Baseball Drops Series Opener On The Road To Stetson

Friday, April 11

DeLand, Fla.

6:30 p.m.

University of North Florida

19-15, 7-6

Stetson

22-13, 11-2

North Florida

Stetson

4/11/2025 9:30:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

DeLAND, Fla. – North Florida baseball fell to Stetson, 11-5, in the series opener at Melching Field at Conrad Park on Friday evening.

The Ospreys built some early momentum, grabbing a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Carter White led off the inning with a double down the right field line and advanced to third via a wild pitch. Santiago Ordonez drove him in on the ensuing at bat with an RBI single to right field.

Stetson gained control with a two-run home run in the bottom half of the second frame. From there, the Hatters never trailed the rest of the way largely behind an eight-run third inning that gave Stetson a 10-1 advantage. Nevertheless, Seth Alford drove an RBI single to right field in the top of the fourth inning to make it 10-2.

Despite the game only going seven frames, the Ospreys showed signs of fight in the top of the sixth. Ordonez sent a one-out double to left field and Drew Leinenbach drove him in with a two-run homer to cut UNF's deficit 12-4. Alford followed later in the same frame with a solo home run to make it 12-5 but that was as close as the Ospreys would get to making a comeback.

PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: James Hays (1-0)
Loss: Will Ross (5-1)

LINE SCORES
STET | 15 R, 17 H, 0 E, 6 LOB
UNF | 5 R, 9 H, 5 E, 6 LOB

STATISTICAL LEADERS
UNF
Nick Monile | 2-4
Santiago Ordonez | 2-3, 1 RBI
Drew Leinenbach | 1-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB
Seth Alford | 3-3, 2 RBI, 1 R

STET
Isaiah Barkett | 3-4, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Landon Moran | 3-4, 3 R, 2 RBI
Foster Apple | 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI

UP NEXT
North Florida will be back in action for Game 2 of its series against Stetson on Saturday, Apr. 12, at 6:30 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Spoljaric, Turner (1-1)

L: Ross, Will (5-2)

North Florida

Batting:

2B: Monile, Nick 1 ; White, Carter 1 ; Ordonez, Santiago 1

HR: Leinenbach, Drew 1 ; Alford, Seth 1

RBI: Ordonez, Santiago 1 ; Leinenbach, Drew 2 ; Alford, Seth 2

Base Running:

RUNS: White, Carter 2 ; Fouraker, Eric 1 ; Leinenbach, Drew 1 ; Alford, Seth 1

CS: Monile, Nick 1

Stetson

Batting:

2B: Meola, Lorenzo 1 ; Moran, Landon 2 ; Apple, Foster 1

HR: Taylor, Jordan 1

RBI: Barkett, Isaiah 1 ; De La Cruz, Juan 2 ; Meola, Lorenzo 1 ; Moran, Landon 2 ; Apple, Foster 3 ; Taylor, Jordan 2 ; Russell, Landon 1 ; Griffis, Evan 1

SH: De La Cruz, Juan 1

SF: De La Cruz, Juan 1 ; Meola, Lorenzo 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Barkett, Isaiah 3 ; Meola, Lorenzo 2 ; Moran, Landon 3 ; Apple, Foster 2 ; Taylor, Jordan 2 ; Russell, Landon 1 ; Griffis, Evan 1 ; Gonzalez, Anthony 1