University of North Florida Athletics

FIRST PITCH - Baseball Returns For Midweek In-State Battle Against Bethune-Cookman

Ospreys To Face Wildcats In First Matchup Since 2019

3/18/2024 6:00:00 PM

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida baseball will wrap up its five-game road trip with a matchup against Bethune-Cookman on Tuesday afternoon in Daytona Beach, Fla.

The Ospreys have won five consecutive games and have not lost since embarking on the road trip. UNF is most recently coming off a three game sweep of Queens (N.C.) to start off conference play.

UNF has dominated the all-time series, going 21-11. The last time the programs faced was 2019, when Bethune-Cookman beat UNF, 6-2, in an early April matchup. North Florida is 6-4 over their last ten games against the Wildcats.

Bethune-Cookman will broadcast the matchup on YouTube. Updates for each game will be made through live stats, as well as on X/Twitter at @OspreyBSB and Instagram at @OspreysBSB.

LAST GAME'S LINEUP
LAST TIME OUT

Position	Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
LF/CF	Leinenbach, Drew	4	0	1	1	0	1	0
DH	Runnels, Jakob	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
RF	Nichols, Cherokee	4	1	1	0	1	1	0
2B	McKinlay, Tripp	3	0	1	0	2	1	3
1B	Bush, Cade	4	1	1	0	1	1	1
CF	Reich, Cade	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
PH/LF	Cline, Fletcher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
LF	Gerteisen, Tyler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C	Fouraker, Eric	2	0	0	0	0	1	3
PH/C	Bates, Jabin	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
3B	Clements, Matthew	3	1	1	2	1	0	0
SS	Rodriguez, Alex	4	0	0	0	0	1	3
P	Roca, Tony	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
P	Starling, Zane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
P	Humphrey, Kaden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
P	Bolton, Lance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
P	Wimpelberg, Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	36	6	7	3	6	7	10

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Florida baseball (13-6, 3-0 ASUN) completed a three-game sweep against Queens (4-16, 0-3 ASUN) to improve to 4-0 on their road trip on Sunday afternoon.

The Ospreys battled through struggles in the ninth, as they stranded the bases loaded on a 3-2 count and took the series finale by one run. The sweep positioned UNF at the top of the ASUN standings to start conference play.

Queens jumped out to an early lead on an error in the second. The Ospreys would quickly tie it up on a fielder's choice in the third. The game would remain tied until the sixth, when UNF broke through. The big blow of the inning was a Matthew Clement two-run double, which made it a six to nothing game.

Tony Roca dominated again, tossing seven innings off one-run ball. He struck out ten in what would be a career day. Queens would rally in the ninth, scoring two more off of Kaden Humphrey. Jordan Wimpelberg would secure the victory, ending the game with a strikeout on a full count.

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