Mia Williams
Hannah White
8
Winner Florida UF 36-8, 8-5 SEC
7
Ole Miss OM 30-10, 6-7 SEC
Winner
Florida UF
36-8, 8-5 SEC
8
Final
7
Ole Miss OM
30-10, 6-7 SEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Florida UF 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 8 13 2
Ole Miss OM 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 11 0

W: Rothrock, Keagan (10-2) L: Brianna Lopez (7-2) S: Oxley, Katelynn (3)

Game Recap: Softball | | Lauren Staff

No. 6/8 Florida Outlasts No. 19 Ole Miss

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:
  • 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       
    • 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
UP NEXT:
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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