Blacksburg, Virginia – 14th Seed Florida passes 3rd Seed Virginia Tech and wins 12-0, 5 innings run rule at Tech Softball Park on Sunday afternoon to 11 Women’s College World Series I went ahead.th Program history time.
The Gators (48-17) and Hawkeys (46-10) squared in Game 3 for a trip to Oklahoma City in front of the crowd. Orange & Blue answered the call and handed Virginia Tech the third shutout of the season and the first run rule defeat. In fact, this was VT’s first run rule defeat against North Carolina since March 13, 2021.
Florida scored in every inning of play during today’s match. The first inning was the result of two errors in the first inning of play.Freshman lead-off batter Kendra Falby The shortstop reached a slow error and eventually scored in a collision down the left fielder line with a flyby ball from Ecoles.
From that moment on, the team never looked back, as the team scored 11 more with a total of 13 hits. Virginia Tech’s pitching staff this season, including US starting pitcher Keeley Rochard (26-4), have given up on a total of 12 runs the most.
Rochard matched the combination of Florida freshman starters Lexie Delbrey And the rescuer of the 5th year graduate Natalie Lugo (11-5). The duo limited the powerful Virginia Tech attack to the season-two low hits, each allowing only one in a five-inning case.
Second grade Katie Kistler When Avery Goelz Maintaining momentum, he started a big three-run rally, eventually leading the Gators 4-0 to the Hawkeys.Kistler drew a one-out walk for runners and a productive ground out for freshmen. Sam Lo Goelz moved her to the scoring position, but it was Goelz who set the tone for the rest of the game on the plate.
Originally from My Oakka City, Florida, Goels stood in the box, heading a 0-2 offering from Rochard to the fieldline on the right and hit an RBI double with a Kistler from second base. This was the first extra-base hit from Rochard for the Gator of the series.
Following that double, RBI singles from both Falby and Red Shirt Junior Skyler Wallace..
Florida led the Hawkeys 10-0 in a six-run frame that knocked out Rochard out of the game by multiplying the third inning by another crooked number.Freshman Reagan Walsh The frame started with a five-pitch walk, followed by a series of singles from seniors. Cheyenne Lindsey And Kistler.
Both Roe and Goelz carved a sacrifice fly at the turn at bat, and Falby and Adams arrived with infield hits and a walk. Virginia Tech chose to pull Rochard after a walk to Adams and bring in freshman Ace Emmalemley, but it didn’t slow Florida’s ferocious pace on the plate.
Wallace drove Falby and Kistler to the right with a two RBI single, and Ecoles gave the UF a 10-0 lead with another two RBI single in the same place.
In the fourth inning, the Gators played one run against three Hawkeys pitchers of the day, Mackenzie Osborne, to extend the lead to 11-0. Goelz did another damage when he drove Kistler in the center field from a two RBI single.
Florida closed the score by emphasizing at the top of the top of the fifth inning. Wallace stood in the box, counting 2-0 batters and lifting the ball over the left center field wall for a season of eight home runs.
Next to the Gators is the opening round game of Oklahoma City with Oregon in the Women’s College World Series.
Notable points:
- The program has advanced to the 11 Women’s College World Seriesth Program history time.
- Is also 11th He has appeared 14 times in the NCAA Super Regional since the program first appeared in 2007.
- The Gator’s is always 23-11 during the NCAA Super Regional Round of the NCAA Tournament.
- Overall, the program is always 99-48 in tournaments.
- The two-hit shutout is the fourth and eleventh time that the Gators have reduced their NCAA Super Regional opponents to two hits.th A shutout always thrown by a University of Florida pitcher in a Super Regional game.
- The UF is always 8-1 against Virginia Tech and 3-1 when playing in NCAA tournaments.
- The Gators outperformed their opponents 47-10 in the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
- Florida’s 12 runs are the most super regional gaming program ever.
- The difference of 12 runs was also the largest in Super Regional Game 3.
- Florida has produced more than 10 hits in five of the six NCAA tournament games this year.
- May 20, 2022 vs. Canissius – 10 hits
- May 21, 2022 vs Georgia Institute of Technology – 10 hits
- May 22, 2022 vs Wisconsin – 15 hits
- May 28, 2022 Virginia Tech – GM2 – 10 hits
- May 29, 2022 Virginia Tech – GM 3 – 13 hits
- In addition, the Gator’s 13 hits are the number of hits the Gator’s hit most in the NCAA Super Regional game.
- Avery Goels The three RBIs have reached the highest career she has set for coastal Carolina (March 6, 2022).
- Skyler Wallace The four RBI day marked her season’s highest score. She has already achieved it twice this season.
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