Eagles Survive Road Test Against Ospreys, 3-2

Tuesday, March 31

Jacksonville, FL

6 PM

Georgia Southern University

10-19

North Florida

16-13

Georiga Southern

North Florida

3/31/2026 9:42:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Jacksonville, Fla. — The Georgia Southern baseball team (10-19, 3-6 SBC) took down North Florida (16-13, 8-1 ASUN) in tight, 3-2 fashion on Tuesday night (March 31st) in Harmon Stadium.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Despite surrendering three walks, the Ospreys used a double play to help get them out of the opening frame with none allowed.
A fantastic basket catch from Jack Myers in foul territory and a gunned down runner from Bennett Edwards a pitch later also kept the scoreboard clean for the Eagles in the first.
After Robbins tossed four strikeouts through three innings, Southern finally took the lead of an Edwards' double with a runner on, who rounded third after an Osprey error in the outfield.
After Robbins exited, three walks surrendered loaded the bases for the Ospreys for Craig Kalkbrenner to enter with one away. Despite one of them being a sac-fly, Kalkbrenner forced two flyouts to limit the damage and strand two Ospreys, tying the game 1-1.
After back-to-back singles in the sixth for UNF and advancing on stolen bases, Kalkbrenner continued to step up in big situations. He would strike out the next two Ospreys and force a flyout to keep the game even at one all.
In the Southern seventh, a leadoff walk and Edwards single put two on, but two quick outs threatened the inning. However, Jonathan Jaime would deliver in the clutch again, turning on a pitch that dropped in right field to score one and give the Eagles back the lead.
A leadoff single from UNF in their eighth put a runner on third after two groundouts. However, a double from Hosey to deep right field evened up the contest back at two.
In the top of the ninth, a hit by pitch and walk put two on for Edwards to play hero again. He delivered in an unorthodox way, slapping a liner out to right field that an Osprey couldn't make a play on, scoring Trammell from second to make it 3-2.
After not adding on any more insurance runs, the Eagles sent in Jayden White to try and close the night out.
He came through in the clutch, punching out two Ospreys en route to a save and the Eagles tenth win of the season.

NOTES:

With his fourth inning double, Edwards ups his hit streak to now ten, the longest currently on the squad.
Will Robbins made his first start in 1,093 days (4/4/2023 vs Georgia Tech), making a career-long outing of four full innings. He kept UNF off the board, only allowing one hit and striking out a career-high five batters.
Edwards had another multi-hit night with his single and double, making it his tenth of the season.
With only four hits on the evening, it was the least amount of hits in a Southern win since February 17th, 2023 with their four hits in a 4-3 win over West Virginia.

UP NEXT:

The Eagles depart for their longest road trip of the season for a three-game stretch at Texas State. First pitch on Thursday night is set for 6 PM in San Marcos.