JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University baseball dropped game three of the River City Rumble 9-3 to North Florida on Sunday afternoon at John Sessions Stadium.
 
The Dolphins (5-15, 0-3) surrendered two runs in the top of the first and we unable to work their way back throughout the afternoon.
 
"We've got a challenge ahead of us," said Head Coach Chris Hayes. "We've got to get better offensively, defensively and on the mound."
 
UNF got it started early off of Jagger McCoy (1-1), beginning with a leadoff double that scored two batters later on an RBI single, setting up a two-out RBI double that bounced off the bag at first to plate another and it was 2-0 Ospreys before Jacksonville came to bat for the first time on the day.
 
JU got one back in the bottom half, with a little two-out rally. Dakota Julylia singled and scored when Duncan Hunter drove a double to right center field.
 
UNF got back on the board to push the lead to 3-1 in the third. A one-out walk moved into scoring position on a stolen base and scored on a single to left. The Ospreys best offensive inning came in the fourth. After a one-out single, JU made a pitching change, and another stolen base setup a two-out RBI single. That was followed by a two-run homer to left to make it 6-1 North Florida.
 
After a pair of errors plated the seventh run of the afternoon for UNF in the top of the sixth, the Dolphins got back on the board in the bottom half. Jesus Pacheco hit his first career home, which sparked a stretch of long balls. North Florida hit its second home run of the day in the top of the eighth, and Christian Coipel answered with his second of the year to left field in the bottom half to make it 8-3.
 
North Florida added one more in the top of the ninth, when a leadoff walk came in to score after a double and then an RBI single.
 
ON DECK
 
Jacksonville heads back on the road to familiar territory, concluding the four-game home-and-home series with UCF on Tuesday. First pitch in Orlando is scheduled for 6 p.m. at John Euliano Park.

COACH'S COMMENTS

 
THREE STRIKES
 

• Freshman Jesus Pacheco became the second Dolphin this season to leave the yard for the first time. His first long ball came in his 55th career at-bat, while teammate Ruben Someillan's came in his 685th earlier this year
• Pacheco, Duncan Hunter and Dakota Julylia all recorded multi-hit games
• Someillan extended his on-base streak to 20 and Julylia extended his hit streak to 10