In
a competitive SEC tilt that featured just eight hits, but 19 strikeouts between
the Gators and Lady Vols Friday, Florida came up on the short end of a 1-0 nail
biter that wasn’t decided until the bottom of the seventh in front of 1,613
fans in Knoxville. With two outs and a runner on third, Tennessee was able to
scratch a run across home on a UF defensive miscue to take the series opener at
Lee Stadium.
Florida
moved to 21-2 on the season, 2-1 in league play, while Tennessee improved to
15-3 overall, while securing the win in its conference opener.
Tennessee’s
Ellen Renfroe tallied a season-best 15 strikeouts to improve to 11-0 in the
circle for the Lady Vols, while Gator sophomore hurler Hannah Rogers (Lake
Wales, Fla.) was charged her first loss of the season to move to 11-1 in 2012.
Rogers and Renfroe both went the distance, Rogers giving up five hits, just UT’s
lone unearned run, while walking two and fanning four in the contest. Renfroe
surrendered three Gator hits, walked one and retired 15 Florida batters by
strikeout in the shutout.
