{"id":173515,"date":"2026-03-01T04:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T04:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/173515\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T04:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T04:14:13","slug":"softball-sweeps-tennessee-tech-jacksonville-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/173515\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball Sweeps Tennessee Tech &#8211; Jacksonville University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DePaul_2025.png\" alt=\"DePaul University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> DePaul University<\/p>\n<p>3\/1\/2026 | 9:00 AM &#8212; resuming from 02\/27 weather postponement<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 01 (Sun) \/ 9:00 AM &#8212; resuming from 02\/27 weather postponement&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DePaul_2025.png\" alt=\"DePaul University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0DePaul University&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The only 10 anyone saw in Debbie and Fredd Pruitt Softball Complex Saturday was the 10 total runs Jacksonville scored in its pair of wins over Tennessee Tech.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins won both games of their doubleheader, 3-1 and 7-1 respectively, moving to 3-0 in JU\/UNF Classic Tournament play. The Dolphins are now 10-8 overall on the year ahead of two final games Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville and DePaul will start at 9 a.m., resuming in the top of the fifth inning after the previous iteration of the game was postponed due to rain. DePaul will start the game up 4-1. The second game will be played 30 to 45 minutes after the conclusion of the makeup game and will serve as the final contest of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>JU started its Saturday with a 3-1 victory, coming back from an early 1-0 deficit in the top of the first.<\/p>\n<p>Down a run, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/alison-carter\/7173\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7173\" target=\"_blank\">Alison Carter<\/a> stepped up the plate and launched a double down the left field line to tie the game. In the fifth, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kiersten-stevens\/7667\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7667\" target=\"_blank\">Kiersten Stevens<\/a> knocked a double for the go-ahead run before a sixth-inning <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/maci-burkhart\/8627\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8627\" target=\"_blank\">Maci Burkhart<\/a> RBI-single finished off the day.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville amassed just five hits in the win. <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kate-linkletter\/8621\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8621\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Linkletter<\/a> led the team with a 2-3 showing, both of her hits being doubles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jacy-harrelson\/7674\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7674\" target=\"_blank\">Jacy Harrelson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jordan-white\/7193\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7193\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan White<\/a> (4-3) helped the team to\u00a0the win, with Harrelson earning the afternoon start. The sophomore went 3 1\/3, striking out a pair. White came on and also fanned two, allowing just one hit.<\/p>\n<p>In the second game, Jacksonville&#8217;s bats exploded for a season-high three home runs in one game. Again down 1-0, freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jaida-thomas\/8618\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8618\" target=\"_blank\">Jaida Thomas<\/a> blasted her first career homer to left center to tie the game.<\/p>\n<p>In the fourth, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/sarah-beth-brake\/8624\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8624\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Beth Brake<\/a> hit the team&#8217;s second jack to left. Then in the fifth, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/lindsey-chadwick\/7174\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7174\" target=\"_blank\">Lindsey Chadwick<\/a> took a softball flying out to left for a grand slam. For good measure in the sixth, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/elizabeth-harley\/8623\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8623\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Harley<\/a> snuck home on a fielder&#8217;s choice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a team, JU had seven hits with three being bombs. The freshman Thomas was stellar Saturday evening, going 3-4 with one RBI. Chadwick&#8217;s grand slam led the two-game series for total RBIs and outpaced the entire TTU scoring production.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Outside of hitting a double at the plate, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/reese-wells\/7192\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7192\" target=\"_blank\">Reese Wells<\/a> earned the win on the mound for her first of the year (1-0). She allowed just one hit over six innings of work and struck out three. In two games, JU pitchers allowed just five total Golden Eagle hits.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville has now won three in a row heading into the final day of tournament play. Heading into the final two games, Linkletter continues to lead the JU bats with a team-high .439 batting average, 18 hits and 13 RBIs. Harrelson leads the pitching staff with a 2.87 ERA and 35 total Ks.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: DePaul University 3\/1\/2026 | 9:00 AM &#8212; resuming from 02\/27 weather postponement &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-173515","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\/173515","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=173515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}