones, 2-for-2, 1 R

UNF 9, Manhattan 1 (6 inn.)

Pitchers of Record:
Manhattan | Kristo (0-1)
UNF | Morgan Clausen (2-1)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Jaspers struck first in the fourth with one run, but it was all they got as the UNF pitching staff combined to surrender just four total hits with five strikeouts.
• North Florida's big inning came in the fifth when it capitalized on several Manhattan miscues.
• A single from Davis and an error put two on for Lower to double down the line and take the 2-1 lead.
• Penrod followed with another double, moved over on a Jasper miscue on a strikeout for two on before a single from Cocuzza brought in the run.
• A walk loaded the bases for Davis' second single of the inning to bring in two more for the 6-1 advantage.
• In what turned out to be the final frame, the Ospreys tacked on three more runs in the sixth to secure the win.
• Lower led off with a walk and stole second before Penrod reached on an error that allowed Lower to move to third.
• Another steal from Penrod put two in scoring position and that they did when Cocuzza recorded her second hit of the day to bring in two for the 8-1 lead.
• The game ended as a fielder's choice turned into a botched throw allowing the game-winning run to come around and score.

Statistical Leaders
UNF

• Cocuzza | 2-for-4, 3 RBI
• Davis | 2-for-3, 2 RBI

Manhattan

• Annie Moore | 2-for-3, 1 R

NOTES
- Lower finished 3-for-5 with four runs scored and five RBI.
- Cocuzza hit .571 on 4-for-7 with four RBI and two runs scored. 
- The Osprey pitching staff posted a two-game ERA of 1.27 with 11 strikeouts and just five walks.
- Griffin's home run in the first game was the first of her career; Lower's was the fourth of her Osprey career.

Up Next
UNF closes out the weekend against Siena at 2 p.m.