JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A pair of three-run home runs from Chloe Culp assisted in giving North Florida softball (6-2) its third run-rule win and fourth shutout of the season against Bethune-Cookman (1-8), 10-0, to close out the UNF-JU Invitational on Sunday afternoon at the UNF Softball Complex. Culp's six-RBI performance is one RBI shy of the program single game record.

The Ospreys started the offensive outburst in the second inning with an RBI-double from Abi Annett to score the first two runs. After taking a four-run lead later in the inning, Shannon Glover ended up reaching on a fielding error with two outs, which set the stage for Culp to hit her three-run homer out of the park.

The redshirt junior transfer from Florida State has now totaled 11 hits and 18 RBI in her first 22 plate appearances at UNF. After her six RBI against the Wildcats, she finished the weekend with 13 RBI and a hit in every game of the home tournament.

UNF 10, B-CU 0 (5 Inn.)

Pitchers of Record

Win: Skyler Stockie (1-1)
Loss: Victoria Guzman (0-4)

Line Scores

B-CU | 0 R, 2 H, 3 E, 3 LOB
UNF | 10 R, 8 H, 0 E, 7 LOB

Behind the Line Score

• Both teams were able to get runners on base in the first, but neither could take a lead early.
• Annett got the second inning started with her first hit of the season with a double to right center that scored Savannah Channell and Regan Hermeling.
• Reichert reached base and stole second, but an error on the throw brought home Annett to make it 3-0 Ospreys.
• Another error was made by Bethune-Cookman when the third baseman bobbled the ball to allow Glover to reach base with two outs and another run to score.
• Culp made the Wildcats pay for their mishap with her first three-run bomb of the day right over the center field wall.
• Just one inning later with Kayla Harper and Ashley Kirkbride on the base path, Culp hit the same homer right over the same spot as the last one to extend the lead to 10 runs.
• After three shutout innings from Skyler Stockie, Jolie Gustave pitched two innings of relief in the circle to secure the shutout victory against the Wildcats.

Statistical Leaders

UNF
Chloe Culp | 2-3, 6 RBI, 2 R, two three-run HRs
Kayla Harper | 1-2, 2 R, BB
Abi Annett | 1-2, 2 RBI, R
Skyler Stockie | 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 K, 2 BB, 39 pitches

B-CU
Elise Gibbs | 1-1
Ciera Clark | 1-2
Victoria Guzman | 1.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 K, 1 BB, 47 pitches

NOTES

• Culp has 18 RBI in her first eight games as an Osprey, as well as three multi-hit games, four multi-RBI games and a five-game hitting streak.
• Also the first time one player has hit two home runs in the same game since Glover did it against Stetson on Apr. 23, 2022.
• First time that UNF has hit a home run in three straight games since Apr. 20-23, against Georgia Southern and Stetson.
• Logan Jackson maintained her streak of reach bases in each of the first eight games this year.
• Stockie earned her first win as the starting pitcher since Virginia Tech on Feb. 28, 2020.
• Gustave appeared for the first time on the weekend in relief for Stockie.
• Only two hits were allowed between the two of them for the entirety of the five innings pitched combined.
• First start for Kirsten Caravaca behind the plate; second start of her collegiate career.
• A total of 19 Ospreys played in Sunday's game against Bethune-Cookman.
• Freshmen Marley Nagy and Amanda Aardema made their first collegiate appearances against the Wildcats.

UP NEXT

The Ospreys will have a few days to prepare for their first midweek games of the season, as they travel to Tallahassee, Fla., to take on Florida A&M and Florida State on Wednesday, Feb. 22, starting at 3 p.m.