Spartans Outlast Northwood in Extras

TAMPA, Fla. – No. 10 University of Tampa outlasted its opponent in an extra-inning victory against the visiting Northwood University Timberwolves.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Final Score: No. 10 University of Tampa Spartans 4, Northwood Timberwolves 3 (12 Innings)

Records: Tampa (15-7), Northwood (5-9)

Location: UT Baseball Field | Tampa, Fla.

All-time Series: The Spartans met the Northwood Timberwolves for the first time and now lead the series 1-0.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Northwood had a pair of singles from both Magnu and Montas-Buwhich. The Timberwolves had two runners cross the plate. || Top 3 || NU 2-0
• The Timberwolves added another run off a Polewka single. ||Top 5|| NU 3-0
• Nick Derr singled up the middle driving in Mikey Navarrete to get the Spartans on the board. || Bot 5 || NU 3-1
• Drew Ehrhard was the first of two Spartan baserunners to score in the inning. Later in the inning, Navarrete put down a sacrifice bunt to bring John Pichman home to tie up the game. || Bot 8 || 3-3
• Luke Benoit hit a walk-off single to give the Spartans the win. Ehrhard scored the winning run after reaching base on a single. || Bot 11 || UT 4-3

INSIDE THE STATS:

• Derr had an RBI to go along with a three-hit performance on the night.
• Navarrete had a hit, RBI, and made his pitching debut for the Spartans. He entered in the top of the 12 inning with Northwood runners on second and third and escaped the jam on a flyout to right field.
• J.D. Urso started at shortstop and collected a pair of hits.
• Lefty Colton Widdows started for the Spartans and went 3.0 innings.
• Zane Morrison tossed 3.2 innings of scoreless action with a strikeout while allowing just one hit.
• Alex Passarella pitched 1.1 innings without a run, and was followed by 0.2 innings from James Angel.
• In his first action with the Spartans, Aidan Brown pitched 1.0 scoreless innings with a strikeout.

OUTSIDE THE BOX:

• Tampa picked up its fourth consecutive victory.
• The Spartans won their second straight game by one run.
• Navarrete threw his first career pitches for the Spartans.
• UT matched its longest win streak of the season with the victory.

UP NEXT:

Tampa will travel to Fort Lauderdale to take on conference foe Nova Southeastern in a three-game series Friday at 6 p.m.

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