LAKELAND, Fla. - The University of Saint Francis (Ind.) baseball team traveled to No. 11 Southeastern University for a three-game series against the Fire on February 14-15. 

The Cougars fell to the Fire by a final score of 6-3 and 3-1 on Friday before dropping a hard-fought battle to Southeastern on Saturday by a final score of 13-9 in 10 innings. 

#11 SOUTHEASTERN 6, SAINT FRANCIS 3 

• Southeastern was first to get on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second inning with a sacrifice fly to center field to take the 1-0 lead. 
• Saint Francis answered to take the lead thanks to two homers from Eli Riley and Callan Stauffer in the bottom of the fourth inning.
• After the Fire tied the score at 2-2 in the top of the fifth, Riley hit another home run to give the Cougars back the lead. 
• Southeastern brought in four more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. 
• USF was unable to put a rally together as the Fire went on to win game one. 
• The Cougars had eight hits in game one of Friday's doubleheader. Riley went 2-5 from the plate with two home runs and two RBI. Stauffer hit 2-2 with a home run and two walks. Kasen Oribello was 2-4 from the plate with a double and a walk. 
• Lukas North got the start on the mound for the Cougars, holding the Fire to three hits while striking out five batters in five innings of work. 

#11 SOUTHEASTERN 3, SAINT FRANCIS 1 

• Saint Francis held the Fire scoreless through the first three innings and took a 1-0 lead thanks to Riley's third homer of the day in the top of the second. 
• Southeastern scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take the 2-1 lead. 
• The Fire went on to score again in the fifth inning while keeping the Cougars scoreless to secure the 3-1 win in game two.
• The Cougars had five hits in game two, with Riley going 2-4 from the plate with a home run. Brenden Lytle and Stauffer each had a hit and a stolen base. 
• Luke Siren, the starting pitcher for USF, threw 4.1 innings, striking out two batters and allowing four hits.

#11 SOUTHEASTERN 13, SAINT FRANCIS 9 (10 INNINGS) 

• USF opened Saturday's game with an RBI double for an early 1-0 lead. 
• The Cougars scored again in the fourth and fifth innings thanks to home runs from Sam Pesa and Ayden Lichtensteiger. 
• A sac fly from Evan Pearce and another home run brought the score to 5-0 in favor of Saint Francis. 
• Southeastern got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh inning, cutting USF's lead to three runs. 
• An RBI single in the top of the ninth gave Saint Francis an 8-4 lead, but the Fire responded to tie the score at 8-8 and force extra innings. 
• In the top of the tenth, the Cougars plated a run to make it 9-8. 
• Southeastern also scored in the bottom of the tenth to win game three by a final score of 13-9. 
• As a team, USF had 11 hits. Riley and Oribello both went 2-3 at the plate with a double each. Xavier Nolan, Pesa and Lichtensteiger each had home runs, with Nolan leading the Cougars with three RBI and a stolen base. Xavier Gonsalves also had a stolen base after coming in to pinch run. 
• Gage Smith threw 6.1 innings as the Cougars' starter, scattering six hits, striking out six batters and giving up one earned run. 

Up next, USF baseball (1-6) will travel to Georgia for games against Georgia Gwinnett and OUAZ on February 21-22. 

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