{"id":163206,"date":"2026-02-20T23:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/163206\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:23:07","slug":"dolphins-drop-pair-to-start-unc-charlotte-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/163206\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins Drop Pair To Start UNC Charlotte Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/stats\/2026\/boston-university\/boxscore\/7451\" style=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box Score 1<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/stats\/2026\/marshall-university\/boxscore\/7452\" style=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box Score 2<\/a> <br \/>\nCHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2013 In the first day of the UNC Charlotte Invitational, the Jacksonville Dolphins were defeated in both their contests, first 6-5 to Boston and then 3-0 to Marshall.<\/p>\n<p>The pair of losses moved Jacksonville to 6-6 on the season ahead of three more tournament games. JU and Boston will square off again Saturday morning, starting at 10 a.m. before the first tilt against the host school at 3 p.m. Charlotte and JU will then square off for a solo meeting on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. broadcast on ESPN+<\/p>\n<p>Boston Walks-Off Against JU<br \/>In Jacksonville&#8217;s first game of the UNC Charlotte Invitational, Boston University hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the seventh to take down the &#8216;Phins.<\/p>\n<p>JU led 5-1 heading into the game&#8217;s final frame, but an RBI-double and a four-run homer ended Jacksonville&#8217;s rain-delayed first game in defeat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/alison-carter\/7173\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7173\" target=\"_blank\">Alison Carter<\/a> got things cranked up in the sixth, down 1-0, with a three-run homer to dead center. It was her first of the year and the team&#8217;s sixth jack of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Up 3-1, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/reese-wells\/7192\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7192\" target=\"_blank\">Reese Wells<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kate-linkletter\/8621\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8621\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Linkletter<\/a> each added some insurance runs in the top of the seventh. Wells led her team with a 2-2 showing at the plate. Carter&#8217;s three RBIs were second in the game overall.<\/p>\n<p>Boston limited JU to six hits, with freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jaida-thomas\/8618\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8618\" target=\"_blank\">Jaida Thomas<\/a> also adding a pair of hits in three at bats. On the flip side, Jacksonville tied its high in strikeouts against mid-major opponents, at the time, with five.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Linkletter continued to lead the team in being hit by pitches, getting plunked by a ball in Game One. She now has reached base seven times this season via being hit by pitches. Through JU&#8217;s 11 games, Linkletter leads the ASUN in hit by pitch at-bats. Despite what the softball sized bruises on her body may say, Linkletter is also tied for the NCAA lead in being hit by pitches.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to the circle, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jacy-harrelson\/7674\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7674\" target=\"_blank\">Jacy Harrelson<\/a> moved to 2-2 on the year after 6 2\/3 innings pitched. She allowed eight hits and struck out six batters. The sophomore Harrelson hurled four straight scoreless innings to start the game.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Dolphins Shutout By Marshall<br \/>Carter continued her hitting streak to open tournament play, collecting two of JU&#8217;s three hits against the Thundering Herd. Carter finished her day 2-3 at the plate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/lindsey-chadwick\/7174\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7174\" target=\"_blank\">Lindsey Chadwick<\/a> collected the team&#8217;s only other hit, batting in a double to go 1-2 on the day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jordan-white\/7193\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7193\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan White<\/a> got the starting nod, pitching a complete game. She fanned a pair and allowed five hits. Despite the final score, White kept Marshall scoreless through five full innings before a pair of homers in the sixth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Strikeouts plagued Jacksonville in its second game, with 12 Ks on the day. Friday&#8217;s dozen strikeouts notched a new season high, and the team&#8217;s 17 strikeouts were its most in a pair of games all season.<\/p>\n<p>Linkletter added to her hit by pitch total Friday evening, moving her up to eight all season and atop the country in the statistical category.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2013 In the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-163206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}