University of North Florida softball coach Jeff Conrad is resigned to pitching by committee this week in the ASUN Tournament.
Two-thirds of the staff he put in the circle on May 5 did just fine as the seventh-seeded Ospreys opened the defense of their 2025 ASUN title with an 8-5 victory over No. 6 Eastern Kentucky, at the UNF Softball Complex.
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Taylor Cook relieved starter Macie Hunolt in the first inning after EKU scored four runs to take a 4-2 lead. Cook retired 10 batters in a row and threw 4.1 innings of three-hit ball, with five strikeouts. All-ASUN second-team member Cameron Ponich, UNF’s No. 1 starter, threw two hitless innings in relief.
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