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February 1, 2002
OSPREYS DEFEAT PRESBYTERIAN 6-5 IN 11 INNINGSJACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The No. 1-ranked University of North Florida Ospreys swept through The Peach Belt Challenge today defeating Presbyterian College, 6-5 in 11 innings. The Ospreys (3-0) took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on consecutive RBI hits by Ryan McDonald and Ben Johanning, scoring Alden Watson and Scott Bridges. The Blue Hose (0-2) took the lead in the fourth as Tombo Hite opened with a single to right field before Davis Rice followed with an RBI double to left field. Presbyterian would go on to get three more runs in the inning and take the lead 4-2 after three-and-a-half innings of play. Presbyterian added a run in the eighth and held a 5-2 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth. Bridges led off for UNF with a single to right field, then with two outs, Johanning reached on an error by the shortstop which led two a double by Ricky Willis to keep the inning going. With runners at first and third, shortstop Ryan Knight hit a line drive off the pitcher's glove which scored Willis and tied the game at five. Both teams were blanked until the bottom half of the 11th inning when Knight came to bat with the bases loaded and hit another ball off the pitcher, which scored Johanning. Barry Marquart picked up his first win of the year for the Ospreys after throwing two and two-thirds innings, giving up only one hit. The loss went to Charles Assey for the Blue Hose throwing only one and two-thirds giving up one hit and one run. |