University of North Florida
Charleston Southern
Baseball Falls In Midweek Matchup With Charleston Southern
2/17/2026 10:00:00 PM | Baseball
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida Baseball fell in its first midweek game of the season to Charleston Southern, 12-4, at Harmon Stadium on Tuesday night.
Junior infielder Mathew Farner belted his third home run in the last two games. Farner went 1-2 with two runs, one RBI and one walk.
Redshirt junior utility player Boone Hosey notched a 1-3 performance at the plate with one run and one RBI. Freshman infielder Drew Buchanan recorded a pinch-hit RBI single to center field for his first hit and RBI at North Florida.
Freshman right-handed pitcher Devin Diggs made his first career appearance for North Florida and posted four strikeouts and one walk without allowing a hit or an earned run in three innings.
Charleston Southern scored one run in the first inning, two in the second, eight in the third and one in the sixth to ultimately bring the score to its final margin.
NORTH FLORIDAÂ 4, CHARLESTON SOUTHERNÂ 12
Pitchers of Record
Win: Kale Hopke (1-0)
Loss: Kai Etwaru (0-1)
Line Scores
CHARLESTON SOUTHERNÂ | 12 R, 7Â H, 0Â E
NORTH FLORIDAÂ | 4Â R, 5Â H, 4Â E
Statistical Leaders
NORTH FLORIDA
Mathew Farner | 1-2, HR, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Boone Hosey | 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 RÂ
Drew Buchanan | 1-1, 1 RBI
Devin Diggs | 3.0Â IP, 1Â R, 0 ER, 0Â H, 4 K, 1Â BBÂ
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
Chandler Tuupo | 3-4, 3 RBI, 2 R
Kale Hopke | 4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
UP NEXT
North Florida travels for its first road game of the season at Florida A&MÂ on Wednesday, Feb. 18Â at 4 p.m. ET.Â
