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Dominica Cocuzza hits the ball against USC Upstate in 2018.
Todd Drexler
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Charleston Southern CSO 6-19
11
Winner North Florida UNF 10-8
Charleston Southern CSO
6-19
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Final
11
North Florida UNF
10-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Charleston Southern CSO 0 1 1 0 1 3 6 2
North Florida UNF 2 0 3 1 5 11 11 1

W: Matzko, Sydney (4-4) L: PILGRIM, Arizona (3-10)

Game Recap: Softball |

Bats Get Hot as Softball Downs Charleston Southern


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Behind two clutch hits from senior Dominica Cocuzza and seven strikeouts from Sydney Matzko, the North Florida softball team took down Charleston Southern, 11-3, in five innings on Saturday evening at the UNF Softball Field.

Pitchers of Record:
Win | Matzko (4-4)
Loss | Arizona Pilgrim (3-10)

How it Happened:
  • Three walks in the first inning loaded the bases before a sac fly from Paige Pfent put the first run up. A bloop single to short right field from Veronika Klimplova brought in Cocuzza for the 2-0 lead.
  • Charleston Southern evened the score with a run in the second and third before the Ospreys put up a three-spot in the bottom of the third.
  • Cocuzza slammed her second home run of the season over the left field wall to score two. Taylor Engman led off the inning with a double. Later in the inning, Rindy Bryant sent a single to left field to score Navia Penrod who reached on a single of her own.
  • In the fourth, Tiffany Lower sent the second home run of the game in almost identical fashion to make it a 6-2 game.
  • The Buccaneers added another run in their side of the fifth, but North Florida got hot in the fifth to run-rule the visitors.
  • A single, error and walk loaded the bases before another walk made it 7-3 for UNF.
  • With the bases loaded, Engman hit her second double of the day down the left line to score two. North Florida took the win when Cocuzza stepped in and hit a double off the fence to bring in the game-ending run.

Statistical Leaders:
UNF
  • Cocuzza | 2-for-3, 4 RBI, 2 R, 2B, HR
  • Lower | HR, BB, 3 R
  • Taylor Engman | 2B, 2 RBI
  • Matzko | 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K

Charleston Southern
  • Annie Bakehus | 2-for-3, 2 R
  • Caitlyn Emberson | 2-for-3, RBI

NOTES
  • The Ospreys had a season-high 11 RBI - the second double-figure RBI game of the season.
  • North Florida earned six walks to match a season-high.
  • Lower and Engman are both on five-game hit streaks.
  • All but one Osprey reached base at least once.
  • It is the fifth time this season that UNF recorded double digit hits (11).
  • This is the third time this year that North Florida has won in less than seven innings.

Up Next
UNF closes out its week against Presbyterian at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
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