Eagles Falter, Lose 4-3 in Close Contest

Sunday, February 22

Tampa, FL

1 PM

Georgia Southern University

0-7

South Florida

7-1

Georgia Southern

South Florida

2/22/2026 4:38:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Tampa, Fla. — The Georgia Southern baseball team (0-7, 0-0 Sun Belt) fell in a 4-3 contest to South Florida (7-1, 0-0 AAC) on Sunday afternoon (February 22nd).

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Eagles shut down the Bulls in the first two innings via the double play. In the first, it was a strikeout and throwdown by Bennett Edwards to catch a runner at second. In the second, a line drive caught at the hot corner by Nico Senese caught a Bull off guard and was thrown out at first.
The bats stayed quiet on both ends until the fourth, when Sean White hit a solo shot off the scoreboard, his first of the season.
In the Bulls' fifth, starting pitcher Will Holder found himself in two separate 3-1 counts, but was able to force popouts in both ABs.
In the seventh, a Senese leadoff walk and an Edwards double put two in scoring position with none retired.
Grant Jordan would add an insurance run with his RBI-groundout to make it 2-0. However, Edwards would be thrown out at home the following at bat.
After stretch time, back-to-back one out hits would prompt Will Robbins to take the mound for the Eagles.
An RBI-groundout, followed by an RBI-single from Trippel would tie back up the ball game.
In the eighth, a one-out walk and hit batter saw John Davis come in to pinch run. A great read by Davis on a wild pitch sent him to third.
The ensuing batter saw Senese grab an RBI off a groundout to first, giving Southern the lead without recording a hit.
The Bulls responded with a two-out double, but a groundout would strand another for the home team.
The Bulls used three hits, ended by a sac-fly from USF's Green for a walk-off win.

NOTES:

Will Holder had a great start, going 6.1 innings and only allowing two runs, all of which coming in the seventh as runners he was responsible for.
Holder threw six scoreless to start the game, collecting two Ks and only throwing 73 pitches.

UP NEXT:

The Eagles return back home for a Tuesday (February 24th) midweek against Kennesaw State. First pitch at J.I. for Bark at the Park is set for 6:30 PM.