
Baseball Drops Opener to North Florida
2/20/2026 8:47:00 PM | Baseball
Jacksonville, Florida – The Quinnipiac Bobcats dropped the first game of the series against North Florida, 10-0 in seven innings, on Friday evening in Jacksonville. With the loss, the Bobcats fell to 1-3 on the season.
SCORE
North Florida 10, Quinnipiac 0 (7 innings)
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (1-3) | North Florida (4-2)
Winning Pitcher – D. Stone (2-0)
Losing Pitcher – N. Balcom (0-2)
HOW IT HAPPENED
After a scoreless opening inning, the Ospreys struck for five runs in the bottom half of the second to take control of the contest.
North Florida added on another run in the fourth inning before tacking on their seventh run of the game an inning later.
While the Ospreys held the Bobcats off the board, their offense continued to tack on runs, scoring three in the bottom half of the seventh inning to walk it off and win 10-0 in seven innings.
NEWS AND NOTES
ON DECK
SCORE
North Florida 10, Quinnipiac 0 (7 innings)
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (1-3) | North Florida (4-2)
Winning Pitcher – D. Stone (2-0)
Losing Pitcher – N. Balcom (0-2)
HOW IT HAPPENED
After a scoreless opening inning, the Ospreys struck for five runs in the bottom half of the second to take control of the contest.
North Florida added on another run in the fourth inning before tacking on their seventh run of the game an inning later.
While the Ospreys held the Bobcats off the board, their offense continued to tack on runs, scoring three in the bottom half of the seventh inning to walk it off and win 10-0 in seven innings.
NEWS AND NOTES
- Three Bobcats recorded hits in the game one loss to the Ospreys.
- Kyle Garbowski led the offense, recording two hits in the effort to raise his batting average to .461 on the season.
- Jack Balcer and Luke Zeisloft also picked up a hit in the loss.
- Nick Balcom got the start in the opener and went 2.0 innings, striking out three.
- Jacob Belecky was strong in his relief appearance, striking out four in four innings pitched.
ON DECK
- The Bobcats will be back in action for game two against the Ospreys with the first pitch slated for 3:05 PM.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: STONE, Dakota (1-0)
L: Balcom, Nick (0-2)

Batting:
SH: Garbowski, Kyle 1
Base Running:
SB: Garbowski, Kyle 1
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Batting:
2B: COLLINS, Mitchell 1 ; GOMEZ, Gialdri 1
HR: TOBERMAN, Jackson 1 ; SCHRAFFT, Jackson 1
RBI: ALFORD, Seth 1 ; TOBERMAN, Jackson 1 ; WHITE, Carter 1 ; SCHRAFFT, Jackson 4 ; BENJAMIN, Sean 2
Base Running:
RUNS: COLLINS, Mitchell 1 ; FARNER, Mathew 1 ; TOBERMAN, Jackson 2 ; HOSEY, Boone 2 ; GOMEZ, Gialdri 2 ; WHITE, Carter 1 ; SCHRAFFT, Jackson 1
SB: COLLINS, Mitchell 1 ; ALFORD, Seth 1 ; FARNER, Mathew 2 ; HOSEY, Boone 1
HBP: SCHRAFFT, Jackson 1
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