CLEARWATER, Fla. (Feb. 20, 2016)—The USF softball team suffered a pair of losses on Saturday, falling to 2-7 on the year after dropping games to Oklahoma State and No. 12 Tennessee. In the opening game of the day, the Bulls fell 12-3 to the Cowgirls of OSU in five innings. In the second game, USF hung tight with Tennessee, falling just short of an upset of the 12^th-ranked Volunteers.

Game 2: Tennessee 6, USF 4

After the Vols took a 2-0 lead in the second inning, a solo home run by Mia Fung in the bottom of the innings cut the lead in half. USF tied the game as starting pitcher Erica Nunn helped her own cause with an RBI single to plate Juli Weber in the third. Weber ended the game 2-for-3 at the plate with a walk and two runs.

Tennessee took back the lead in the fourth, plating three runs on a solo home run and two RBI singles.

In the fifth, Weber reached on a walk before coming home on an Astin Donovan triple. Nunn reached on an error by the Vols' third baseman to allow Donovan to come home and put the Bulls within one as the inning ended.

Rainey Gaffin hit a solo home run to open the sixth inning and that was all the insurance Tennessee would need to secure the game. The Bulls battled hard in the seventh, putting runners at second and third, but the rally would fall short.

Nunn took the loss, but had one of her more impressive outings of the season. The senior gave up just three hits in her four innings of work while striking out a pair. In relief, Cheyenne Eggens gave up just one run on three hits in three innings in the circle.

Game 1: OSU 12, USF 3

In the first game of the day, a grand slam and a bases loaded triple broke open the game and put it out of reach for USF.

In the third and fourth innings, the Cowgirls plated their 12 runs with five in the third and seven in the fourth. In the third, a bases loaded triple and an error by sophomore Mia Fung in right field brought in four runs.  A two-out error would plate another to make it 5-0 OSU at the end of the inning.

In the fourth, a grand slam by brought in four runs and a bases loaded walk and an RBI single brought in two more. The Bulls entered the home half of the fourth down 11-0, looking to get something in motion.

USF broke up a potential no-hitter in the bottom of the fourth with a Lee Ann Spivey single that put runners on the corners for Fung. The sophomore brought home both base runners with a huge double to left field to end the shutout bid.

In the fifth, Kristen Wyckoff scored the final run for USF. The junior reached on a single, took second on a ground out and stole third, and then used a sacrifice bunt by Astin Donovan to come home. Wyckoff would do all this on three pitches for the fastest scoring run of the game.

The Bulls return to the friendly confines of the USF Softball Stadium for a midweek matchup against Jacksonville, Wednesday, Feb. 24. at 6 p.m.