Monday, Feb. 17
Florida A&M 5, USF 1 - Box Score
USF fell to Florida A&M on the road Monday, 5-1. The Bulls (2-2) fell behind to the Rattlers (1-0), 1-0, in the first. Florida A&M then plated its second run in the second and three in the fifth to lead 5-1.
The Bulls were able to get on the board in the top of the third inning when Dontae Mitchel crossed home thanks to a fielding error by Ryan Coscarella, but Florida A&M would extend their lead to, 5-1, when Jared Weber would hit a three-run double to left-center. Baron Stuart suffered the loss on the hill for the Bulls allowing four runs on three hits through 4.2 innings.
Tuesday, Feb. 18
No. 12 Florida State 7, USF 3 -
Box Score
USF fell to No. 12 Florida State on the road Tuesday, 7-3. The Bulls (2-3) came out of the gates firing in the top of the first inning. Jordan Santos drove in the first run for USF with a single to right field, scoring Dontae Mitchell.
USF tacked on two more runs in the top of the third on an error by third baseman Carter Smith. No. 12 Florida State (3-1) would tie the game in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Seminoles would then take the lead in the sixth on a Mathue Nelson three-run homer.
Stetson 6, UCF 5 -
Box Score
After a rocky start, UCF rallied in the final two innings of the contest with Stetson, but ultimately fell just short with a final score of 6-5 in the first midweek matchup of the season. The Knights fell into a 2-0 deficit in the third inning while struggling to put any runners on base in that time.
Sophomore center fielder Gephry Pena snapped Stetson's no-hit bid in the fourth inning of the contest with a single up the middle. He quickly came around to score as Dalton Wingo put the Knights on the board with a two-RBI blast, his first home run of the season, to tie the game at two runs each.
Hatters slugger Eric Foggo hit his second solo homer of the day in the sixth inning to give Stetson a 3-2 lead. The Black and Gold found themselves in the lead for the first time in the game as Jordan Rathbone also hit his first home rune of the 2020 slate to put the Knights up 4-3. Stetson answered in their next turn at the plate, scoring three runs on three hits, which proved to be too much to overcome for UCF.