Tuesday, February 21
Louisiana 8, UCF 0 – Box Score
Wednesday, February 22
South Florida 3, FGCU 0 – Box Score
South Florida 3, FGCU 1 – Box Score
Stetson 4, UCF 3 – Box Score
Recaps
South Florida 3, FGCU 0 – Box Score
South Florida 3, FGCU 1 – Box Score
TAMPA– The University of South Florida softball team snapped a five-game losing streak by sweeping the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, 3-0 and 3-1, during their midweek double header on Wednesday night.
GAME 1 -FGCU 0, USF 3
Emilee Hanlon started the game with a leadoff double to left field. A sacrifice fly from Meghan Sheehan gave the Bulls the early lead.
South Florida wouldn't take long to add to their lead. Emma Humplik walked in the bottom of the second and scored on Megan Pierro's second triple of the season. A single from Natalie Zweig brought Pierro home for the Green and Gold's third and last run of the game.
Left-hander Gabriella Nori pitched her 30th complete game of her career and her first as a Bull. She held the Eagles to two hits and struck out 10. Her success earned her the transfer's first win of the season.
GAME 2- FGCU 1, USF 3
USF tied the game in the bottom of the sixth inning after loading the bases. Hanlon showed her intelligence at the plate and earned a walk to bring the typing run in. The Bulls capitalized on the momentum, adding two more runs on a sacrifice fly from Hallie Bryant and a single from Alexa Galligani.
FGCU scored their first and only run of the day in the top of the third inning on a fielder's choice.
South Florida was held hitless until the bottom of the fifth inning when Allana Consolazio broke it up with a single to the pitcher. Bryant reached on a fielder's choice and stole second for the second time in the game. She advanced to third on a single from Galligani.
Freshman Jaden Martinez started in the circle in the second game of the double header. She pitched 2.1 innings, allowed two hits, and one run. Antoinette Hill (Braidwood, Ill.) relieved the freshman and pitched 4.2 innings. She retired seven batters and earned her second win this season.
Louisiana 8, UCF 0 – Box Score
Stetson 4, UCF 3 – Box Score
DeLAND, Fla. – It came down to the final out in the bottom of the seventh inning, but after a fast start at the plate and a dominant effort by sophomore right-hander Kaitlyn Felton, the No. 22 UCF softball squad fell in walk-off fashion to the Stetson Hatters Wednesday night, 4-3, at Patricia Wilson Field.
Holding a narrow 3-1 advantage with six innings of one-run ball already under her belt, Felton trotted back out to the circle in the bottom of the seventh inning. The sophomore starter was nearly untouchable throughout the evening, yielding just one first-inning run on two hits.
A pair of walks that sandwiched Felton's seventh strikeout of the evening chased the Knights (5-7) starter from the contest, though, in favor of left-hander Angelina DeVoe. The Hatters answered with an RBI single on DeVoe's first pitch, and a third walk in the inning loaded the bases with two outs.
Junior right-hander Grace Jewell represented UCF's third pitcher of the inning to try to close out the Hatters, but Stetson plated the tying and winning runs on a fielder's choice to Jada Cody at third base after a throw to second ricocheted off the glove of Micaela Macario.