The Bulls opened the USF Under Armour Invitational with two wins and improved to 10-7 on the season following victories over Illinois and Georgia Southern. USF topped Illinois 5-2 and picked up a 3-2 victory over Georgia Southern in game two.
Lee Ann Spivey had two hits and three RBIs on the day for the Bulls while Juli Weber hit a walk-off homer to lift USF past the Eagles. The Bulls continue play in the Under Armour Invitational with two games on Saturday at the Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater, Fla. It will be the first games away from home for the Bulls this season as they face off against Sacred Heart at 2:45 p.m. and Illinois-Chicago immediately following.
Memphis defeated Drake, 6-3, on day one of the Cowgirl Classic in Lake Charles, La. Lindsay Crowdus picked up her first triple of the season in the decision and Wheeler Hill plated the winning game-winning run. Memphis outhit Drake 8-5, and only committed one error to the Bulldogs’ two. The Tigers return to action at the Cowgirl Classic on Saturday with a 1 p.m. ET contest against Texas Tech before taking on host McNeese State at 7 p.m.
UConn opened play at the Wilson/DeMarini Tournament in Auburn, Ala. with a split against SIU Edwardsville (SIUE) and NR/RV Ohio State on Friday. The Huskies topped the Cougars, 2-1, in a tightly-contest game one, before falling 5-1 to the Buckeyes in the nightcap. In the Huskies' first ever matchup with SIUE, Taylor Townsend and Emily O'Donnell scored back-to-back doubles to give UConn a 2-1 edge. Pitcher Lauren Duggan picked up her second complete game win of the season with a 7.0 inning, three-hit, one-run performance.
No. 17/15 UCF split the opening day of the Wilson/DeMarini Invitational at the UCF Softball Complex on Friday. The Knights topped Princeton, 3-2, in its first game of the weekend but dropped a 3-2 decision to Iowa in the nightcap. Mackenzie Audas earned her sixth win of the season vs. Princeton, striking out five consecutive batters. She finished the game with 11 strikeouts and just three hits in six innings of work. UCF wraps up play on Saturday with matchups against LIU Brooklyn (2 p.m. ET) and Florida A&M (6:30 p.m. ET).
East Carolina went 0-2 on a tough opening day at the USF Under Armour Invitational in Tampa, Fla. The Pirates dropped a pair of contests on Friday, falling 2-1 to Central Arkansas and 11-7 to Maine. East Carolina will look to snap its five-game losing skid when it takes on Illinois and Georgia State on Saturday.