Softball Drops Series Finale Against Liberty

Saturday, April 8

Jacksonville, Fla.

10 a.m.

University of North Florida

19-18, 0

Liberty

25-13, 0

Liberty

North Florida

4/8/2023 1:00:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

All Five Osprey Pitchers See Time in Circle

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After putting up nine runs in the second doubleheader game on Friday, North Florida softball (19-18, 2-10 ASUN) wasn't able to find the same production on offense in a 6-0 defeat to Liberty (25-13, 10-2 ASUN) on Saturday morning at the UNF Softball Complex.

The Ospreys were able to hold Liberty scoreless through the first four innings thanks to Izzy Kelly and Ashley Connor in the circle, but Liberty's bat woke up late.

LIB 6, UNF 0

Pitchers of Record
Win: Paige Bachman (7-6)
Loss: Ashley Connor (7-11)

Line Scores
LIB | 6 R, 10 H, 1 E, 7 LOB
UNF | 0 R, 4 H, 1 E, 8 LOB

Behind the Line Score

Kayla Harper led off the first with a single, but was thrown out at home later in the inning to keep the game scoreless.
Liberty had a pair of runners on in the second, but a line-out double play got UNF out of the early jam.
Ospreys put together another double play in the third inning after Abi Annett caught a liner and got the out at first.
UNF was able to get a runner to third in bottom of the fourth, but a line-out to second sent North Florida to the fifth with no runs combined.
Flames added three runs in the fifth after a leadoff solo home run, followed with a wild pitch and a sac-fly to score two more.
Another sac-fly and an RBI single in the sixth added another pair of runs for Liberty to make it a 5-0 ballgame.
One more run was scored in the seventh to give Liberty their third win of the series.

NOTES

Harper has now totaled her 10th game in the past 12 with at least one hit and third with multiple hits.
The senior also has seven-straight games reaching base, followed by Chloe Culp with six consecutive games.
Shannon Glover finished the series against Liberty with a hit in each game after going 1-for-3 on Saturday.
Mackenzie Woods earned her second hit in conference play and first since playing UCF on Mar. 29.
All five pitchers made an appearance in the circle just a day removed from four players seeing the circle.