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No. 6/8 Florida Outlasts No. 19 Ole Miss
Friday, April 11, 2025 | Softball
OXFORD, Miss. – The No. 6/8 Florida softball team edged out No. 19 Ole Miss in an offensive showdown on Friday evening, downing the Rebels, 8-7, to take game one of the Southeastern Conference weekend series.
Korbe Otis continued her hot streak at the plate, driving in game-best four runs, while Mia Williams tallied her first career multi-home run performance with a pair of solo shots.
Kendra Falby, who is batting a team-best .449 in conference play, went 4-for-4 at the plate with two RBI and one of the Gators' two stolen bases.
In the circle, Keagan Rothrock (10-2) earned her second SEC win of the season, while Katelynn Oxley recorded her third save, pitching three shutout innings of relief.
NOTABLES:
The Gators will look to secure the series on Saturday, facing Ole Miss at 3 p.m. ET on SEC Network+.
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Korbe Otis continued her hot streak at the plate, driving in game-best four runs, while Mia Williams tallied her first career multi-home run performance with a pair of solo shots.
Kendra Falby, who is batting a team-best .449 in conference play, went 4-for-4 at the plate with two RBI and one of the Gators' two stolen bases.
In the circle, Keagan Rothrock (10-2) earned her second SEC win of the season, while Katelynn Oxley recorded her third save, pitching three shutout innings of relief.
NOTABLES:
- For the second time this season and fifth time in her career, Kendra Falby recorded four hits in a game
- Falby also went 4-for-4 against Iowa State on Feb. 23
- She now has 96 multi-hit games in her career
- Falby has recorded both of Florida's triples in SEC play this season
- The senior has 11 career triples, sixth-most in program history
- Falby swiped her 33rd stolen bag of the season in the top of the first inning and is 33-for-35 this season in steal attempts
- Now with 115 stolen bases in her career, she is just five stolen bases shy of setting a new Florida program record
- Skylar Wallace currently holds the Florida career record of 119 stolen bases
- Mia Williams hit two solo home runs, the first multi-home run performance of her career
- Of her team-best 15 home runs this season, thirteen have been solo home runs
- She has hit 21 home runs in her career and 15 have been solo shots
- Williams went 3-for-4 at the plate, matching her career-best of three hits, and recorded her second three-hit game of the season and career
- She has 16 multi-hit games in her career, including 14 this season alone
- Korbe Otis has recorded three multi-RBI games in the last four games, including a game-best four RBI against the Rebels
- She also matched her season-best of three hits
- Otis has 10 multi-RBI outings this season and 23 in her two seasons in Gainesville
- Keagan Rothrock now holds a 12-3 career record in SEC play      Â
- Her career record overall is 43-11
- Two of Katelynn Oxley's three saves have come in SEC play, including at Auburn on March 30
- Florida's defense turned its 18th double play of the season to end the bottom of the first
The Gators will look to secure the series on Saturday, facing Ole Miss at 3 p.m. ET on SEC Network+.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rothrock, Keagan (10-2)
L: Brianna Lopez (7-2)
S: Oxley, Katelynn (3)
Batting:
2B: Williams, Mia 1
3B: Falby, Kendra 1
HR: Williams, Mia 2
RBI: Falby, Kendra 2 ; Otis, Korbe 4 ; Williams, Mia 2
SH: Falby, Kendra 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Falby, Kendra 1 ; Williams, Mia 2 ; Cahalan, Kenleigh 1 ; Brown, Ava 1 ; Holtorf, Rylee 3
SB: Falby, Kendra 1 ; Otis, Korbe 1 ; Cahalan, Kenleigh 1 ; Holtorf, Rylee 1
Batting:
HR: Lair Beautae 1
RBI: Lair Beautae 3 ; Persy Llamas 2 ; Aliyah Binford 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jaden Pone 2 ; Lair Beautae 2 ; Lexie Brady 1 ; Taylor Malvin 2
HBP: Jaden Pone 1
Game Leaders
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