UCF upsets No. 4 Arizona again, takes series in Tucson
The Knights are always ready for a battle. For the second straight night, UCF beat Arizona in Tucson as the Knights powered their way to a 5-4 series clinching win.
Despite the somewhat lower scoring game, this one was a hit fest. The two teams combined for 25 hits on Saturday. UCF sustained an early punch from Arizona after the Wildcats scored two runs in the first two innings via a Kaiah Altmeyer RBI double and Tayler Biehl solo home run.
Aubrey Evans tied the game on a two-run blast off Arizona starter Miranda Stoddard. The Knights didn’t waver after Arizona retook the lead in the bottom half of the third inning on a Devyn Netz home run. Evans drove in Sierra Humphreys, who beat a throw home by Regan Shockey after the center fielder made an error that allowed Humphreys to score from first on a single.
UCF took the lead in the fifth. Ashleigh Griffin blasted her second home run of the weekend, a two-run bomb off of Netz to put the Knights up two.
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Arizona threatened in the sixth, loading the bases with one out. However, Kaitlyn Felton limited the Wildcats to one run after back-to-back groundouts. Felton, who improved to 9-0 on the season, closed the door in the seventh. She went 3.1 innings, allowing three hits and one unearned run.
Madison Simon was also a huge part in the Knights win. She went 4-for-4 at the plate. Simon also robbed Dakota Kennedy of a home run when the game was tied in the fourth inning.
UCF will seek the sweep on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET before heading home to play Florida and Arizona State next week. Arizona will try to salvage the series finale, hoping for a solid pitching performance before playing Utah State and Utah.
