Alessandra Pontbriand

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Published: May 20, 2025 at 5:13 PMTags: St Johns River State College, SJRSC, NJCAA, SoftballOxford, Ala. – The St. Johns River State College softball team is one win closer to repeating as the NJCAA D2 softball champions. The Vikings beat Mercer County 9-2 in the first game of the World Series in Oxford, Alabama. The Vikings wasted no time taking the lead. In the bottom of the second, Megan O’Keefe doubled to left field scoring two runs. Then Princess Arredondo RBI double gave SJRSC a 3-0 lead.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sandy Hawkins Combs didn’t know that when she boarded her United Airlines flight from Denver to Jacksonville, she would have a life-changing moment. “I am feeling so blessed,” Hawkins Combs said. “I am still on Cloud 9. I know I’m going to come down after a while, but I am enjoying every moment. People are like ‘are you that Sandy?’ I’m like ‘what Sandy? But yeah I’m that Sandy!’ So I’m enjoying every moment.

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Published: May 17, 2025 at 10:25 PMTags: UNF, UNF Ospreys, NCAA, SoftballCOLUMBIA, S.C. – The University of North Florida Ospreys softball team continues to make program history. Saturday night, UNF beat Virginia 6-5 in a come-from-behind victory to advance to the NCAA Columbia Regional final. THE COMEBACK IN COLUMBIA‼️#BirdsOfClay x @NCAASoftball pic.twitter.com/EwbKlrAVeo— UNF Softball (@OspreySB) May 18, 2025The Ospreys will have to beat South Carolina twice on Sunday to win the regional title.

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Published: May 16, 2025 at 6:28 PMTags: UNF, Ospreys, NCAA, NCAA Tournament, SoftballColumbia, SC. – For the first time ever, the UNF Ospreys softball team not only competed in an NCAA Regional game, but the team won! UNF beat Virginia 2-1 Friday at the Columbia Regional in South Carolina. The Cavaliers scored once in the bottom of the second, but then the game became a pitcher’s duel. That is until the top of the sixth when Chloe Culp singled to left field. Lauren Brock scored to tie the game, 1-1.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The North Florida chapter of PGA HOPE had a memorable Monday to start PGA Championship week. The team won the Secretary’s Cup, a nine-hole golf match against teams of veterans from around the country who participate in the PGA HOPE program. Golf as therapy: North Florida veterans prepare for Secretary’s Cup, promote PGA HOPE programNorth Florida won with a 7-under 31.