LIVE CHAT: UMass Softball vs. UCF

Wade Barrett (Preston): So how is the softball team looking? Are they projected to be among the top of the league?

UMass Athletics: We were projected to win the A-10 Championship in the preseason poll and yesterday we started looking really good! Our offense is great this year!

UMass Athletics: Caroline Raymond is on the mound for the Minutewomen today.

UMass Athletics: Novak is at the plate, first pitch is a called strike.

UMass Athletics: Raymond just misses on her second pitch, 1-1.

UMass Athletics: 2-2 now after a foul ball.

UMass Athletics: Ball three makes it a full count.

UMass Athletics: Novak takes her base, Acevedo is at the plate.

UMass Athletics: First pitch is a ball.

UMass Athletics: 2-0 at the plate, Novak steals second base.

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UMass Athletics: Raymond sits Acevedo with a strikeout looking.

UMass Athletics: 1-2 count to Sullivan at the plate.

UMass Athletics: Raymond throws two balls to make the count full.

UMass Athletics: She fouls two off, the count still full.

UMass Athletics: She finally hits one fair, a fly ball into the glove of Lindsey Webster in left field.

UMass Athletics: Cenal at the plate.

UMass Athletics: First pitch is a ball.

UMass Athletics: 1-2 count after two fouled off.

UMass Athletics: She strikes out looking to end the inning!

UMass Athletics: And that brings up UMass, Matthew will lead off for the Minutewomen

UMass Athletics: 2-0 count to Matthew

UMass Athletics: She singles one up the middle for the first hit of the game!

UMass Athletics: Diaz-Patterson gets her feet moving and beats the throw to first after she hits one down into the dirt! Two on, no outs, Bettencourt at the plate.

UMass Athletics: Bettencourt sacrifice bunts to advance both runners. Matthew on third, Diaz-Patterson on second, Meeks at the plate.

UMass Athletics: First pitch is a ball.

UMass Athletics: 2-0 to Meeks

UMass Athletics: A passed ball and then a throwing error gets both runners to score! UMass leads 2-0!

UMass Athletics: Meeks hits a grounder to the second baseman and is out at first. Carbone at the plate with two outs.

UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Carbone.

UMass Athletics: She gets ahead, 3-1

UMass Athletics: She pops one up to the third baseman to end the inning.

UMass Athletics: UMass put two on the board in the bottom of the first to take an early lead.

UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Turnier at the plate for UCF

UMass Athletics: 2-2 now to Turnier

UMass Athletics: Turnier goes down swinging, Barrow at the plate.

UMass Athletics: Full count to barrow after being ahead in the count 3-0

UMass Athletics: She fouls one into the dirt, still full.

UMass Athletics: She fouled one out to Webster in left field for the second out in the inning.

UMass Athletics: Schroeder is at the plate with a 1-1 count

UMass Athletics: She strikes out looking to end the inning! Raymond has four strikeouts already in the game.

UMass Athletics: Rogers will lead off the bottom of the second.

UMass Athletics: Rogers fouls the first one into the backstop, 0-1.

UMass Athletics: 1-2 now to Rogers.

UMass Athletics: The count evens at 2-2.

UMass Athletics: She hits a stand up double to left field. Acevedo tries to make the diving catch and just misses! No outs, runner on second and Kelley at the plate with a 1-0 count.

UMass Athletics: She fouls one back and the count is 2-1

UMass Athletics: She fouls two more back, 2-2

UMass Athletics: She swings and misses for the first out of the inning. Gray at the plate.

UMass Athletics: The count is 2-1 to Gray, Turnier on the mound.

UMass Athletics: She strikes out swinging for the second out of the inning. Webster takes the plate.

UMass Athletics: She pops the first pitch up to the pitcher and that ends the inning.

UMass Athletics: Garcia will lead off the top of the third for UCF

UMass Athletics: Diaz-Patterson makes an amazing grab on a line drive that should have been a base hit. One out, Steckel at the plate.

UMass Athletics: Diaz-Patterson fields one cleanly and throws to first for the second out of the game. Top of the order Novak at the plate. She walked on her last at bat.

UMass Athletics: 2-2 to Novak

UMass Athletics: Full count now.

UMass Athletics: Ball four just misses downstairs, She walks for the second time this game. Acevedo at the plate.

UMass Athletics: Two outs, runner on first, 2-0 count at the plate.

UMass Athletics: She beats the throw at first for a base hit. Diaz-Patterson makes a great stop and throw to first but just a bit too late.

UMass Athletics: That's their first hit of the game, runners on first and second, Sullivan at the plate with a 0-1 count.

UMass Athletics: Excuse me, runners on first and third.

UMass Athletics: Gray catches Acevedo stealing at second to end the inning! Great heads up play for Gray.

UMass Athletics: Matthew will lead off for UMass.

UMass Athletics: A new pitcher is on the mound for UCF, Huhn will try her hand against the Minutewomen.

UMass Athletics: Matthew hit a single up the middle to start things off in the first, she has a 1-2 count at the plate.

UMass Athletics: Matthew hit a foul ball into the dirt but kicked it on her way to first and is out. Diaz-Patterson is at the plate with a 1-1 count.

UMass Athletics: 2-2 now to Diaz-Patterson.

UMass Athletics: Full count now.

UMass Athletics: She hits a hard one to right field but its caught, Bettencourt at the plate with none on, two outs.

UMass Athletics: First pitch is a called strike.

UMass Athletics: 2-2 now to Bettencourt

UMass Athletics: She almost swings at ball three, full count

UMass Athletics: She pops one foul to the first baseman and is out, ending the inning.

UMass Athletics: Sullivan hits one to Diaz-Patterson, who mishandles the throw and she is safe at first

UMass Athletics: Cenal is at the plate with an 0-2 count.

UMass Athletics: Ball one just misses, 1-2

UMass Athletics: She fouls the next two back, still 1-2

UMass Athletics: Sullivan steals second, Gray's throw is a bit off and Diaz-Patterson can't catch it.

UMass Athletics: Cenal infield flied out to Diaz-Patterson, one out, one on second.

UMass Athletics: First pitch to Turnier is a ball, just misses outside.

UMass Athletics: 2-0 count now

UMass Athletics: Four balls in a row walks her.

UMass Athletics: Barrow at the plate.

UMass Athletics: First pitch a called strike.

UMass Athletics: Ball one upstairs, 1-1

UMass Athletics: Barrow hits one over Diaz-Patterson and into left field for a single. That loads the bases with one out.

UMass Athletics: McCloskey is pinch hitting for Schroeder, she has an 0-1 count.

UMass Athletics: She hits one to right field and allows a run to score, a bobble by Bettencourt allowed another to score and its a tie game.

UMass Athletics: One out, runners on first and third, Garcia at the plate.

UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Garcia.

UMass Athletics: Garcia crushes one to left center to bring in two more runs. Runner on second, one out, Steckel at the plate.

UMass Athletics: 1-0 count to Steckel

UMass Athletics: She sacrifice bunts bringing up Novak.

UMass Athletics: Novak is out at first to end the inning.

UMass Athletics: Meeks at the plate with a 1-0 count.

UMass Athletics: She pops one up to the second baseman for the first out.

UMass Athletics: Cabone at the plate, 1-1

UMass Athletics: She rips one into center but its caught by Schroeder.

UMass Athletics: Two outs, Rogers at the plate.

UMass Athletics: She hits the first pitch to deep left field but its caught by Acevedo.

UMass Athletics: That ends the inning, Acevedo will lead off for UCF.

UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Acevedo

UMass Athletics: She hits one to Rogers at third and is out at first.

UMass Athletics: Sullivan at the plate.

UMass Athletics: She hits one to Diaz-Patterson and is out at first.

UMass Athletics: Cenal at the plate.

UMass Athletics: 2-2 to Cenal.

UMass Athletics: Full count now.

UMass Athletics: Rogers makes a nice catch to end the inning.

UMass Athletics: Kelley will lead off for the Minutewomen.

UMass Athletics: First pitch is wild into the backstop.

UMass Athletics: Kelley reaches on an error by the shortstop. Godin will pinch hit for Gray.

UMass Athletics: 1-0 to Godin

UMass Athletics: 3-0 to Godin

UMass Athletics: She rips one foul to the left side, full count.

UMass Athletics: She pops one foul and the first baseman catches it.

UMass Athletics: Webster at the plate.

UMass Athletics: 1-1 count

UMass Athletics: She fouls one back, 1-2

UMass Athletics: She foul tips one into the catchers mit and strikes out swinging. Matthew at the plate.

UMass Athletics: Audas will take the mound for UCF. Matthew reached on an error by the former pitcher. One on, two outs, Diaz-Patterson at the plate.

UMass Athletics: Matthew advances on a passed ball, 1-0 the count to Diaz-Patterson.

UMass Athletics: She goes down swinging to end the inning.

UMass Athletics: Turnier will lead off for UCF, she walked in her last at bat.

UMass Athletics: Raymond quickly falls to 3-0

UMass Athletics: Base on balls for Turnier.

UMass Athletics: 2-0 the count to Barrow.

UMass Athletics: Barrow hits a double off the left field fence, she advances to third on the throw, another run scored for UCF.

UMass Athletics: Raymond will sit, Mendoker takes the mound.

UMass Athletics: Schroeder is called out when she bunted and it hit the bat that she threw in fair territory.

UMass Athletics: That brings up Garcia.

UMass Athletics: An error on Rogers gets Garcia to first. Steckel, bottom of the order, at the plate.

UMass Athletics: Garcia steals second, runners on second and third, one out.

UMass Athletics: 2-0 to Steckel.

UMass Athletics: Steckel grounds out to Diaz-Patterson but the runner at third scores. 6-2 UCF now.

UMass Athletics: Novak at the plate.

UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Novak

UMass Athletics: Mendoker pitches the ball into Novak's head, very hard. She takes her base.

UMass Athletics: Acevedo at the plate.

UMass Athletics: 3-1 to Acevedo, a wild pitch advances the runners to second and third,

UMass Athletics: An error by the first baseman gets Acevedo to first and two runs score. 8-2 UCF.

UMass Athletics: Sullivan at the plate with an 0-1 count.

UMass Athletics: She hits one to Mendoker on the mound and is out at first to end the inning.

UMass Athletics: Meeks will lead off.

UMass Athletics: Excuse me, Bettencourt leads off. She has a 1-1 count.

UMass Athletics: She falls to 1-2

UMass Athletics: 2-2

UMass Athletics: She strikes out swinging. Meeks up now.

UMass Athletics: 1-0 to Meeks

UMass Athletics: 2-2 now

UMass Athletics: Starting to feel some rain drops here in Clearwater.

UMass Athletics: She flies out to the right fielder. Carbone at the plate.

UMass Athletics: 0-2 to Carbone.

UMass Athletics: She hits one to the first baseman to end the inning.

UMass Athletics: The first batter slams one to left field but Webster makes the catch.

UMass Athletics: The second batter is walked.

UMass Athletics: Fly out to Matthew in center field for out number two.

UMass Athletics: Another walked batter brings up Garcia.

UMass Athletics: Diaz-Patterson fields one and throws to third to end the inning. UMass will get their last at bats.

UMass Athletics: Rogers will lead off.

UMass Athletics: She strikes out swinging. Kelley at the plate.

UMass Athletics: She pops the first hit up to the first baseman. Two outs, Lemire will pinch hit for Gray.

UMass Athletics: She strikes out swinging to end the game.

UMass Athletics: UMass falls to UCF 8-2

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