Duffy Hits For Cycle in Series Sweep of Canes

LAKELAND, Fla. – Jack Duffy hit for the cycle as the Florida Southern College baseball team completed the sweep against Georgia Southwestern State University with a 10-7 win on Sunday afternoon at Henley Field.
 
The Moccasins (5-1) got the first series sweep of 2025, highlighted by Duffy hitting for the cycle for the 11^th time in program history. The first FSC player to hit for the cycle since March 4, 2012, Duffy is the 10^th player in program history to reach the mark (Scott Bikowski hit for the cycle twice in the 1998 season). The Hurricanes (4-3) traded scores early but could not stop the Mocs late to lose their last three after opening 4-0.
 
Duffy went 4-of-5 on the day, opening with a triple, then a two-run homer, followed by a big double and a single to complete the cycle in the bottom of the sixth inning. Grant Thoroman was not far behind in hitting with three hits, and Noah Rabin, Rohsean Riley, and Chris McKenna each finished with two hits. Mikey Scott extended his hit streak to six games, each game in 2025, to wrap up the 14 hits by Florida Southern. Duffy finished with four RBI, Riley with three, McKenna, Thoroman, and Scott each with one. Jevin Relaford had another stolen base to bring his season total to 10 in 2025, leading the Sunshine State Conference and one of the best in the NCAA.
 
Tanner Rollyson had another start in 2025 and went three innings, allowing seven hits but only one earned run. He was relieved by Jack Owens who made his Moccasin debut with 0.2 innings pitched. Aidan Kelley took over for the next 3.1 innings to register the win, his first of 2025, after allowing just one hit and one earned run with four strikeouts. Austen Kessler and Colby Rice each went one inning, Rice earning his third save of the season, the second of the series.
 
Georgia Southwestern had a productive day in the hit category, finishing with 13 with six left on. Cory Lee had three hits, followed by four Canes players with two hits each. Brant Deerman had the sole extra-base hit with a double. Jackson Raper had the start and went 3.1 innings with seven hits and six earned runs. He was relieved by Braeden Cochran, who got his first loss of 2025 (2-1 record), after giving up three runs on a tie game.
 
The Hurricanes were first to score with an RBI groundout by Paul Hegeman in the first inning. The Moccasins responded quickly with two runs in the bottom half of the first off an RBI single by Thoroman and an RBI triple by Duffy. Neither team scored in the second but traded scores in the third and fourth inning before FSC emerged in the fifth ahead 7-6. The bottom third included Duffy's two-run homer, and he followed with an RBI double in his next at-bat.
 
Duffy completed the cycle in the bottom of the sixth inning after a single to center field with two outs. He eventually scored that inning, part of a two-RBI single by Riley to extend the Mocs' lead to three. Scott then had an RBI single in the bottom seventh to make it a 10-6 game. A wild pitch in the eighth led to a GSW run, but Rice entered in the top of the ninth, striking out two to secure a 10-7 win and series sweep.
 
The Mocs will remain at home for a midweek matchup against Eckerd College on Tuesday, Feb. 11, with a 6 p.m. start at Henley Field. Florida Southern will then have Champions Weekend Feb. 14-16 during the USC Beaufort series honoring the 1975, 1985, 1995, and 2005 NCAA National Championship teams.
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