Pitching Lifts Softball Over Bethune-Cookman, 3-1

Wednesday, March 8

Jacksonville, Fla.

4 p.m.

University of North Florida

11-6

Bethune-Cookman

2-18

Bethune Cookman

North Florida

3/8/2023 7:00:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

Stockie Earns Second Win in Season-High Five-Inning Effort

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Early scoring and stellar pitching from Izzy Kelly and Skyler Stockie guided North Florida softball (11-6) to a midweek victory against Bethune-Cookman (2-18), 3-1, on Wednesday afternoon at the UNF Softball Complex.

After scoring two early runs in the bottom of the first inning, the Ospreys leaned on their pitching staff to complete the game with no earned runs allowed and only three hits given up. Kayla Harper sent in Mackenzie Woods in the fourth inning for the third run of the game to add insurance over the Wildcats.

UNF was slated to play a doubleheader against the Wildcats, but traveling issues limited them to play one game. UNF is 2-0 against B-CU this season as well after defeating them, 10-0, in the UNF/JU Invitational.

UNF 3, B-CU 1

Pitchers of Record

Win: Skyler Stockie (2-2)
Loss: Halyne Gonzalez (1-9)

Line Scores

B-CU | 1 R, 3 H, 2 E, 4 LOB
UNF | 3 R, 7 H, 3 E, 6 LOB

Behind the Line Score

UNF put up RBI singles from Shannon Glover and Chloe Culp to put the Ospreys up 2-0 after the first inning.
B-CU put up one after a one-out single was followed by a stolen base and a throwing error.
North Florida got an insurance run in the fourth when Woods doubled to left center and scored on a nicely placed RBI single from Harper, all with two outs.
A pair of nice defensive plays in the sixth from Woods and Culp helped keep B-CU off the board as Stockie closed out the game in the seventh.

Statistical Leaders

NOTES

Stockie set season-highs for both innings pitched (5.0 IP) and strikeouts (3 Ks).
She also recorded her second win of the season to move to a 2-2 record on the year.
Izzy Kelly started the game for the Ospreys. UNF is 8-2 in games she's appeared in.
Glover continues her RBI rampage with four-straight games with an RBI.
She also has recorded 10 hits over her last five games played in her second game as the designed player.
Culp has been a hitting machine with at least one hit in 14 of the first 17 games, as well as 20 hits total.
Logan Jackson continued her on-base streak to start the season reaching in all 17 games.

UP NEXT

The Ospreys make a quick turnaround at home with their final non-conference tournament of the season with the UNF Invitational running from Mar. 10-12 at the UNF Softball Complex.