ORLANDO (UCFKnights.com) – The UCF softball team swept the UConn Huskies to open American Athletic Conference play with a 2-1 come-from-behind victory Sunday afternoon.
Freshman Tera Testa delivered the game-winning single to bring home two runs with one out in the seventh inning.
Jazmine Esparza collected two doubles in the win and went 2-for-3 on the day.
Alea White picked up her second win of the weekend giving her 15 wins on the year.
UCF improves to 23-9 overall and 3-0 in conference play.
Things You Need To Know:
- The Knights are the only team in conference play to sweep their opponents as they sit atop the standings.
- The Knights 23-9 start as conference play begins, is their third best start in program history after 2002 and 2015.
- UCF’s come-from-behind victory is the fifth time this season the Knights have trailed after the fifth inning and came back to win.
- Testa’s at-bat in the seventh inning was her first at-bat of the weekend and she recorded her first RBI of the season.
- White tossed her 15th complete game allowing five hits, two walks with seven strikeouts. White’s season earned run average is a low 1.50.
- In the win over UConn on Sunday, Aubrey Johnson tallied a pair of hits for a total of three over the weekend.
- Esparza went 4-for-8 on the weekend with two RBI and two doubles.
- Tamesha Glover wrapped up the weekend 3-for-8 with three runs scored, three doubles, two stolen bases, and one RBI.
- UCF scored two runs on eight hits in the win with three strikeouts. The Knights struckout just seven times against the Huskies.
- This is the second-straight season UCF has started conference play with a sweep.
Scoring:
UCONN: 1-0 | 6th | With a runner on second, the Huskies delivered a single and took the lead for the first time all weekend.
UCF: 2-1 | 7th | Esparza led off the inning with a single and Karissa Ornelas moved her over with a sacrifice bunt. Back-to-back singles loaded the bases for pinch hitter, Testa who ripped a single up the middle and with the help of an error by the center fielder, two runs scored for the walk-off win.
ON DECK
The Knights head to East Carolina for a three-game series with the Pirates Friday through Sunday.
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