Thursday, January 28, 2021
USF softball coach Ken Eriksen doesn’t expect any lingering effects of USF losing its 23-game winning streak saying it will be, “business as usual.” ORACLE FILE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU With one out in the bottom of the fifth inning Sunday, the Bulls had a fighting chance. The excited faces that watched […]
Junior Juli Weber’s home-run-robbing catch in the third inning of USF’s 8-2 loss to Texas State made ESPN’s Top 10 Plays segment Friday night — USF athletics’ third time in three years. ORACLE FILE PHOTO/JACOB HOAG As soon as the neon green ball left the barrel of sophomore Taylor Webb’s […]
Senior Erica Nunn is batting .429 with four RBIs in 21 at-bats to start the season after not hitting since her sophomore year. ORACLE PHOTO/JACKIE BENITEZ Weeks before the softball season commenced, Erica Nunn sat in her coach’s office petitioning for a spot in the batting order. With little resistance, […]
Senior Erica Nunn capped off a strong weekend with a one-hit, complete-game shutout in USF's 6-0 win over Kansas on Sunday. ORACLE PHOTO/JACKIE BENITEZ USF softball is beginning to hit its stride following a four-win weekend at the USF Tournament. With wins over Power 5 opponents Wisconsin (7-7) and Kansas […]
After knocking home 52 RBIs while batting .378 in 2015, senior catcher Lee Ann Spivey is batting just .144 through nine games this season. ORACLE FILE PHOTO/JACOB HOAG USF trudged through an opening schedule that featured the top-three ranked teams in the country in Florida (11-0), Michigan (8-1) and Auburn (10-1). The Bulls […]
USF freshman second baseman Lindsey Devitt, who scored USF’s lone run against Florida on Sunday, missed an errant throw that allowed runners to advance. The error indirectly led to a run later in the inning in an 11-1 loss. ORACLE PHOTO/JACOB HOAG It was hard to decipher which team had […]
USF seniors Lee Ann Spivey and Erica Nunn are entering their final year while head coach Ken Eriksen embarks on his 20th season at USF. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU During his tenure with USF softball, coach Ken Eriksen has seen heaps of players come and go through his program. From former […]
USF softball coach Ken Eriksen (right) is wants softball to be included in all future summer Olympic games. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE It’s been 11 years since USF and U.S. national softball coach Ken Eriksen last stepped foot on an Olympic field as a coach. Last time, he walked off […]
Both basketball teams are about halfway through with the season. Enjoy this episode of Richard and Francisco discussing some of the more memorable moments and notable players from the season thus far.