Bethune-Cookman Softball Falls 3-0 To USF in NCAA Regionals

GAINESVILLE, Florida -- Bethune-Cookman's 2018 season came to end with a 3-0 loss to South Florida in an NCAA Gainesville Regional elimination game Saturday at Katie Seashole Pressley Stadium.

Cassidy Boyle went 3-3, homered and drove in two runs, while JoJo McGill and Hannah Parker combined on the shutout as the Bulls (39-22) extended their season. They're playing Ohio State late Saturday for the right to face Florida in the championship Sunday.

Bethune-Cookman, ending a six-year post-season absence after winning the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament championship, concludes its season 31-26.

The Wildcats threatened to score in the second when Kailey Richard hit a two-out single up the middle and was followed by Bryanna Campos singling and Kayla Traylor drawing a walk to load the bases. But the Wildcats left all three stranded to end the inning.

USF scored two in the third on a Lindsey Devitt sacrifice fly and a single by Boyle, who registered her solo shot in the fifth.

Brianna Sanders would be the lone Wildcat baserunner until the sixth when Ryan Jackson singled and Iesha Waters drew a walk.

Richard registered her second hit with a leadoff single in the seventh, advancing to second on an error. Pinch runner Sasha Killings got to third, but was stranded.

Freshman Alexis Bermudez (13-11) took the loss. Mariah Estrada, a sophomore, worked two innings of two-hit relief while Victoria Guzman worked the sixth.

In the field, sophomore shortstop Jacki Smith registered a double play as part of her four assists and three putouts while Traylor, a freshman, posted three assists and two putouts.

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