{"id":199934,"date":"2026-03-21T02:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T02:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/199934\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T02:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T02:13:10","slug":"dolphins-series-even-with-unf-after-friday-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/199934\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins Series Even With UNF After Friday Defeat"},"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\/1774059190_394_UNF_Primary-White (1) (1).png\" alt=\"University of North Florida\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at University of North Florida<\/p>\n<p>3\/21\/2026 | 7:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 21 (Sat) \/ 7:00 PM&#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\/1774059190_394_UNF_Primary-White (1) (1).png\" alt=\"University of North Florida\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0University of North Florida&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville and UNF are now even after two games, with UNF defeating the Dolphins 12-4 Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>After two games, the River City Rumble&#8217;s first edition is even at 1-1 following <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/news\/2026\/3\/19\/softball-dolphins-down-north-florida-in-overtime-classic.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacksonville&#8217;s dramatic Thursday night victory<\/a> in extra innings. JU is now 17-14 overall and 2-3 in ASUN play.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins found themselves in a 6-0 hole after an inning of play but responded in a big way in the second. <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kiersten-stevens\/7667\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7667\" target=\"_blank\">Kiersten Stevens<\/a> got the &#8216;Phins on the board with an RBI-single. <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/reese-wells\/7192\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7192\" target=\"_blank\">Reese Wells<\/a> later scored on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing her strong start to ASUN play, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/sarah-beth-brake\/8624\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8624\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Beth Brake<\/a> knocked a single, finding herself on second and <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kate-linkletter\/8621\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8621\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Linkletter<\/a> back to the dugout on an errant throw in the third inning. The Dolphins went into the back half of the game down just two runs, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>The scoring stopped there for JU however, as UNF rattled off six runs to end the game in five innings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brake, Stevens, Linkletter, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/alison-carter\/7173\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7173\" target=\"_blank\">Alison Carter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/vic-brunette\/8622\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8622\" target=\"_blank\">Vic Brunette<\/a> collected the team&#8217;s five hits across town. Brunette&#8217;s lone hit was a double, her third of the year. The Dolphins left just two base runners on all night.<\/p>\n<p>In the circle, Wells got the start. She was followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/margaret-jenkins\/8619\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8619\" target=\"_blank\">Margaret Jenkins<\/a> for two innings and 2 1\/3 innings from <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/delcie-swift\/7189\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7189\" target=\"_blank\">Delcie Swift<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The series finale happens Saturday night at UNF with a 7 p.m. first pitch on ESPN+. Jacksonville is looking for its first series win over the Ospreys since 2023.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at University of North Florida 3\/21\/2026 | 7:00 PM &#13; ESPN+ &#13; &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-199934","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\/199934","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=199934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}