TUCSON, Ariz., FEB. 16, 2019 – USF recorded a season-high, seven runs against UIC, but fell in a heartbreaker to RV/RV Cal State Fullerton who got the walk-off win with two outs.
 
USF went ahead early against the Flames (2-6), and the Titans (7-1), but could recover when Titans scored two to take the lead in the fifth inning. The Bulls rallied to tie the game in the top of the seventh, but it wasn't enough when CSF hit the walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the frame.
 
USF 7, UIC 5
USF (3-6) opened up the scoring in the top of the first inning when junior Lindsey Devitt (Jacksonville, Fla.) hit a bloop single to right field, and made it home on an RBI double to right center by redshirt sophomore Bethaney Keen (Bradenton, Fla.).
 
In the second inning, the Bulls doubled their lead. Freshman Megan Pierro (Lutz, Fla.) led off with an infield single, and advanced to second and third on a sacrifice bunt and a groundout. Pierro was batted-in by freshman Meghan Sheehan (Forest Hill, Md.) who RBI singled to the shortstop.
 
The Bulls tacked on two runs in the third inning. Keen had her second hit of the game and made it home on a triple to centerfield by redshirt senior Mia Fung (Tampa, Fla.). Fung also made it home when senior Macy Cook (Uniontown, Ohio) hit a sacrifice fly to right field.
 
In the top of the fourth, USF loaded the bases with no outs. Freshman Tayli Filla (Ft. Myers, Fla.) hit her first career double to lead off the inning. Brooke Hartman (Port Orange, Fla.), who was pinch hitting for Sheehan, drew a walk and junior AnaMarie Bruni hit a bunt single to get three on base. A pair of sacrifice flies by Keen and Devitt added two runs to the Bulls lead, scoring Filla and Sheehan. Fung drew a walk and USF scored on a well-executed first-and-third play, Bruni stole home while Fung simultaneously stole second.
 
The Flames got on the board with four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning when they loaded the bases with no outs, and three singles batted in four runners. A double and an RBI single added one to UIC's score.
 
Sophomore Georgina Corrick (Sanford, Fla.) earned the win against the Flames. She pitched 2.1 innings and fanned four without allowing a walk or a run.
 
CSF 5, USF 4
For the second-straight game the Bulls opened up the scoring in the first inning. Devitt hit a single up the middle, stole second and advanced home on an RBI single by Cook. In the second inning, Dezarae Maldonado (Winter Haven, Fla.) got on base on a fielders' choice and scored when Bruni hit an RBI double down the right field line.
 
RV/RV Cal State Fullerton hit a two-run shot over the left field fence to tie up the game and get on the board in the bottom of the second inning.
 
USF regained the lead in the top of the fifth inning when Devitt opened up the inning with a single up the middle and stole second. The infielder advanced home on an RBI single by Cook for the second time in the game.
 
The Titans took the lead in the bottom of the fifth when batters reached on a fielders' choice and a hit-by-pitch, and made it home on two RBI singles that followed.
 
In the top of the seventh inning, Keen drew a walk with two outs, and freshman Megan Hargraves (Okeechobee, Fla.) entered to pinch run. Cook hit her third RBI single of the game, scoring Hargraves to tie it up at four. The top of the inning ended with a strikeout, and the Bulls headed back to the field to try and hold off CSF.
 
The Titans hit a fly out to center field, and Maldonado caught a ball in foul territory to take care of the first two outs. However, the Titans would get the walk-off win with an RBI double to right center.
 
Key Stat
19 – USF scattered 19 hits in two games, and has recorded 27 already this weekend
 
Notable

• Macy Cook went 5-for-6 on the day and 3-for-4 against the Titans with three RBI with a 1.000 slugging percentage
• Lindsey Devitt was 2-for-2 in stolen bases
• Four Bulls had multi-hit games including Bruni, Devitt, Keen, and Cook who had multiple hits in both games
• Georgina Corrick earned her second win of the season against UIC 

Up Next
The Bulls will take on New Mexico in the final day of the Hillenbrand Invitational at 11 a.m. ET.
 
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