{"id":269753,"date":"2026-05-13T18:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/269753\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:11:09","slug":"no-23-softball-readying-for-tallahassee-regional-action-against-fsu-jacksonville-state-stetson-ucf-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/269753\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 23 Softball Readying for Tallahassee Regional Action Against FSU, Jacksonville State, Stetson &#8211; UCF Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Redshirt sophomore right-handed pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/ucfknights.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/player\/isabella-vega\" title=\"Isabella Vega\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isabella Vega<\/a> has once again taken the mantle as UCF\u2019s leader in the circle this spring as well, having tossed a career high 140.2 innings entering play this weekend accompanied by a 2.89 ERA and a .203 batting average-against.<\/p>\n<p>The squad this weekend will look to continue its success against in-state opponents this year, having gone 6-2 in its first eight games against Florida-based schools with wins over Florida Atlantic, Florida A&amp;M, FIU, FGCU, Stetson and North Florida. Through its first eight games against in-state opponents this spring, UCF is hitting for a combined .286\/.376\/.411 (55-for-192) line, accompanied by 12 doubles, three triples, two home runs, 41 RBI, 79 total bases and 27 walks against just 14 strikeouts offensively.<\/p>\n<p>Vega (11.0), <a href=\"https:\/\/ucfknights.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/player\/tori-payne\" title=\"Tori Payne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tori Payne<\/a> (10.2), <a href=\"https:\/\/ucfknights.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/player\/lena-elkins\" title=\"Lena Elkins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lena Elkins<\/a> (10.2) and <a href=\"https:\/\/ucfknights.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/player\/ava-stuewe\" title=\"Ava Stuewe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ava Stuewe<\/a> (9.0) represent the team\u2019s innings leaders against in-state foes, meanwhile, with Payne (0.66), Stuewe (1.50) and Elkins (1.97) all boasting ERAs below 2.00. The staff as a whole has produced a 2.85 ERA in 54.0 innings with 27 strikeouts and a .239 batting average-against in such games.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend regional will kick off with the host Seminoles facing off against Stetson at 12 p.m. ET Friday afternoon, followed immediately by UCF\u2019s weekend-opener against the Gamecocks at 2:30 p.m. Florida State\u2019s Friday tilt with the Hatters will be streamed live on ESPNU, while the Knights\u2019 contest against Jacksonville State will be streamed live on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT UCF ATHLETICS<br \/>UCF is a proud member of the Big 12 Conference. Our mission is to positively transform the lives of our students academically, athletically, and personally through a nationally competitive intercollegiate athletics program that enhances the reputation and visibility of the University. We strive to be Florida&#8217;s preeminent athletic program, representing UCF and our community with distinction on the national stage as &#8220;Orlando&#8217;s Hometown Team&#8221;. To learn more about UCF and Athletics, please visit our websites at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.ucf.edu<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucfknights.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.ucfknights.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Redshirt sophomore right-handed pitcher Isabella Vega has once again taken the mantle as UCF\u2019s leader in the circle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-269753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269753","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=269753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}