This is a good start for the Ospreys. Their ace goes out and does his job, but the task gets tougher as they advance. In a #3 vs. #4 seed match-up, neither team can afford to go down the rotation as #1 seed Stetson was able to do, pitching their #3 starter vs. #6 seed NJIT. 

The clear tournament favorites are Stetson and Jacksonville. After that sits UNF and Kennesaw State, with Lipscomb and NJIT in the "two and barbecue" category. 

All bets will be off in the backyard rivalry match-up between UNF and JU. Prior stats don't mean anything. But that's true of tournaments in general, mitigated slightly by the double-elimination format. 

Deep pitching will rule the day and it would seem that Stetson has that over the others. 

from unfospreys.com

http://unfospreys.com/news/2018/5/23/baseball-ospreys-roll-in-first-round-of-asun-tournament.aspx

North Florida Downs Owls In ASUN Tournament Opener

May. 23, 2018 Baseball

Box Score

Final Score: North Florida 7, Kennesaw State 1

Location: Jacksonville, Fla. (Harmon Stadium)

Records: North Florida (26-26) | Kennesaw State (25-29)

WP: Frank German (8-3)  | LP: AJ Moore (5-3)

Jacksonville, Fla. – The North Florida Baseball team used a dominant start from junior Frank German and a solid day at the plate to pick up a 7-1 victory over Kennesaw State in the opening round of the ASUN Tournament at Harmon Stadium.

LEADING OFF

- Frank German picked up his second complete game of the season as he went the distance allowing just one earned run while tying his career-high with 10 strikeouts in the victory. 

- He is the first Osprey since 2004 to hit the 100 strikeout plateau. Travis Stanton had 116 strikeouts during the 2004 campaign.

- Blake Voyles paced the Osprey offense with his 17th multi-hit game of the season and his sixth three-hit game of the year. 

- Chris Berry, Dalton Board and Chris Matthias each chipped in with two hits apiece for North Florida.

- Mac Wilson extended his reached base streak to a team-high 13 games and Voyles has matched his season-high with 11 in a row.

- The Ospreys scored five times in the seventh for their 10th game with a five run inning this season. Its the Ospreys seventh win when scoring 5+ in an inning this season.

- It was the Ospreys first opening round win in the ASUN Tournament since 2016 when UNF took down FGCU 12-4. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

- UNF's offense got going in the fourth when Jay Prather lined a single thru the infield which allowed Voyles to come into score and give the Ospreys the 1-0 lead.

- In the seventh, Berry lined a single up the middle to plate Rey Gonzalez followed quickly by a Board RBI single to score Abraham Sequera and make it 3-0.

- Voyles picked up a two-run single to make it 5-0 which was followed on the next pitch by Wilson lining another single up the middle to score Voyles and cap off the 5-run frame. 

- Berry added one more RBI single in the eighth to make it 7-0.

- KSU scored its lone run in the ninth on a sac fly to make it a 7-1 final. 

WHAT'S NEXT

The Ospreys move on in the winners bracket on Thursday against their cross-town rival No. 2 Jacksonville at 7 p.m. at Harmon Stadium.

• If North Florida takes down Jacksonville on Thursday, the Ospreys advance to Friday morning's semifinal with an 11 a.m. first pitch against either No.1 Stetson or No. 3 Kennesaw State. 
• If the Ospreys fall to the Dolphins, UNF faces the winner of No. 5 Lipscomb vs No. 6 NJIT in a win or go home matchup at 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon. 

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