A little bit of rain couldn’t put out the fire that was the Florida softball team Friday at day one of the T-Mobile Tournament.
The Florida Gators (12-2) defeated the Colgate Raiders (3-8) 13-1 and Lafayette Leopards (2-5) 16-0.
The Gators totaled 29 runs in the two games and 21 runs in just the first two innings.
However, the star of the day was freshman pitcher Keagan Rothrock.
The reigning D1 Softball National Freshman of the Week threw her first career no-hitter with a season-high 13 strikeouts against the Lafayette Leopards in the Gators’ second game of the day.
She retired the first nine batters of the game in a row with the first eight on strikeouts. Her perfect game bid was spoiled in the top of the fourth inning when she recorded her only walk of the day.
The offense continued to roll on the rainy Friday afternoon.
Three Gators went yard in the two games. Korbe Otis and Jocelyn Erickson each homered against Colgate, and Ariel Kowalewski and Reagan Walsh did against Lafayette.
The offense had a busy day and ended up going 21-45 through the two games.
Erickson finished her day 4-6 with five RBI.
The Gators are back in Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Saturday for day two of the T-Mobile Tournament. They are up against Lafayette at 12:30 p.m. and Colgate at 3 p.m.
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