Morris, Case Homer USC Upstate to Win at North Florida in Series Opener

Saturday, April 7

Jacksonville, Fla.

12 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

27-13, 6-4

North Florida

20-21, 0-7

USC Upstate

North Florida

4/7/2018 12:00:00 AM | Softball

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Jacksonville, Fla. – Logan Morris and Brittany Case each homered and drove in three runs as the USC Upstate softball team opened its three-game series with the North Florida Ospreys on Saturday afternoon with a 6-1 victory at the UNF Softball Complex.

The teams were originally scheduled to play a doubleheader on Saturday but game two was postponed due to weather. The series concludes tomorrow with a doubleheader.

The Spartans improve to 27-13 on the season and 6-4 in conference play while the Ospreys fall to 20-21 overall and 0-7 in the league.

Scoring Breakdown

Bottom 2^nd – Dominica Cocuzza gave North Florida an early 1-0 lead with her solo home run to center field.
Top 3^rd – Case tied the game for USC Upstate at 1-1 with her RBI infield single. Kristen Wright scored on the base hit after reaching on a single to right field and then advanced to third on Morris' single.
Top 5^th – Morris broke the game open for the Spartans, giving them a 4-1 lead after hitting a three-run home run to left center field. Wright and Karla Beasley both came home on the homer after Wright walked and Beasley reached on a throwing error.
Top 7^th – USC Upstate extended its lead to 6-1 in its half of the seventh as Case belted a two-home homer to right field. Makenna Helton, pinch-running for Morris, scored on Case's home run. Morris reached two batters earlier with a walk.

Notables

Christina Biggerstaff (13-8) earned the win with a complete game and allowed one run on just two hits, no walks and registered eight strikeouts.
Morgan Blourne (5-6) took the loss giving up four runs (three earned) on six hits, four walks and five strikeouts in 4.1 innings of work.
Morris hit her fourth home run of the season and Case her second.
Morris and Case both finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate with three RBI and one run scored.
Wright tied both players offensively with two hits while scoring a team-high two runs.
Kayla Hussey and Elisa Cecchetti each collected one hit.
Cocuzza went 1-for-3 with one RBI and one run scored for the Ospreys.
The Spartans outhit North Florida 8-2.

UP NEXT

USC Upstate concludes its three-game series with the Ospreys on Sunday with a doubleheader starting at 11 a.m.

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