The Knights scored a season high 12 runs and won their eighth consecutive game after sweeping Temple 12-5 on Sunday afternoon at Jay Bergman Field.
The Knights (17-12, 6-0) are in good position in the American Athletic Conference standings, holding sole possession of first place as they are currently undefeated in conference play after sweeps of Cincinnati and Temple.
Juniors Erik Barber and James Vasquez became the first Knights since 2012 to have back-to-back home runs, hitting them to left and right field on the first pitch.
“The team is playing loose and everything seems to be working,” Barber said. “I’ve been lifting some balls into the outfield recently, but coming up short. In my first at bat, the pitcher got on me, I got jammed and popped it up. He came back in with a fastball up on my next at-bat and I was ready for it and didn’t miss that one.”
Head Coach Terry Rooney was proud of his team’s consistent play over the past couple of weeks.
“Overall from start to finish, it was a total team effort. Offense, defense and pitching we had lots of different contributions from Friday all the way through the ninth inning today. I thought the guys did a nice job,” Rooney said.
UCF will travel to Jacksonville(8-17) for midweek action on Tuesday, the first pitch is slated for 6 p.m.
