Softball Dismantles Tennessee Tech 7-1 To Sweep UNF-JU Classic

Sunday, March 1

Jacksonville, Fla.

12 p.m.

University of North Florida

19-5

Tennessee Tech

2-14

Tennesse Tech

North Florida

Softball Dismantles Tennessee Tech 7-1 To Sweep UNF-JU Classic

3/1/2026 3:00:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida softball defeated Tennessee Tech 7-1 to sweep the UNF-JU Classic at UNF Softball Complex on Sunday afternoon.

With the win, UNF improved to 19-4 overall and 16-2 at home. The Ospreys were dominant over the weekend outscoring its opponent 34-2.

With Tennessee Tech threating in the second inning with a runner in scoring position and no outs, junior pitcher Cameron Ponich recorded back-to-back strikeouts and a groundout to leave the runner stranded and keep the game scoreless.

Ponich would go on to earn the win with six shutout innings, seven strikeouts and only one hit allowed to improve to 9-1 this season.

With the bases loaded in the bottom half of the third inning, junior infielder Bella Cimino delivered with a single up the middle to drive in two runs and give North Florida a 2-0 lead.

Cimino extended her on-base streak to 24-consecutive games to start the season.

Junior infielder Hannah Davila would add to the Osprey lead belting a solo homer into left field to make the score 3-0 in the fourth. UNF would tack on three more runs in the frame with sophomore catcher Caiden Oliva driving in two of those runs off a single to right field to make the score 6-0.

A bases loaded walk in the sixth would drive in another North Florida run and increase the margin to 7-0. Tennessee Tech would tack on a run in the seventh inning to reach the eventual final.

NORTH FLORIDA 7, TENNESSEE TECH 1
Pitchers of Record
Win: Cameron Ponich (9-1)
Loss: Lainey Fitzgerald (1-6)

Line Scores
UNF | 7 R, 7 H, 2 E, 8 LOB
TTU | 1 R, 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB

Statistical Leaders
UNF
Hannah Davila | 1-2, HR, RBI, BB
Bella Cimino | 1-2, 2 RBI
Caiden Oliva | 1-2, 2 RBI
Cameron Ponich | 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 7 SO, 68 pitches
Macie Hunolt | 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 12 pitches

TTU
Olivia Evans | 1-3, 3B
Lainey Fitzgerald | 2.2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 5 BB, 1 SO, 59 pitches

UP NEXT
North Florida welcomes Brown, Southern Mississippi, Presbyterian and Georgia Southern to UNF Softball Complex for the Spring Break Challenge from March 6-8.