The
fourth-ranked Gator softball team used a three-run fifth inning for a
come-from-behind series clincher, topping Arkansas 3-2 Saturday at Bogle Park to improve to 28-2 overall, 9-1 in SEC play this
season.
Senior Michelle Moultrie (Jacksonville, Fla.)
smacked her third double of the series, while adding a leadoff homer in the
fifth that counted as the first run of the game for the Orange and Blue. Junior
Ensley Gammel (Bakersfield,
Calif.) and freshman Lauren Haeger (Peoria, Ariz.) both went 2-for-3 on the day to
contribute to UF’s eight hits on the afternoon.
The Razorbacks struck first
in Saturday’s match-up with a three-hit, two-run third inning, but Florida made
the contest its third come-from-behind game of the season, thanks to a
three-run fifth inning, powered by Moultrie’s leadoff blast.
Haeger earned the nod in the circle for the Gators Saturday, working
the first 4.0 innings to improve to 9-1 overall on the year. Haeger fanned four Arkansas batters, walked five and
allowed the Razorbacks’ two runs on three hits. Sophomore righty Hannah Rogers (Lake Wales, Fla.) came
on in the fifth to finish out the contest for Florida, earning her third save
of the season with three innings of hitless, scoreless relief, retiring five
Razorbacks by strikeout and walking just one.
