The No. 14 Florida Gators (10-2) swept the North Florida Ospreys (6-5) in two double-digit, shutout victories.
The Gators’ offense outscored the Ospreys 24-0 in the two games at the UNF Softball Complex in Jacksonville Wednesday.
In her fifth win, Ava Brown pitched six innings of shutout softball. She totaled two strikeouts, two walks and two hits through six innings.
Brown has five wins under her belt and has yet to record a loss this season. In the batter’s box, she recorded 4 RBI today with one RBI single and a three-run home run.
After being held scoreless by Oklahoma State Monday, Florida’s offense was rolling today. The team scored 10 runs on 12 hits through six innings.
Through two innings, Jocelyn Erickson’s RBI single plus Brown’s three-run home run put the Gators up 4-0. Skylar Wallace doubled to send Kendra Falby home to end the top of the second.
The Ospreys held the Gators scoreless through the next three innings before the Gators broke it open in the sixth with an addition of six runs.
Florida took game one 10-0.
D1 Softball National Freshman of the Week Keagan Rothrock started in the circle for the Gators in game two. In another impressive win, she totaled six strikeouts, no walks and one hit.
Olivia Miller pitched one inning in relief where she threw one strikeout and recorded one walk.
In game two, Florida’s offense continued to roll. Wallace and Korbe Otis opened the third with back-to-back RBI triples to advance the Gators’ lead to 2-0 early.
The Gators tacked on three more runs in the top of the second inning.
In the top of the fourth, Katie Kistler scored the two baserunners and herself with a three-run home run of her own, the first of the game.
The top of the fifth inning brought three more home runs for the Gators. Baylee Goddard let one fly to left field for a two-run home run.
The next batter, Erickson, homered to right field to give the Gators a 11-0 lead at that point. The runs kept pouring on when Brooke Barnard hit a three-run home run to put the Gators up 14-0.
Up next for the Gators, they will host Colgate and Lafayette College Friday on the first day of the T-Mobile Tournament in Gainesville. First pitch times are 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., respectively.
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