South Florida Skirts Past Softball, 2-1

Saturday, March 7

Clearwater, Fla.

TBA

NC State

7-7

USF

16-10

South Florida

NC State

3/7/2009 12:00:00 AM | Softball

Box Score

CLEARWATER, Fla.  South Florida slid past NC State, 2-1, in the Pack’s second game of the day at the USF Under Armour Invitational on Saturday, March 7. The win snaps a season-best five game winning streak. State now stands at 7-7, while South Florida moves to 16-10.

Hannah Ojeda went 1-for-2 with a run scored for the Wolfpack offense, while Mendy McKenzie (2-3) allowed just one earned run. Brittany Bowles (4-2) tossed the win for USF, while Kristen Gordon (1) got the save.

Britta Giddens put the Bulls up early in the top of the first with a two-out solo shot down the line in left and JoJo Medina made it 2-0 USF with an RBI single up the middle in the top of the fifth. Tara Toscano and Giddens placed back-to-back singles before Medina lined one up the middle.

South Florida attempted to pad its lead with another run in the top of the sixth, but Ojeda gunned down Laura Fountain with a throw from center to the plate to end the inning.

State got its only run in the bottom of the sixth.  Ojeda led off with a single to short and Presnell followed with a base hit into left-center, eventually moving to second as Ojeda advanced to third. Kristine Bechtholdt then pushed Ojeda across the plate with a sac-fly to left.

NC State will play one more game at the USF Under Armour Invitational, taking on either Villanova or Loyola Chicago for third-place overall at the tournament. That game will be held tomorrow morning, Sunday, March 8, at 10 a.m. GoPack.com will provide live stats.