ORLANDO. Fla. – North Florida baseball faltered in its midweek game to UCF, 9-3, at John Euliano Park on Tuesday evening.

The Knights plated two runs in the first inning, three runs in the third and two more in the fourth to earn a 7-0 lead. However, the Ospreys were able to muster some momentum in the middle innings.

With the bases loaded in the fifth, senior Connor Moore drove in the Ospreys' first run with a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring freshman Dylan Fatovich who reached on a walk. In the ensuing at bat, junior Santiago Ordonez sent an RBI single to left field cutting UNF's deficit to 7-2.

UNF plated its final run in the sixth frame when redshirt sophomore Nick Monile roped a base hit up the middle, scoring senior Drew Leinenbach who doubled down the right field line. Nevertheless, UCF went on to score one more run in the sixth and the eighth to hold off the Ospreys down the stretch.

PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: Grant Siegel (4-2)
Loss: Trevor Nikolis (0-0)

LINE SCORES
UNF | 3 R, 12 H, 2 E, 10 LOB
UCF | 9 R, 11 H, 1 E, 6 LOB

STATISTICAL LEADERS
UNF
Nick Monile | 3-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
Connor Moore | 2-4, 1 RBI
Santiago Ordonez | 1-4, 1 RBI

UCF
Andrew Sunbeam | 2-3, 1 R, 3 RBI
Dylan King | 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI

UP NEXT
North Florida continues its road trip this weekend with a series against Florida Gulf Coast in Fort Myers, Fla., starting Friday, May 2, with first pitch set for 6:30 p.m., at Swanson Stadium.