(SB) Ongoing UF Softball Commentary

Tonight's lineup vs. Alabama:
UF Line Up
Spot Pos # Player Bats Avg
1 ss 17 Skylar Wallace L .410
2 2b 1 Hannah Adams L .371
3 3b 4 Charla Echols L .288
4 dp 15 Reagan Walsh R .280
5 rf 2 Cheyenne Lindsey L .355
6 c 13 Sam Roe R .340
7 lf 29 Katie Kistler L .345
8 1b 52 Sarah Longley R .176
9 cf 27 Kendra Falby L .400
10 p 22 Elizabeth Hightower

 

Gator softball overcame an early 3-0 deficit against Montana Fouts and ended up beating Alabama Monday night 12-7 to improve to 31-9, 8-7 in the SEC. This was a huge win for the Gators and maybe can give them some confidence moving forward. Elizabeth Hightower gave up 3 hits and a 2-run HR in the first inning and then a walk and 2 singles in the 2nd to put Florida in a hole. But freshman Reagan Walsh hit a solo HR in the bottom of the 2nd to give the Gators their first run. Hightower held them scoreless in the 3rd and in the bottom of the inning, with 2 outs, Skylar Wallace walked, Hannah Adams singled, Charla Echols walked and Walsh delivered a 2-run single to tie the game. In the 4th, Hightower gave up a double, got 2 outs and then was relieved by Lexie Delbrey, who gave up a 2-run HR to the first batter she faced to put Bama back in the lead 5-3. But in the bottom of the inning Florida exploded for 6 runs. Sam Roe singled, Longley was hit by a pitch with 1 out and Kendra Falby singled to load the bases. Lexie Kilfoyl relived Fouts and threw a wild pitch, scoring Roe. Wallace walked to loaded the bases again and Hannah Adams singled on a play where 2 runs scored helped by an error. Echols was hit by a pitch and Jaala Torrence came in to pitch for Bama. She threw a wild pitch, allowing another run to score, then Walsh delivered an RBI sac. fly and another run scored on another wild pitch. After a scoreless 5th and Bama not scoring in the 6th, Florida got 3 more in the bottom of the inning on a double from Wallace, back-to-back singles from Adams and Echols and an RBI single from Roe. Delbrey gave up 2 runs in the top of the 7th, with Natalie Lugo getting the final out, to make the final score 12-7. Bama outhit the Gators 14-10, but UF had 2 hit batters and 4 walks and only stranded 4 base runners, while Bama stranded 10. Delbrey got the win, improving to 10-2, while Kilfoyl took the loss, being charged with 3 runs, all unearned, getting no outs. Montana Fouts had her worst outing of the year, going 3.1 innings, giving up 6 runs (5 earned), on 5 hits, 2 walks and a hit batter. Hopefully, this will be a confidence-booster as the Gators head off to Ole Miss for their next series.

 

Newest D1 Softball Top 10 - Oklahoma, Alabama, Virginia Tech, FSU, UCLA, Arkansas, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Duke, Florida.

 

No. 9 Gators Head to Oxford for SEC Road Series Against Rebels - Florida Gators

All 3 games on SEC+. Game 1 Thursday night at 7 pm. A sweep would be nice.

 

They were actually sophomores in 2014. Freshmen on that team were Chelsea Herndon, Justine McLean and Delanie Gourley.

 

Have to throw this out there. Gator Gymnastic won their semifinal meet for the NCAA championships tonight. Trinity Thomas won the All-Around and Florida advanced with Auburn from this group to meet Oklahoma and Utah for the national title Saturday. #3 Michigan, plus Missouri, Alabama and Minnesota were eliminated.

 

Right. Just for tonight's meet. They did get off to a slow start on the Vault, but came back strong after that. And when Michigan faltered on the Uneven Bars and then on the Beam it opened the door for them. They have to be a little stronger Saturday to win the title.