{"id":179025,"date":"2026-03-05T09:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179025\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T09:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:09:08","slug":"baseball-falls-in-midweek-matchup-to-villanova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179025\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Falls In Midweek Matchup To Villanova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8211; North Florida Baseball fell in its midweek game against Villanova, 4-0, at Harmon Stadium on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Redshirt sophomore outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/carter-white\/14901\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14901\" target=\"_blank\">Carter White<\/a> turned in a quality performance at the plate for North Florida. Carter went 1-2 with two walks and now has a .295 batting average this season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Junior outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/gialdri-gomez\/14904\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14904\" target=\"_blank\">Gialdri Gomez<\/a> roped a double down the left field line in the bottom of the second inning. Gomez finished 1-4 on the night and tallied his fifth double of the season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Freshman outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/dario-romeo\/14906\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14906\" target=\"_blank\">Dario Romeo<\/a> delivered a pinch-hit leadoff double down the left field line to start\u00a0the bottom of the ninth inning. It marked Romeo&#8217;s first collegiate hit in just his second at bat of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore right-handed pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/trevor-nikolis\/14895\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14895\" target=\"_blank\">Trevor Nikolis<\/a> and senior left-handed pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kai-etwaru\/14886\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14886\" target=\"_blank\">Kai Etwaru<\/a> each turned in 2.0 innings of scoreless work. Nikolis and Etwaru combined for four strikeouts with just one hit allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Villanova scored one run in the first inning, two in the fifth and one in the ninth to bring the score to its eventual final.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">NORTH FLORIDA 0, VILLANOVA 4<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#13;<br \/>\nPitchers of Record<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWin: Matthew Kahn (1-0)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLoss: <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tyler-kozera\/14916\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14916\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Kozera<\/a> (0-1)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Line Scores<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nVILLANOVA | 4 R, 6 H, 0 E<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNORTH FLORIDA | 0 R, 3 H, 1 E<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Statistical Leaders<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNORTH FLORIDA<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/carter-white\/14901\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14901\" target=\"_blank\">Carter White<\/a> | 1-2, 2 BB<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/gialdri-gomez\/14904\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14904\" target=\"_blank\">Gialdri Gomez<\/a> | 1-4<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/dario-romeo\/14906\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14906\" target=\"_blank\">Dario Romeo<\/a> | 1-1<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kai-etwaru\/14886\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14886\" target=\"_blank\">Kai Etwaru<\/a> | 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/trevor-nikolis\/14895\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14895\" target=\"_blank\">Trevor Nikolis<\/a> | 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 1 BB<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">VILLANOVA<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJohn Freitag | 2-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMatthew Kahn | 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 1 BB<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNorth Florida travels for its weekend series at Alabama from March 6-8. 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