Saturday, April 6
Jacksonville, Fla.
2 p.m.
University of North Florida
3
vs
2
Kennesaw State
Softball Fights For Doubleheader Sweep Against Kennesaw State
4/6/2024 10:00:00 PM | Softball
Benning, Arends Pair Up for Pitching Gems
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida softball (25-12, 9-2 ASUN) fought through 10 innings in the first game, followed with a shutout performance in game two, to complete the sweep against Kennesaw State (10-28, 2-9 ASUN) on Saturday afternoon at UNF Softball Complex.
The Ospreys battled through extra innings in a 2-2 game, but walked it off in the bottom of the 10th off a Hadlee Reichert sac-fly for its fifth walk-off win of the season. UNF turned around with Halle Arends spinning a complete-game shutout out against the Owls.
Allison Benning was a superstar once again for the Ospreys with a complete-game shutout as well in the first doubleheader game. She tied the D-I program record for most strikeouts in a single game, while smashing a two-run homer in the second game to help UNF to its Saturday sweep.
Benning went a full 10 innings of work tying a D-I program-record 16 strikeouts across 36 batters faced to set up Hadlee Reichert for the walk-off sac-fly to right field in the 3-2 win.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Allison Benning (15-6)
Loss: Melanie Bennett (3-9)
Line Scores
KSU | 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 6 LOB
UNF | 3 R, 7 H, 1 E, 7 LOB
Statistical Leaders
UNF
Shannon Glover | 2-4, RBI, R
Madisyn Federico | 1-4, R
Hadlee Reichert | GW sac-fly RBI, BB
Allison Benning | 10.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 16 K, 141 pitches; 2-4, RBI
KSU
Kiera Cooper | 1-4, 2 RBI
Ava Guzowski | 1-4, R
Kassidy Amerson-Fox | 1-4, R
Melanie Bennett | 9.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 140 pitches
After Benning's career performance, Arends showed off her arm in the circle with five strikeouts of her own and no runs allowed in the 3-0 shutout win to sweep the day.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Halle Arends (8-3)
Loss: Lindsey Kyte (0-10)
Line Scores
KSU | 0 R, 7 H, 0 E, 5 LOB
UNF | 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 6 LOB
Statistical Leaders
UNF
Allison Benning | 1-3, 2 RBI, R, two-run HR
Savannah Channell | 3-3
Shannon Glover | 1-3, R
Halle Arends | 7.0 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 100 pitches
KSU
Stella Henry | 2-3
Macie Howes | 2-3
Lindsey Kyte | 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 98 pitches
The Ospreys look to go for the series sweep on Sunday afternoon with one finale matchup against Kennesaw State at UNF Softball Complex.
The Ospreys battled through extra innings in a 2-2 game, but walked it off in the bottom of the 10th off a Hadlee Reichert sac-fly for its fifth walk-off win of the season. UNF turned around with Halle Arends spinning a complete-game shutout out against the Owls.
Allison Benning was a superstar once again for the Ospreys with a complete-game shutout as well in the first doubleheader game. She tied the D-I program record for most strikeouts in a single game, while smashing a two-run homer in the second game to help UNF to its Saturday sweep.
GAME 1 | UNF 3, KSU 2
Benning went a full 10 innings of work tying a D-I program-record 16 strikeouts across 36 batters faced to set up Hadlee Reichert for the walk-off sac-fly to right field in the 3-2 win.Pitchers of Record
Win: Allison Benning (15-6)
Loss: Melanie Bennett (3-9)
Line Scores
KSU | 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 6 LOB
UNF | 3 R, 7 H, 1 E, 7 LOB
Statistical Leaders
UNF
Shannon Glover | 2-4, RBI, R
Madisyn Federico | 1-4, R
Hadlee Reichert | GW sac-fly RBI, BB
Allison Benning | 10.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 16 K, 141 pitches; 2-4, RBI
KSU
Kiera Cooper | 1-4, 2 RBI
Ava Guzowski | 1-4, R
Kassidy Amerson-Fox | 1-4, R
Melanie Bennett | 9.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 140 pitches
GAME 2 | UNF 3, KSU 0
After Benning's career performance, Arends showed off her arm in the circle with five strikeouts of her own and no runs allowed in the 3-0 shutout win to sweep the day.Pitchers of Record
Win: Halle Arends (8-3)
Loss: Lindsey Kyte (0-10)
Line Scores
KSU | 0 R, 7 H, 0 E, 5 LOB
UNF | 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 6 LOB
Statistical Leaders
UNF
Allison Benning | 1-3, 2 RBI, R, two-run HR
Savannah Channell | 3-3
Shannon Glover | 1-3, R
Halle Arends | 7.0 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 100 pitches
KSU
Stella Henry | 2-3
Macie Howes | 2-3
Lindsey Kyte | 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 98 pitches
UP NEXT
The Ospreys look to go for the series sweep on Sunday afternoon with one finale matchup against Kennesaw State at UNF Softball Complex.
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