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No. RV UCF 10, No. 12 Tennessee 1 (5)	Box Score	Recap
No. RV USF 7, FIU 1	Box Score	Recap
Houston 8, Syracuse 0 (5)	Box Score	Recap
Houston 4, Louisiana Tech 0	Box Score	Recap
Stephen F. Austin 8, Memphis 5	Box Score	Recap
Memphis 6, South Alabama 3	Box Score	Recap
No. 17/13 Minnesota 11, No. RV Tulsa 0 (5)	Box Score	Recap
No. RV Baylor 1, No. RV Tulsa 0	Box Score	Recap
Louisville 8, Wichita State 0 (5)		Recap
No. 10/9 Alabama 13, Wichita State 2 (5)		Recap

 
No. RV UCF 10, No. 12 Tennessee 1 (5) (USF Invitational, Tampa, Florida)
 
No. RV UCF scored the defining win of the season thus far in The American in its first game of the weekend on Friday at the USF Invitational in Tampa. The Knights scored nine runs in a dominant third inning to run-rule No. 12 Tennessee 10-1 in five innings at the USF Softball Stadium.
 
The win by UCF represented the third ranked win by an American squad in 2020, after USF picked up wins against No. 17/19 Texas Tech and No. 15 Georgia last weekend. The 10-1 score marked the largest UCF margin of victory over a top 25 team in program history, surpassing an 8-1 win over the then No. 5 ranked Alabama on Feb. 12, 2016.
 
Jady Cody went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run and three runs scored for UCF, while Jazmine Esparza chipped in a bases-clearing three-run double. Shannon Doherty added two hits and a solo home run for the Knights attack.
 
Alea White allowed one earned run on five hits in a complete game outing, striking out five Tennessee batters.
 
No. RV USF 7, FIU 1 (USF Invitational, Tampa, Florida)
 
Georgina Corrick and Vivian Ponn spun a combined no-hitter for No. RV USF in a 7-1 win over FIU on Friday at the USF Invitational at USF Softball Stadium. It was the third combined no-hitter in American history, joining Mackenzie Audas and Mackenzie Huhn of UCF in 2014 (March 18 against Iona) and Katie Koshes and Kayla Doty of UConn in 2017 (March 29 against Bryant).
 
Corrick struck out 11 batters over six otherwise spotless innings, allowing one earned run on 80 pitches. Ponn yielded a lone walk in the seventh inning for the Knights.
 
Bethaney Keen’s three-run home run in the bottom of the third was the offensive difference for USF, and Brooke Hartman finished with two hits and a pair of RBI. AnaMarie Bruni chipped in two hits and scored two runs.
 
Houston 8, Syracuse 0 (5)
Houston 4, Louisiana Tech 0 (Houston Challenge, Houston, Texas)
 
Stellar pitching carried the day for Houston on Friday as the Cougars blanked Syracuse 8-0 in five innings and Louisiana Tech 4-0 at the Houston Challenge.
 
Logan Hulon threw a one-hit shutout against Syracuse in the day’s first game, walking four while adding five strikeouts to her cause. Sarah Queen went 3-for-4 with a double and four RBI for Houston, and Becca Schulte homered and drove in three runs against the Orange.
 
McKenna Fryar surrendered two hits in a complete game shutout later in the day, striking out two Louisiana Tech hitters. Queen chipped in three more hits and an RBI and Charese Wyatt logged two hits and a pair of runs.
 
Stephen F. Austin 8, Memphis 5
Memphis 6, South Alabama 3 (Mardi Gras Classic, Mobile, South Alabama)
 
Memphis split a pair of games to open the South Alabama Mardi Gras Classic, falling to Stephen F. Austin 8-5 before beating host South Alabama 6-3 on Friday.
 
Sam Ibison finished with two hits, an RBI and two runs scored in the opening game against Stephen F. Austin, and Baylee Smith turned in two hits, an RBI and a run scored against the Ladyjacks. Gracie Morton went 3-for-4 with three RBI and three runs in the win over South Alabama, and Ibison logged two hits and a pair of runs scored.
 
No. 17/13 Minnesota 11, No. RV Tulsa 0 (5)
No. RV Baylor 1, No. RV Tulsa 0 (Baylor Invitational, Waco, Texas)
 
Tulsa fell in its first game of the Baylor Invitational to No. 17/13 Minnesota, as the Golden Gophers spun a five-inning no-hitter against the Golden Hurricane in an 11-0 final score. Tulsa fell in the nightcap to host Baylor 1-0 in a second consecutive no-hitter.
 
Louisville 8, Wichita State 0 (5)
No. 10/9 Alabama 13, Wichita State 2 (5) (Easton Bama Bash, Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
 
Wichita State fell victim to a pair of run-rule defeats at the Easton Bama Bash, dropping an 8-0 result against Louisville and 13-2 score to No. 10/9 Alabama.
 
Kaylee Huecker (solo home run) and Neleigh Herring (RBI single) each finished with RBI for the Shockers against Alabama.