Another day, another two wins on the diamond for the Lady Bulls of South Florida. I had the pleasure of spending the day at the park, and it was a glorious day to be out there. In fact, if the people sitting down the aisle from me didn't keep getting up to walk out every 5 minutes and coming back 5 minutes later, I would say it was a perfect day. The guys from Voodoo Five were taking advantage of the outstanding weather at the USF Volleyball annual golf scramble tournament over at The Claw (link to come). I hope someday I won't be a poor college kid and actually have money to support our girls in a golf tournament.
But I digress...
As the guys from V5 were probably slamming back the 5th or 6th of their beers in the tee boxes, I was doing my part to support the ladies of our USF Athletics. The Bulls hosted Connecticut (17-20, 5-5 Big East) this afternoon, and Lindsey Richardson got the start for game one. After a bit of a rough start for USF, UConn didn't take long to load the bases with two walks and an error. Richardson kept cool, though, and struck out two in the inning to escape with no damage. The offense was uncharacteristically unproductive early in the game, failing to even get a hit until the third inning. After that, though, USF got back to their good old selves again, scoring two in the third inning with RBI by Ashli Goff and Kourtney Salvarola. The Huskies came back immediately with leadoff back-to-back solo home runs, but that would be the last we would see of Connecticut's offense for the game. USF was really in control for the rest of the game, scoring three runs in the bottom of the fourth. They also scored four runs in the fifth on only two hits in the fifth, as three UConn pitchers walked three straight batters with the bases loaded. Final score: USF 9, Connecticut 2. A game note: pitcher Sara Nevins got her 8th save of the season, moving her into first place outright for most season saves in USF history.
See what I spent the game doing after the jump.
That's right, I made my own scoresheet. I did one for Connecticut too, but I figured just uploading one would suffice. I apologize for the less than beautiful handwriting, too. The announcer was talking fast and I had to write everyone down.
Anyway, the Bulls didn't have much time to celebrate that big game 1 win, as they got started on the next game 30 minutes later. Richardson got back on the field for game 2, and this time she seemed just about the same. Connecticut made a few changes to the lineup, but it proved to not make much of an improvement as the Huskies only scored one run in the fourth on a sac fly to tie the game at 1, which was charged to Richardson. Sara Nevins came in to relieve Richardson, and at that point, the game was over. Nevins closed the fourth and pitched the next three innings nearly perfectly while getting a bit of run support, courtesy of an RBI single by Ashli Goff. Final score of game 2: USF 2, Connecticut 1. Another game note: Lindsey Richardson only got charged with one earned run in both of her starts today, but did not record a victory (Brittany Bowles got the win in game 1, Nevins in game 2).
The doubleheader sweep improves USF to 11-1 in Big East play, and boosts them into an outright spot,however temporary, for second place in the conference. They get a chance to move into first place tomorrow, but need some help as current first-place team DePaul is in New Brunswick this weekend to play Rutgers. Although the day in softball is over, this doesn't mean my day has to end. As I write this, I'm listening to Ronan O'Shea broadcast the USF Baseball game at Louisville and watching the UCF-UF baseball game on Brighthouse. It's a tough life, but someone has to do it.
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