University of North Florida
15-12, 7-1
Jacksonville
12-15, 2-6
Baseball Secures River City Rumble Series Over Jacksonville, 11-4
3/28/2026 10:30:00 PM | Baseball
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida Baseball secured the series win in Game 2 of the River City Rumble at Jacksonville, 11-4, at John Sessions Stadium on Saturday.
It marked North Florida's seventh straight win in ASUN Conference play. With the victory, North Florida remains in first place in the ASUN Graphite Division and currently holds the best conference record out of its 12 teams.
North Florida's 7-1 start to ASUN play marks its best since its Division I inception in 2006.
All nine Ospreys who were in the starting lineup reached base safely. It marked the ninth game North Florida has scored 10 runs or more in a game this season.
North Florida's bats were hot early en route to a 5-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Junior infielder Mitchell Collins and junior infielder Mathew Farner notched back-to-back singles in UNF's first two at bats. Collins crossed home on an error to open the scoring and give the Ospreys 1-0 advantage.
Sophomore utility player Seth Alford extended North Florida's lead with an RBI single through the left side in the top of the first frame to put UNF ahead, 2-0. Sophomore outfielder Carter White capped off North Florida's five-run first inning with a three-run bases-clearing double to the gap in right field.
Collins and redshirt junior utility player Jackson Toberman each scored on a pair of wild pitches in the top of the second inning, allowing North Florida to command a 7-0 lead.
Jacksonville responded with one run in the bottom of the second frame to cut its deficit to six.
Senior catcher Santiago Ordonez increased North Florida's lead to 8-1 in the top of the third frame with an RBI double down the line in left field. Redshirt freshman outfielder Sean Benjamin capped off a three-run third inning for UNF with a bases-loaded walk to put North Florida ahead, 10-1.
Farner notched his third single of the game in the top of the fourth inning to give North Florida an 11-1 advantage.Â
Jacksonville avoided the run-rule with one run in the fourth inning and two in the seventh. However, it wasn't enough to overcome the eventual final margin.
Farner, White, Benjamin and Ordonez all tallied multi-hit performances and combined for six RBI. Farner has now recorded a hit in 20 of North Florida's 27 games, including 10 multi-hit games. It marked the first time this season Farner has tallied four hits.
North Florida received a solid outing on the mound from sophomore right-handed pitcher. Nikolis dealt six innings and allowed just two runs on three hits.
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NORTH FLORIDA 11, JACKSONVILLE 4
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Pitchers of Record
Win: Trevor Nikolis (2-1)
Loss: Payton Waters (0-5)
Line Scores
NORTH FLORIDA | 11 R, 14 H, 1 E
JACKSONVILLE | 4 R, 4 H, 1 E
Statistical Leaders
NORTH FLORIDA
Mathew Farner | 4-6, 2 R, 1 RBI
Carter White | 2-5, 3 RBI, 1 R
Trevor Nikolis | 6.0 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 K, 3 BB
JACKSONVILLE
Sammy Mummau | 1-4, 2 RBI
UP NEXT
North Florida will look to sweep the series over Jacksonville in Game 3 at John Sessions Stadium on Sunday, March 29 at 1 p.m. ET.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nikolis, Trevor (2-1)
L: Payton Waters (0-5)
Batting:
2B: White, Carter 2 ; Ordonez, Santiago 2
RBI: Farner, Mathew 1 ; Benjamin, Sean 1 ; Alford, Seth 1 ; White, Carter 3 ; Ordonez, Santiago 1
SH: Acosta, Jonathan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Collins, Mitchell 2 ; Farner, Mathew 2 ; Toberman, Jackson 1 ; Gomez, Gialdri 1 ; Benjamin, Sean 1 ; Alford, Seth 1 ; White, Carter 1 ; Ordonez, Santiago 2
SB: Collins, Mitchell 1 ; Toberman, Jackson 1
Batting:
2B: Sammy Mummau 1
HR: Logan Baratta 1
RBI: Sammy Mummau 2 ; Logan Baratta 1 ; Abdriel Delgado 1
SF: Abdriel Delgado 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cade Walter 1 ; Logan Baratta 2 ; Griffin Pomper 1
