Softball

The American Today: Memphis and USF earn two wins each on Saturday


 
UConn 11, Northern Kentucky 3 Box Score Recap
Saint Francis 4, Tulsa 0 Box Score Recap
East Carolina 18, Portland State 4 Box Score Recap
Memphis 5, Louisiana Tech 2 Box Score Recap
RV/RV USF 6, Ball State 2 Box Score Recap
Memphis 1, Wright State 0 Box Score Recap
UCF 4, Florida Gulf Coast 3 Box Score Recap
RV/RV USF 9, Towson 3 Box Score Recap
Pacific 7, East Carolina 0 Box Score Recap
Coastal Carolina 2, UConn 0 Box Score Recap
Tulsa 7, UT Arlington 0 Box Score Recap

Highlights

The Huskies (4-6) cruised past Northern Kentucky in six frames, 11-3, while falling short of a late-game comeback in a 2-0 loss to host Coastal Carolina. Freshman Kiwi McDaniel came up big for UConn on Saturday, going 3-for-6 with two home runs, four RBIs and a pair of runs scored in a doubleheader split on the first day of the Coastal Carolina Invitational.

After routing Portland State 18-4 in five innings Saturday afternoon, East Carolina fell to host Pacific by a 7-0 margin to wrap up day two of the Louisville Slugger Invitational at Simoni Field.

Memphis defeated the Lady Techsters by a score of 5-2 before shutting out Wright State, 1-0. Against Wright State, the two teams remained scoreless through the first six and a half innings of play. The difference in the game was a solo home run to left center field by Tyler Johnson  to improve Memphis to 4-0 in the Blues City Classic and 8-7 overall

Tulsa split a pair of contests on Saturday at the Maverick Classic, falling to Saint Francis 4-0 in a rematch of yesterday's extra-inning contest before retiring the final 18 batters en route to a 7-0 win over UT Arlington. The Saturday split moved Tulsa to 11-8 on the year.

USF picked up a pair of victories on the second day of the Under Armour Invitational, topping Ball State, 6-2, before exploding for nine runs in a 9-3 victory over Towson.

Schedule/Results

Sunday, March 5
^ North Dakota vs UConn • 9:30 a.m.
$ UT-Arlington vs Tulsa• 11 a.m.
^ Northern Kentucky vs. UConn • 12 p.m.
! Seton Hall vs. East Carolina • 1 p.m.\
? Providence at UCF • 1:30  p.m.
@ Tennessee State at Memphis • 2:30 p.m
# Villanova at RV/ USF • 4 p.m.


^All times Eastern and subject to change
[^] Coastal Carolina Invitational (Conway, SC.)
[!] Louisville Slugger Invitational (Stockton, CA.)
[%] Houston Hilton Plaza Classic(Houston, TX)
[#] Under Armour Invitational (Tampa, Fla.)
[?]UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.)