TAMPA (March 14, 2018) –  USF shut out Maine, 5-0, for its 10^th straight victory on Wednesday night at the USF Softball Stadium.

Senior Lauren Evans (Land O' Lakes, Fla.) RBI singled in the third inning to get USF on the board, and junior Mia Fung sent a 3-run shot to right field for her fifth home run of the season, to extend the Bulls' lead, 4-0. The Tampa native hit a career-high two homers in the Bulls' win over Villanova last Friday and added another home run against Iona on Sunday. Fung is now up to 14 home runs in her career. Senior Astin Donovan batted in the final run with a sacrifice fly to center field. 

Three pitchers took the circle for USF and combined for six strikeouts. USF's only walk was intentional, holding off the Black Bears from scoring in the second inning. Junior Cheyenne Eggens earned her fourth win of the season in 3.1 innings of work with four strikeouts. She allowed just one hit.   

Quotable

Junior Mia Fung on her thought process at the plate…
"The only thing I'm thinking is, 'Try to stay calm. Don't get too jumpy.' I tend to jump out of my shoes. I am thinking 'I can hit this girl. Stay calm and relax. Get this hit.'"

Junior Mia Fung on how the team is playing…
"All of us are just comfortable and playing. Instead of worrying, we are playing and having fun with it."

Head coach Ken Eriksen on the win streak…
"Well you know the pitching staff is doing a pretty good job at keeping the other team at zero, and we had one intentional walk which was a good strategy, but other than that we didn't walk anyone. You do that, and you go errorless, and you give yourself an opportunity."

On strong at-bats by the team…
"I'll tell you right now, there's no real secrets to what anyone does. If they are seeing the ball well, they have an opportunity. We keep telling them to not to get in their own way, don't fight things. Don't fight location pitches, don't fight count pitches. Read and respond. Get in the box, get your eyes on it early, and get the barrel to the ball."

Key Stat
74-16 – In the Bulls' 10-game win streak, USF has outscored opponents 74-16 including three shutouts.

Notable

• The Bulls are up to 10 straight wins
• USF outhit Maine, 8-4
• Mia Fung went 2-for-2 with three RBI and one walk
• Cheyenne Eggens improved her record to 4-1 with today's win

Up Next 
USF will compete in the Clearwater Spring Break Classic, the final tournament of the USF Series over the weekend. The Bulls will welcome three teams to the USF Softball Stadium: Lehigh (2:00 p.m.) and Elon (4:15 p.m.) on Friday, and UNF (4 p.m.) on Sunday. On Saturday, USF will head to the Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex to take on St. Joseph's (2:30 p.m.) and Princeton (4:45 p.m.).

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