Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville softball hosted Ball State University in double header on Friday night to begin the Osprey Dolphin Invite. JU was victorious in the first game, topping the Cardinals by a final score of 2-1. Game two went to the Cardinals in a final score of 10-2

Game One

Senior pitcher Alyssa Bilodeau recorded her third win of the season pitching a complete game this afternoon. She faced 27 batters only allowed 6 hits. After the first Cardinal run in the top of the first, she held back the visiting team for the remainder of the game. Jacksonville opened scoring in the bottom of the third when senior Makenzie Buss hit a homerun to left field on the first pitch. The Dolphins secured the game winning run in the bottom of the fifth when freshman Ashley Darakjian scored on a sac fly from Buss.

Buss and Darakjian both went 2 for 1 at the plate in game one.

Game Two

Jacksonville was unable to top the Cardinals in game two of the evening. Senior Kassidy Cross scored the lone Dolphin run after she tripled in the top of the fourth. Freshman Skylar Whitty and senior Seana Mora both saw action in the circle but were unable to fight back against the unrelenting Ball State offense.

"When we play clean softball we are tough to beat. Game one was a great example, Unfortunately we weren't able to do that in game two. A lot defensive miscues allowed that game to get too far away from us to make any kind of noise offensively," commented Head Coach Erica Ayers.  

Jacksonville returns tomorrow for a double header against Eastern Tennessee State University (2:30PM) and Alabama A&M (5PM).