Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score 
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of South Alabama baseball team fell to South Florida 6-3 in the NCAA Gainesville Regional final Monday at Florida Ballpark.

USF (31-28) advances to the NCAA Super Regional versus Texas next weekend in Austin, Texas. South Alabama closed its season at 36-22.

GAME 1
USA 4, South Florida 0
GAME FACTS
- USF loaded the bases in the bottom of the first with two outs on a one-out single by Riley Hogan, and consecutive two-out walks by Daniel Cantu and Jake Sullivan. But Jag right-hander Matt Boswell struck out Matt Ruiz to escape the jam.
- Santi Montiel singled to right field with one out in the top of the third, and moved to second on a single through the right side of the infield by Michael Sandle. Hunter Stokes then lifted an 0-1 pitch from USF right-hander Brad Lord over the left field wall for a 3-0 Jag lead.
- Andrew Bates laced a triple to the right-center field gap to lead off the top of the fourth, and scored on an RBI sacrifice bunt on a suicide squeeze by Reid Powers for a 4-0 USA lead.

NOTES
- Sandle extended his on-base streak to 26 games with a single in the top of the third.
- Cam Tissue extended his on-base streak to nine games with a leadoff walk in the top of the ninth.
- Right-hander Tyler Perez (1-1) tossed a career-high five shutout innings, and allowed three hits with four strikeouts and one walk to earn his first win of the season.
- Jaguar starter Matt Boswell combined with Perez on the shutout with four innings in his start, and allowed two hits with three walks and three strikeouts.
- Bates tied his career high in hits, finishing 3-for-4 with a triple and one run scored.
- Stokes hit one home run and tied his career high with three RBIs, and also scored one run.
- Powers added one RBI, and Montiel finished 2-for-5 with one run scored.

GAME 2
USA 6, South Florida 4
GAME FACTS
- Montiel doubled to left field to lead off the bottom of the first, advanced to third on an infield single by Ethan Wilson and scored on a sacrifice fly from Sandle for a 1-0 Jaguar lead.
- USF looked to take a 2-1 lead in the top of the third when Nick Gonzalez lifted a pitch over the left field wall, but Wilson climbed the wall to pull the ball back in for the out and preserve a 1-0 Jag lead.
- USA loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the third on a walk by Montiel, and consecutive singles by Wilson and Sandle. Stokes followed with an RBI groundout to first base to plate Montiel and double the Jag lead at 2-0.
- USF loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the fourth on a single by Daniel Cantu, Jake Sullivan reached on an error by Tissue at third and Matt Ruiz drew a walk. Jarret Eaton followed with a two-run ground-rule double to right field to tie the score at 2-2.
- USF took a 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth inning on a two-out RBI single through the right side of the infield by Eaton.
- Roberto Pena led off the top of the eighth with a double to left center, and advanced to third with one out following a sacrifice bunt by Cantu. Sullivan then delivered a sacrifice fly to center field to double the USF lead at 4-2.
- Wilson reached on a fielder's choice in the bottom of the eighth, and scored one batter later on an RBI single up the middle by Sandle to cut the USF lead to 4-3. A wild pitch from USF right-hander Orion Kerkering allowed Sandle to move to second with one out. A second wild pitch that resulted in a walk to Stokes allowed Sandle to advance to third and put runners at the corners with one out. DeLaTorre then reached on a throwing error by USF left-hander Joseph Sanchez on a bunt to load the bases with one out. Bates popped up to shortstop for the second out of the frame, and Sanchez struck out Tissue to escape the jam.
- USF added its final runs of the game when Eaton scored on a fielding error by Sandle on a single by Drew Brutcher, and a sacrifice fly by Carmine Lane in the top of the ninth.
- Montiel capped the scoring with a solo home run to left field in the top of the ninth inning.

NOTES
- Sandle extended his on-base streak to 27 games with a single in the bottom of the third. 
- Cam Tissue extended his on-base streak to 10 games with a one-out walk in the bottom of the second.
- Montiel went 2-for-3 with a double, one home run, one RBI and three runs scored. Sandle finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Wilson went 2-for-5 with one run scored. 
- Jackson Boyd tossed three scoreless innings, and allowed three hits.
- The loss marked the seventh time in program history the Jags have fallen in an NCAA Regional final.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- Opening Statement:
"Congratulations to the South Florida club, they are outstanding. They won two really tough tournaments two weekends in a row. They played a little bit better than us today. If you're a fan, you got your money's worth watching these two teams play. We wish them all the best in the Super Regional in Austin. They are a very good club, they're coached well and they have some tough kids."

- On the Game one win over USF:
"It was very unconventional with the rain delay and having to come back. (Matt) Boswell gave us four good innings, and (Tyler) Perez gave us five. We jumped out and scored a couple of runs, and we held on. Our backs were against the wall. It's really hard when you're in the loser's bracket; you have that one more game to play than everyone else in this kind of setting. Our guys kept showing up. We lost 1-0 (to Miami) and could have easily been in the winner's bracket, but we weren't. Our guys just fought like crazy to get us to the championship game, and we had to win or our season was over."

Left fielder Ethan Wilson
- On USF right-hander Orion Kerkering:
"He had a pretty good slider. Obviously his fastball had some velocity to it. He was a good pitcher, he's one of their dudes. He filled up the zone and didn't really allow us to get any free passes. We ended up kind of getting to him the second time around, but he has pretty good stuff."

- On his catch:
"I knew he hit it good, I could tell by the way it came off his bat. Shout out to Mike (Sandle), he told me to reach and I just got lucky with my timing. I timed it out well and made the play on it. It's definitely a first for me. I feel like it kind of shifted the momentum toward us, and that was a good thing. It was fun to do that for the team."

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