LEESBURG, Fla. - North Florida softball (11-5) found its groove with back-to-back shutout victories against Siena, 6-0, and Princeton, 7-0, during the final day of The Spring Games on Sunday, Feb. 27.
Morgan Clausen and
Halle Arends both made their third appearances on the weekend and did not disappoint, as they combined for 13 innings pitched, eight hits allowed, 12 strikeouts, and no runs allowed.
Kayla Harper also capped off a strong weekend with a hit in each game on Sunday to reach a .429 (6-for-14) batting average over the weekend with three runs and two RBI.
GAME 1 | UNF 6, SIENA 0
Clausen turned in another sharp performance fanning seven batters on 79 pitches to pick up her third win of the season.
Pitchers of Record
Win:
Morgan Clausen (3-2)
Loss: Ava Fitzmaurice (1-2)
Line Scores
SIENA | 0 R, 3 H, 1 E, 4 LOB
UNF | 6 R, 9 H, 0 E, 9 LOB
Behind the Line Score
- Clausen went six up and six down through the first two to get the Ospreys going on the defensive side of the game.
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Takiya London made the first big move of the game with an RBI triple.
- Harper then sent London home with a single through the left side to finish the second up two.
- UNF attacked again in the third after an
Abi Annett RBI single advanced runners take the 4-0 lead.
- The Ospreys continued to add on in the fourth with
Hayley Bejarano hitting a laser to center field to score
Hadlee Reichert from second.
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Shannon Glover put the icing on the cake in the sixth with a solo shot to center field to secure the first of two shutout wins.
Statistical Leaders
SIENA
- Antonia Alba | 1-2
- Isabella Pardo | 1-3
- Jocelyn Ulrich | 1-3
- Nicole Patille | 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 K, 57 pitches
UNF
- Abi Annett | 2-2, RBI, R
- Hayley Bejarano | 2-4, RBI, R
- Takiya London | 1-3, RBI, R
- Morgan Clausen | 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 7 K, 79 pitches
Notes
- Glover blasted her second home run of the season with her first being in the season-opener.
- Bejarano recorded back-to-back multi-hit games after doubling twice with 2 RBI against Rutgers on Saturday.
- Four stolen bases against the Saints is a new season-high for the Ospreys.
GAME 2 | UNF 7, PRINCETON 0
Arends pitched her way to another win this weekend after spinning a complete game with no runs allowed and five strikeouts against the Tigers.
Pitchers of Record
Win:
Halle Arends (5-1)
Loss: Alexis Laudenslager (0-3)
Line Scores
PU | 0 R, 5 H, 1 E, 6 LOB
UNF | 7 R, 8 H, 0 E, 4 LOB
Behind the Line Score
- UNF started strong on the defensive side, permitting only one hit through the first three innings.
- Ospreys struck first on the scoreboard when an attempt to catch the runner stealing second allowed London to score from third.
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Gianna Niemeier drove in the pinch runner,
Bailee Aguigui, after she stole second for UNF in the fourth.
- More damage was made in the fifth after back-to-back hits from Niemeier and Glover brought in a pair of run to go up five.
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Mackenzie Woods put a ball in play during the sixth that was able to score two more on a throwing error made by the Tigers.
- Arends shut down the Princeton offense in the seventh to finish her first complete-game win of the season.
Statistical Leaders
PRINCETON
- Adrienne Chang | 2-3
- Ashley McDonald | 1-3
- Alexis Laudenslager | 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 K, 45 pitches
UNF
Notes
- Ospreys held opponents at The Springs Games to three runs or less in four of five games.
- UNF combined for 23 runs over the past three games for the first time since Feb. 14-15, 2020.
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Paige Pfent extended her on-base streak to 30 games.
UP NEXT
The Ospreys will host their final regular-season tournament of the year when they play in the UNF-JU Spring Break Challenge next weekend from Mar. 4-6.
