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Game 1: Indiana 5, USF 1
Sat, Feb. 19, 2011 | 3 p.m. | Clearwater, Fla.
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| Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
R |
H |
E |
| Indiana (4-5) |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
15 |
1 |
| USF (4-4) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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| Pitcher |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
| W- Melloh (3-5) |
7.0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
| L- Catalano (1-1) |
5.0 |
14 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| S- None |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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| Top Performers |
AB |
H |
R |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
| J. Richardson |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Abraham |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Game 2: USF 8, Mississippi 0 F/6 inn.
Sat, Feb. 19, 2011 | 5:25 p.m. | Clearwater, Fla.
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| Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
R |
H |
E |
| Mississippi (2-7) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-- |
0 |
4 |
1 |
| USF (5-4) |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
-- |
8 |
8 |
1 |
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| Pitcher |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
| W- Nevins (2-1) |
6.0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| L- Bruning |
3.0 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
| S- None |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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| Top Performers |
AB |
H |
R |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
| USF - Salvarola |
4 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Miss - Bruning |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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GAME 1 :
CLEARWATER, Fla. – The University of South Florida dropped their fourth straight in game one of their doubleheader on Saturday with a 5-1 loss to Indiana.
Since starting the season 4-0, the Bulls have lost the past four including the first three games of the USF Tournament to fall to 4-4 on the year.
The Bulls offense, which had struggled recently, was able to get base-runners including six walks on the night, but was unable to get the timely hits.
Capri Catalano took the loss, her first of the year, after pitching 5+ innings while allowing five runs, two earned, on 14 hits while striking out four.
Lindsey Richardson came on to replace Catalano and pitched two innings of scoreless relief.
Janine Richardson recorded the Bulls first traditional home run of the season in the third inning on a bomb to right-center.
After a leadoff walk to begin the Indiana first, a strikeout and a groundout, Ashli Goff gunned down the runner trying to score from second on a single to keep the Hoosiers off the board in the first frame.
The Bulls were unable to get anything going in their half of the first despite a two-out walk from Janine Richardson.
Indiana got on the board first by batting around and playing station-to-station softball, collecting three runs on four hits and a pair of errors. With two outs and the bases loaded, Gina Kafalas laid out in foul ground to make the catch and limit the Hoosier damage to just three.
The Bulls loaded the bases in the bottom half of the second after a leadoff walk by Stormi Grzybeck, a bunt single by Laura Fountain and a walk to Alexis Nowell, but USF was not able to bring a run across in the inning.
USF got on the board in the bottom of the third as Janine Richardson ripped a pitch over the fence in right-center for her first home run of the year, cutting the Indiana lead to 3-1.
The Hoosiers got the run back in the top of the fourth with three singles capped by the RBI knock by Abraham to push their lead to 4-1.
Indiana did some lineup shuffling in the top of the fifth, and it worked out, resulting in an insurance run on an RBI single to right center extending the Hoosier lead to four, 5-1.
GAME 2:
CLEARWATER, Fla. – The University of South Florida busted out of their offensive slump by exploding for eight runs in a win over Ole Miss on Saturday night.
The Bulls collected eight runs on eight hits in the game, the highest total in both categories for the entire tournament so far, to beat the Rebels with a run rule in six innings.
Freshman
Sara Nevins was spectacular again in the win, improving to 2-1 on the year after going a complete 6.0 innings with no runs on four hits and one strikeout.
The big storyline was the offensive explosion led by freshman
Kourtney Salvarola, who went 3-for-4 at the plate with four RBI and a triple.
Kelly McCarver got the start in the Saturday nightcap and went 1-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI.
Gina Kafalas and
Janine Richardson continued to be consistent offensive producers for USF as Kafalas went 1-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI, while Richardson was 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Ole Miss threatened in the top of the first by getting a runner to first, but Nevins was able to escape the jam and get out of the inning.
The USF scoring started in the bottom of the third. McCarver grounded to the pitcher, but the Ole Miss first baseman dropped the throw allowing McCarver to reach. Singles by
Courtney Goff and Kafalas brought McCarver in for the first run. Kafalas and Goff would eventually score on a two RBI single through the left side by Salvarola, giving the Bulls the 3-0 lead through three.
The Bulls added another pair in the fourth on an RBI single by McCarver and an RBI groundout by Goff.
It was more of the same for the Bulls in the fifth as they pushed across two more on an RBI triple by Salvarola and a one-run single by Richardson. USF had a runner on third with two outs on the verge of a run rule, but a diving play by the Rebels' shortstop ended the inning, and kept Ole Miss alive.
The Bulls will wrapup the USF Tournament on Sunday as they square off against a familiar BIG EAST foe in DePaul at 1 p.m. in Clearwater.
