JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida baseball continues its challenging 10-game home stand with a pair of midweek games. The Ospreys host No. 14/16 Florida Tuesday, while USF comes to Harmon Stadium Wednesday. Both opponents were in at least an NCAA Regional last season.

Pitching Matchup
Tuesday
UF | Brandon Sproat (RHP)
UNF | Ryan Jean (LHP)
 

OSPREYS vs. GATORS  - HARMON STADIUM | JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
GAME 9	Tuesday, March 1 - 6:05 p.m.
Season Series History	UF leads, 16-7
Last Meeting	Last Time: UF W, 3-1 (2.23.22 at UF)
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OSPREYS vs. BULLS  - HARMON STADIUM | JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
GAME 10	Wednesday, March 2 - 6:05 p.m.
Season Series History	UNF leads, 11-10
Last Meeting	Last Time: UNF W, 3-2 (3.23.21 at USF)
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Against The Opponent 
Florida:  Florida leads the all-time series, 16-7 ... North Florida and UF played down in Gainesville last Wednesday, with the Gators edging the Ospreys, 3-1 ... North Florida is 2-3 against the Gators in games played at Harmon Stadium ... UF came to UNF last February, with the Gators winning, 9-6 ... Abraham Sequera homered from both sides of the plate in that game.
USF: USF and UNF are meeting for the 22nd time ... the last time UNF hosted USF was March 19, 2019, with the Ospreys winning, 7-2 ... UNF won the last meeting, 3-2, March 23, 2021 in Tampa ... Austin Bogart hit a home run and Zach Chappell earned the win.

Last Time Out 
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida came back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game in the seventh and eventually force extra-innings, but UConn's free passes in the top of the 10th inning ended up lifting the visiting Huskies as the Ospreys (1-7) dropped the series finale to UConn (5-1) Sunday, Feb. 27.

Tight Games
Six of UNF's eight games have been decided by three runs or less this season ... two of those games have gone to extra innings, with both of UNF's Sunday matchups going past nine innings.

Newcomers
UNF has had 12 of its 15 newcomers earn time this season, with 13 different Ospreys making their UNF debut ... on the mound, UNF has had seven Ospreys make their UNF debut.

Milestone Watch
Abraham Sequera is one hit away from 100 for his career and one RBI shy of 50 for his tenure at UNF.

Scouting Report | Florida | Roster | Schedule | Statistics

• Florida comes in ranked No. 14 in the latest DI Baseball poll and No. 16 in the USA Today Coaches Poll as of Feb. 28.
• The Gators are winners of their last five, coming off a sweep of Georgia State this past weekend when they outscored the Panthers, 29-6.
• UF dropped two of three against Liberty to open the season.
• Florida is starting right-handed pitcher Brandon Sproat. He earned the win while going five innings and fanning eight against the Ospreys last week. Colby Halter hit a two-run home run in that game.
• Halter was named SEC Co-Player of the Week this week and earned National Player of the Week honorable mentions after slashing .545/.583/1.045.
• The Gators have already homered 15 times this season in eight games.

Scouting Report | USF | Roster | Schedule | Statistics

• USF is 4-2 and coming off a sweep of Stony Brook this past weekend.
• The Bulls dropped an extra-inning affair to UConn to open the season, defeated Louisville, 8-4, and fell to Charlotte, 8-3.
• USF takes on FIU tomorrow in Tampa before making the trip up to Jacksonville.
• Carmine Lane launched a homer and drove in five while hitting .583 during the sweep against Stony Brook.
• USF is coming off a run to the Super Regionals last year in which they knocked off UF in the regionals in Gainesville.