JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida softball (25-7, 4-2) suffered just its second loss in 19 games after a five-run lead slipped away to Lipscomb (10-17, 1-2) on Sunday afternoon at the UNF Softball Complex.
The Ospreys had a 5-0 lead going into the fifth inning before a pair of errors allowed Lipscomb to rally together five straight runs to tie the game. The Bison were able to take a 7-6 lead into the bottom of the 11th and close the game out with a diving catch in center field.
It was the longest game played for the Ospreys since the 2017 season when they played 15 innings against Florida A&M in a 8-7 win. It was also the fourth consecutive game that a UNF hitter has recorded three hits or more with
Kayla McGory reaching that mark this afternoon.
LIPSCOMB 7, UNF 6 (11 Inn.)
Pitchers of Record
Win: Kate Peters (2-4)
Loss:
Erin Kyle (6-4)
Line Scores
LIP | 7 R, 7 H, 3 E, 5 LOB
UNF | 6 R, 7 H, 3 E, 10 LOB
Behind the Line Score
- UNF took an early lead for the third straight game against the Bison after McGory's single down the line brought
Kayla Harper home.
- The Ospreys struck again in the third inning when
Paige Pfent's double to right field scored McGory to make it a 2-0 lead.
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Savannah Channell followed that up by hitting a single down the line to score
Shannon Glover and
Brittany Sundermeier to go up four runs.
- McGory hit her fourth home run of the season taking the ball for a long drive to left center, giving the Ospreys a 5-0 lead in the fourth.
- A single and a throwing error resulted in a run for Lipscomb in the fifth, prompting
Halle Arends to come into the game with a 5-1 lead.
- With two outs in the inning, the Bison came up with three more runs before
Erin Kyle was brought in to end the inning with the bases loaded.
- Things were kept scoreless through four more full innings with dominant pitching from both sides entering extras.
- Once international tiebreaker rules were put into place, both teams scored with a runner starting on second in the 10th inning.
- In the 11th, the Bison singled through third base to go back up one run again to put pressure on the Ospreys.
- UNF sac-bunted at the bottom of the inning to put the runner on third, but she was thrown out the next play at home plate.
- A diving catch by Lipscomb in the outfield clinched the game for Bison to tie UNF their second loss of conference play.
Statistical Leaders
LIP
- Kyndall Crawford | 2-5, RBI, R
- Presley Leebrick | 1-3, RBI, R
- Kate Peters | 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 90 pitches
UNF
Notes
- Second straight game that McGory has notched three hits in a game.
- McGory finished the weekend with six hits, five runs, three RBI, and a home run against the Bison.
- Pfent has recorded a hit in 26 of her last 32 games played.
- All seven runs scored against the Ospreys were unearned.
- Longest game Ospreys have played in since the 2017 season against FAMU.
UP NEXT
The Ospreys will return to play next weekend when they continue conference play on the road at Jacksonville State starting Saturday at 2 pm ET.
