JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida softball (5-3) brought home two big wins against UNC Wilmington (3-4) in an afternoon doubleheader to open the UNF-JU Invitational on Friday afternoon at UNF Softball Complex.
GAME 1 | UNF 3, UNCW 0
A pair of home runs from
Madisyn Federico and
Allison Benning, along with a complete-game shutout performance from
Halle Arends put the Ospreys back in the win column in the first of two games against the Seahawks.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Halle Arends (1-1)
Loss: Kara Hammock (1-2)
Line Scores
UNCW | 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 5 LOB
UNF | 3 R, 6 H, 1 E, 4 LOB
Statistical Leaders
UNF
Madisyn Federico | 2-3, 2 RBI, R, HR
Allison Benning | 2-3, RBI, R, HR
Savannah Channell | 1-3, R
Halle Arends | 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
UNCW
Tayler Vitola | 1-3
Skylar Stockton | 1-1
Kara Hammock | 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
GAME 2 | UNF 2, UNCW 1 (8 Inn.)
Ospreys were down to their last two outs down by a run before
Chloe Culp smacked an RBI double to right center to send
Ashley Kirkbride home from first to force extra innings. Another complete-game shutout, this time from Benning, led to
Marley Nagy taking home in the bottom of the eighth for the 2-1 win in extras.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Allison Benning (3-0)
Loss: Carrigan Ewers (1-1)
Line Scores
UNCW | 1 R, 5 H, 1 E, 9 LOB
UNF | 2 R, 4 H, 2 E, 4 LOB
Statistical Leaders
UNF
Chloe Culp | 1-3, RBI
Madisyn Federico | RBI
Allison Benning | 8.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
UNCW
Allison Corbin | 1-2, BB
Emily Winstead | 6.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
UP NEXT
The Ospreys continue its second home weekend of the season in the UNF-JU Invitational with games against Samford and Notre Dame on Saturday, Feb. 17, at UNF Softball Complex.
