Current:Home > FinanceFlorida ends Oklahoma's 20-game postseason win streak with home-run barrage at WCWS -WealthSync Hub
Florida ends Oklahoma's 20-game postseason win streak with home-run barrage at WCWS
Chainkeen Exchange View
Date:2025-04-11 04:13:47
For the third time this season, Florida softball played an elimination game.
And for the third time, the Gators emerged victorious.
Florida is now one win away from the Women's College World Series championship round after defeating three-time defending national champion Oklahoma, 9-3, Monday afternoon at Devon Park in Oklahoma City.
The win was Keagan Rothrock's 33rd of the season and Florida's 54th in total. It also ended Oklahoma's 20 game win streak in the NCAA softball tournament. The Sooners last lost in the postseason in 2022 in the WCWS against UCLA.
After a slow start in Oklahoma City, Florida's offense awoke Sunday vs Alabama with a six-run, 10-hit outing against Crimson Tide to reach the semifinal round.
Monday, that offense did more of the same.
It's hard to quantify all the ways Florida's offense exploded, so let's summarize:
The Gators scored runs in every inning besides the sixth, when the lead was well in hand.
Reagan Walsh and Skylar Wallace served as dual engines.
Walsh, the California native, drove in Florida's first run in the first inning. She then blasted a three-run homer in the fourth. That home run put the Gators up 7-1.
Wallace, who had struggled at the WCWS compared to her hitting last month, exploded Monday. She homered in the second to dead center. Four innings later, she bombed it to nearly the same spot to give Florida a six-run lead and give Rothrock some much needed breathing room.
The Gators also got a third inning RBI double from Ava Brown, her first in the WCWS, and an inside the park home run from Kendra Falby.
Falby, who hit in the nine spot Monday, garnered the first inside the parker at the WCWS since 2014. She went 2-3 at the plate, her first multi-hit game since May 5 vs Texas A&M, which was UF's last regular season game. She also snagged a ball in center field early in the game that took the wind out of the sails of Oklahoma.
In the circle, Rothrock's showing was like Sunday. It was not her best, but she contained a lethal Oklahoma offense to just three runs and did more than enough to keep the lead.
As has become the norm, she escaped numerous jams.
veryGood! (7)
Related
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- Sea Level Rise Could Drive 1 in 10 People from Their Homes, with Dangerous Implications for International Peace, UN Secretary General Warns
- Amazon Prime Day 2023 Fashion Deal: 20% Off This Top-Rated Jumpsuit With Sizes Ranging From Small to 4X
- People and pets seek shade and cool as Europe sizzles under a heat wave
- Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
- Trucks, transfers and trolls
- Wes Moore Names Two Members to Maryland Public Service Commission
- Oil Companies Had a Problem With ExxonMobil’s Industry-Wide Carbon Capture Proposal: Exxon’s Bad Reputation
- Trump's 'stop
- Finally, a Climate Change Silver Lining: More Rainbows
Ranking
- 'Survivor' 47 finale, part one recap: 2 players were sent home. Who's left in the game?
- Kyle Richards Claps Back at “Damage Control” Claim After Sharing Family Photo With Mauricio Umansky
- Up First briefing: State of the economy; a possible Trump indictment; difficult bosses
- Wet socks can make a difference: Tips from readers on keeping cool without AC
- Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
- There's a way to get healthier without even going to a gym. It's called NEAT
- Britney Spears Recalls Going Through A Lot of Therapy to Share Her Story in New Memoir
- Can't Fall Asleep? This Cooling Body Pillow With 16,600+ 5-Star Amazon Reviews is $38 for Prime Day 2023
Recommendation
Sam Taylor
A Gary, Indiana Plant Would Make Jet Fuel From Trash and Plastic. Residents Are Pushing Back
Amazon Prime Day 2023 Deals That Make Great Holiday Gifts: Apple, Beats, Kindle, Drybar & More
Environmental Groups and Native Leaders Say Proposed Venting and Flaring Rule Falls Short
Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
2022 Will Be Remembered as the Year the U.S. Became the World’s Largest Exporter of Liquified Natural Gas
Why Author Colleen Hoover Calls It Ends With Us' Popularity Bittersweet
Citing Health and Climate Concerns, Activists Urge HUD To Remove Gas Stoves From Federally Assisted Housing