JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida softball (23-20-1, 6-10-1 ASUN) honored pitchers Izzy Kelly and Skyler Stockie with senior day festivities, as they both helped the Ospreys pitch back-to-back shutouts against Bellarmine (4-37, 1-16 ASUN) on Saturday afternoon.

The Ospreys won back-to-back games in shutout fashion for the second time this season and the first time since blanking FAU in a doubleheader on Mar. 22. Kelly and Ashley Connor pitched up to six innings in each game before Stockie came in relief for both of them to close the door in the seventh.

Hadlee Reichert's RBI-single up the middle in the third inning was the difference in the first game against the Knights. An early score from Kayla Harper along with four runs in the last three frames, served up the second win of the doubleheader for the Ospreys.

GAME 1 | UNF 1, BELL 0

In what was a defensive game all the way through, an RBI-single from UNF and only one hit allowed over six innings pushed the Ospreys to their third win in four conference games.

Pitchers of Record
Win: Izzy Kelly (11-3)
Loss: Claire Lehmkuhler (2-20)
Save: Skyler Stockie (1)

Line Scores
BELL | 0 R, 3 H, 1 E, 5 LOB
UNF | 1 R, 5 H, 1 E, 6 LOB

Behind the Line Score

• UNF and Bellarmine each went 1-2-3 to start the first inning, followed by no runs scored in the second as well.
• Ospreys put up their first crooked number with an RBI-single from Reichert that drove in Savannah Channell for the score.
• Kelly walked a runner in the fourth, but a 6-4-3 double play took the Ospreys to the bottom of the fourth.
• After working through the fifth, Kelly had runners on first and third in the sixth with no outs, but three fly-outs kept the lead intact.
• Stockie came in relief in the seventh with one pitch to force a fly-out and end the 1-0 victory for the Ospreys.

Statistical Leaders
UNF
Hadlee Reichert | 1-3, go-ahead RBI
Logan Jackson | 2-3
Izzy Kelly | 6.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 K, 1 BB, 72 pitches

BELL
Addison Kerr | 1-2
Madison Davis | 1-3
Claire Lehmkuhler | 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 3 K, 1 BB, 98 pitches

GAME 2 | UNF 5, BELL 0

Osprey hitters put the ball in play late in the second doubleheader game to go with another outstanding pitching performance from Connor in a game two shutout.

Pitchers of Record
Win: Ashley Connor (9-12)
Loss: Carson Goatley (1-13)

Line Scores
BELL | 0 R, 2 H, 2 E, 5 LOB
UNF | 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 7 LOB

Behind the Line Score

• Ospreys got to the scoreboard early this time with a single bunt from Kayla Harper that turned into a score after an error by the third baseman.
• Connor went to work against the Knights with back-to-back three-up, three-down innings in the third and fourth.
• In the bottom of the fourth, UNF worked consecutive walks followed with a Logan Jackson score on an error with two outs.
• The Ospreys plated two more runs in the fifth with a sac-fly and a groundout that brought a runner home.
• Some of the freshmen started to pinch hit in the sixth for UNF, which led to Kelsey Vogel bringing in a run on a sac-fly to extend the lead to five runs.
• Stockie came into the game again the seventh to shut down Bellarmine once again to end senior day with back-to-back shutouts.

Statistical Leaders
UNF
Kayla Harper | 2-2, 2 R
Hadlee Reichert | 1-3, R
Logan Jackson | 1-2, R, BB
Ashley Connor | 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 K, 2 BB, 73 pitches

BELL
Alexis Hargrove | 1-2
Madison Davis | 1-2
Carson Goatley | 5.0 IP, 2 ER, 1 K, 3 BB, 81 pitches

NOTES

• First wins against Bellarmine in program history
• Kelly notched her 11th win of the season, while Stockie earned her first career-save
• Jackson and Harper each had multi-hit games on Saturday.
• Harper extends her hitting streak to five games, while Jackson brings her on-base streak to seven games.
• All three Ospreys who recorded an RBI in the second doubleheader did not have a hit in the game.
• Amanda Aardema recorded the first hit in her collegiate career with a pinch-hit opportunity late in the second doubleheader game.

UP NEXT

The Ospreys will finish out the series against Bellarmine on Sunday, Apr. 23, at 12 p.m., in UNF Softball Complex.