JACKSONVILLE - North Florida softball won back-to-back games in walk-off fashion, taking down Stony Brook, 1-0 in nine innings before coming back in the seventh inning to beat Akron, 3-2.
Game 1 | UNF 1, Stony Brook 0 (9)
Pitchers of Record
- Win | Morgan Clausen (5-2) 9.0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 9 K
- Loss | Dawn Bodrug (3-1) 8.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
How it Happened
- Clausen came up big with the Ospreys' first perfect game since 2002. She fanned a career-high nine batters.
- Kayla McGory, Shannon Glover and Taylor Engman each tallied a hit for the Ospreys, while Glover, Ashley Goebel and Paige Pfent reached on a walk.
- With the international tiebreaker rule in effect in the eighth inning, neither team got anything before heading to the ninth.
- With a runner on second, the Seawolves moved it to third, but Clausen got the final batter swinging to send it to the bottom of the frame.
- McGory was placed on second and moved over on a ground out from Rebecca Koskey. Glover then laid down a perfect bunt, forcing the pitcher to field the ball and McGory slid under the tag at home to give UNF the win.
Game 2 | UNF 3, Akron 2
Pitchers of Record
Win |
Alyssa Dyhr (4-0) 4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K
Loss | Lexie Petrof (2-5) 6.2 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 K
How it Happened
- Akron scored in the first and third to lead 2-0 through the seventh inning.
- Alyssa Dyhr came in relief in the third and finished the game with just two hits surrendered.
- North Florida made it a game in the seventh with a two-out rally with one on first. A hit by pitch put two aboard for senior Rindy Bryant with a pinch-hit RBI single to put the Ospreys on the scoreboard.
- With two on, coach Marcie Higgs went back to the dug out to bring in Veronika Klimplova who also singled to center field to bring in Kayla Harper and put Bryant on second.
- The Ospreys went back to the top of the lineup when Taylor Engman singled up the middle to score the game-winning run.
NOTES
- North Florida is now on a five-game win streak.
- Glover hit .500 for the weekend and had the walk-off bunt against Stony Brook.
Up Next
North Florida now has time off as its next game is at home against Fairfield March 11.