TAMPA, March 6, 2019 – USF scattered a whopping 17 hits in two games when it shut out CMU, 5-0, and took down Furman, 7-1, in a doubleheader Wednesday night.
 
Senior Lindsey Devitt (Jacksonville, Fla.) tallied three runs after going 5-for-7 through both games, and redshirt sophomore Bethaney Keen (Bradenton, Fla.) recorded two multiple RBI games when she batted in six runners total throughout the night.
 
USF 5, CMU 0
Devitt opened the bottom of the first inning with a single up the middle, and junior AnaMarie Bruni (Schwenksville, Pa.) laid down a bunt single to put a pair of Bulls on base. After the runners advanced a base on a wild pitch, Devitt was caught in a pickle and tagged between third and home. Bruni reached third on the same play, and scored on a groundout to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead after the first inning,
 
USF scored four runs on three hits and one error in the third inning. Once again, Devitt and Bruni kicked off the inning getting on base. Devitt hit her second single up the middle, Bruni drew a walk, and the Bulls loaded the bases when freshman Megan Pierro (Lutz, Fla.) reached first on an error. Keen and freshman Tayli Filla (Ft. Myers, Fla.) each batted in a pair of runs when Keen hit a single and Filla smashed her third double of the season.
 
Senior Nicole Doyle (Aurora, Ohio) earned the win for USF and improved her record to 3-6. She pitched five full innings and limited the Chippewas (7-11) to two hits with just one walk. Senior Cheyenne Eggens (Vienna, Ohio) entered in relief and fanned four batters in two innings to help keep CMU at zero for a combined shutout.
 
USF 7, Furman 1
Furman (5-12) opened the scoring in the first inning when Marissa Guimbarda hit her seventh homer in the last eight games for a 1-0 lead. USF responded in the bottom of the frame when Keen hit a home run of her own that bounced off the top of the fence at left center to score two.
 
The Bulls bats boomed in a five-run fifth inning that saw five hits. Devitt opened the frame with a double and advanced on a wild pitch. Bruni bunt singled and stole second, and they both scored when Pierro hit her first career triple.
 
With a 4-1 lead, Keen hit a single for her third RBI of the game that scored Pierro. Macy Cook (Uniontown, Ohio) extended the inning with a two-run rocket over the centerfield fence to tack on two more runs.
 
USF saw Eggens, Doyle and Corrick in the circle against the Paladins. Eggens earned her second win of the season, she pitched four innings allowing just three hits, and one walk. Corrick pitched 2.2 innings to earn the save and struck out seven batters in the process. She walked just one and allowed just one hit.
 
Key Stat
17 – USF totaled 17 hits in two games and scattered 10 against Furman, hitting double digits for the fourth time this season
 
Notable

• Devitt went 3-for-4 against Central Michigan and 2-for-3 against Furman
• Keen had three RBI in each game of the evening
• Corrick's save was her second this season
• Four Bulls had multi-hit games against Furman: Devitt, Pierro, Keen and Cook

 
Up Next
USF will split its weekend between the USF Softball Stadium and Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex for the USF-Clearwater Showcase. The Bulls will host Wisconsin and UMass on Friday and take on Indiana and St. John's in Clearwater on Saturday.
 
About USF Softball
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