Despite a
sac fly that knotted the series finale 1-1 between UF and UK in the bottom of
the fifth, the Kentucky softball squad put up a four spot in the top of the
sixth to take the series from the No. 2 Gators, 5-1, Sunday at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
Junior Kelsey Horton (Valrico, Fla.) went
2-for-3, while five other Gators connected for one hit to contribute to the
team’s seven overall, but the Wildcats used nine hits and a perfect 3-for-3
performance from Alice O’Brien for their second consecutive series win over the
Orange and Blue (43-8, 20-5 SEC).
Chanda Bell (14-10) picked up her second win of the weekend
Sunday for Kentucky (26-27, 12-13 SEC), working a complete game with 13
strikeouts, giving up just one walk and one Florida run. For the home team,
freshman Lauren Haeger
(Peoria, Ariz.) (13-4) was tagged the loss, entering
before UF knotted the game in the fifth and giving up UK’s four-run, three-hit
sixth inning splurge. Sophomore Hannah
Rogers (Lake Wales, Fla.) started the tilt for the Gators, giving up UK’s
first run on five hits, with one walk and three Ks. Haeger
finished with four strikeouts and three walks, succumbing to four Cat hits and
runs through the last three innings.
