No. 10 Tampa Battles to Victory Over Florida Southern

The No. 10 University of Tampa (20-4, 10-3 SSC) softball team claimed a 1-0 victory over Florida Southern College (18-9, 4-3 SSC) at Barnett Field on Friday evening.

Senior Kayla Cox started for the Spartans and earned her tenth victory of the season. She tossed 5.0 innings with five strikeouts while allowing one hit. Julia Morrow pitched the final 2.0 innings with four strikeouts while allowing two hits to record her third save of the year.

Both teams were held scoreless by dominant pitching from Cox and Moccasins starter Chelsea Oglevie for the first two innings.

Meagan Burke put Tampa on the board in the top of the third on a two out RBI triple to right field. Kandi Kuder came around to score and give the Spartans a 1-0 lead.

Florida Southern was unable to even the score as Tampa held on to preserve the shutout victory.

Kayleen Boatwright and Bre Setree also contributed for the Spartans with a base hit each to total three in the game.

UT will return to action Saturday afternoon for a doubleheader at Florida Southern to conclude the SSC series. The first game is scheduled for 1 p.m. Live stats will be available through www.tampa.statbroadcast.com.

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