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Kayla Harper running home
Britt Moore
Harper scored the game-winning run in the eighth on Pfent's two-RBI single.
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Winner North Florida UNF 41-15
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Central Arkansas UCA 33-19
Winner
North Florida UNF
41-15
5
Final
3
Central Arkansas UCA
33-19
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
North Florida UNF 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 5 7 1
Central Arkansas UCA 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 2

W: Clausen, Morgan (14-4) L: Kayla Beaver (18-8)

Game Recap: Softball |

Pfent, Ospreys Outlast UCA in Eight Innings, 5-3

Catcher Tallies Four RBI, Softball Advances in Winners Bracket

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -  In a tense and back-and-forth game, it was North Florida softball (41-15) that delivered the decisive blow as Paige Pfent put the Ospreys out in front with a two-out two-RBI single up the middle on an 0-2 pitch to give UNF a 5-3 lead and eventually the win in eight innings against Central Arkansas (33-19) Thursday, May 12.

The win brings North Florida to the winners bracket finals against the winner of No. 1 Liberty and No. 4 North Alabama tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. The victor in that contest moves on to the championship set for Saturday. 

Pfent put UNF ahead, 3-2, with a two-run bomb in the fourth before breaking a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning with a clutch frozen rope. 

Righty Morgan Clausen came on in relief in the fourth, turning in five innings of one-run ball to earn her second win in as many days. 

UNF 5, UCA 3 (8 inn.)

Pitchers of Record
Win: Morgan Clausen (14-4)
Loss: Kayla Beaver (18-8)

Line Scores
UCA | 3R, 6H, 2E, 4 LOB
UNF | 5R, 7H, E, 3 LOB

Behind the Line Score
  • Bailee Aguigui broke the 0-0 tie in the top of the third, plating Hayley Bejarano with a sac fly to left after Bejarano and Logan Jackson ripped singles.
  • UCA took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third thanks to a bases loaded two-out two-RBI through the right side. 
  • UNF took the lead right back in the top of the fourth. Shannon Glover singled through the left side and Paige Pfent blasted a towering two-run home run to left.
  • The Bears got a leadoff double, sac bunt and RBI groundout to tie it 3-3 in the fifth.
  • The deadlock remained at 3-3 as things went to extras.
  • UNF took advantage of two UCA errors in the eighth, scoring two thanks to a clutch two-out two-RBI base hit up the middle on an 0-2 pitch from Pfent.
  • Clausen turned in a spotless eighth to seal the win.

Statistical Leaders
UCA
  • Jaylee Engelkes | 1-for-4, 2RBI
  • Tylar Vernon | 1-for-3, R
  • Kayla Beaver | L, 5.0 IP, 3H, 2R, 0ER, BB, 2K

UNF
Notes
  • UNF improves to 4-0 on the season against UCA. 
  • Both teams that UNF has defeated in the tournament have been teams the Ospreys swept during the regular season. 
  • North Florida was the visitor in the box score as UCA entered with the higher seed. 
  • It was a season high four RBI for Pfent.
  • The game only saw two walks.
  • North Florida is within one game of tying its DI era record for wins in a season.
  • UNF is 5-3 in all extra-inning games this year.
  • North Florida has defeated UCA twice in extra innings this year. 

Up Next
UNF takes on top-seeded Liberty tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. for the right to advance to the championship.
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