(SB) Ongoing UF Softball Commentary

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Might not be able to get much softball in until Saturday late afternoon.

 

Adams, Hightower & Falby made All SEC Region, but not All-SEC. Weird, huh? SEC bias, methinks.

 

2 upsets already from opening games. Liberty beats Georgia 2-0, as the Flames' pitcher struck out 13. And McNeese State scored 10 runs in the top of the 1st and run-ruled Notre Dame in 5 innings 11-1 in the Evanston, IL Regional.

 

Georgia Tech beat Wisconsin 2-1 and will face the winner of UF/Canisius tomorrow, weather permitting. Gator game should start around 4:50 on ESPN+.

 

Gators up 8-0 in the 4th on Canisius. Lexie Delbrey has 7 K's in 3 innings. Wallace and Roe have homered.

 

UF/Canisius in a lighting delay as of 6:18 pm. Florida up 8-1 and coming up to bat in the bottom of the 4th.

 

UF softball won their opening game of the NCAA tournament, beating the Canisius Golden Griffin 10-1 in 5 innings. They will play Georgia Tech, who beat Wisconsin 2-1, in the winner's bracket game Saturday, weather permitting. Lexie Delbrey pitched 3 complete innings, striking out 7, but she walked 4, hit 1 and only gave up 1 hit, being relieved by Rylee Trlicek with the bases loaded and nobody out in the 4th with the Gators up 8-0. Trlicek made a throwing error on a comebacker trying to get a force out, allowing an unearned run to score, but she got a line drive out and two K's to end the inning. There was a lightning delay and the Gators added 2 runs in the bottom of the 4th and Natalie Lugo pitched the 5th to close out the run rule game. Florida's offense was led by Skylar Wallace, 3-3, HR stolen base and 3 runs scored; Sam Rose, 1-2 with a 3-run HR; Kendra Falby, 2-3 with a run scored; Reagan Walsh, 2-3 with an RBI, Cheyenne Lindsey, 1-3 with 2 RBI, and Charla Echols, 1-2 with a sac fly and 2 RBI. Nice, decisive win for the Gators.

 

The UF/Georgia Tech game is scheduled for 3 pm Saturday on the ACC Network. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

 

Gator softball won their 45th game of the season in a game that ended 6 1/2 hours after it started with a 7-1 win over Georgia Tech. Elizabeth Hightower pitched 5 innings and gave up 1 run on 2 hits, 3 walks and 1 K. Rylee Trlicek threw an inning, giving up 2 hits and a walk with a strikeout and Natalie Lugo got the final 3 outs, hitting a batter and getting 2 K's. The Gators scored 2 runs in the first on a 2 out 2 run double from Reagan Walsh, who drove in their 3rd run of the game with a 2 out single in the 3rd. After a 2 1/2 hour weather delay the Gators got 2 more in the 6th when Kendra Falby got a 2 out single, followed by a Hannah Adams single. When Adams stole 2nd, Falby scored on a throwing error, then Skylar Wallace drove in Adams with a single. Florida got 2 more in the 6th when Walsh Walked, followed by singles from Cheyenne Lindsey & Katie Kistler. Emily Wilkie got a sac fly to drive in a run and Falby drove in the final Gator run with a single. The Gators outhit Tech 10-4 and played errorless ball.

They will play whoever comes out of the loser's bracket sometime Sunday, only needing to win once to advance to next weekend's Super Regionals.

 

Georgia Tech & Wisconsin meet at 10 am Sunday, with the winner playing Florida 30 minutes afterwards. It appears the 12:30 or so game will only be on ESPN+.

 

Florida plays Wisconsin for the Regional championship after the Badgers scored 2 runs in the 6th and 3 runs in the 7th, the final run being a 2-out, bases loaded RBI walk, to beat Georgia Tech 76 in a game that ended about 1:15 PM. Lexie Delbrey will be on the mound for the Gators, with little used Gabi Salo starting for the Badgers. Salo has only appeared only in 4 games with 6.1 innings pitched. Hopefully the Gators can take advantage, jump out early and put the game away before Wisconsin has a chance to settle in.

 

Gators put up 10 runs in the Top of the 1st against Wisconsin and will coast to the Super Regionals.