Florida Claims Game One of Series, 13-4

Friday, April 14

Gainesville, Fla.

6 p.m.

University of Georgia

32-9, 11-4

Florida

30-10, 7-6

Georgia

Florida

April 14, 2023 | Softball

Box Score

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The 12^th-ranked University of Georgia softball team dropped a six-inning 13-4 decision to the No. 15 Florida Gators Friday night at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

Georgia moves to 32-9 on the season and 11-4 in SEC play.

Georgia tallied seven hits, each coming from a different Bulldog. The Bulldogs recorded three doubles off the bats of junior Jayda Kearney, senior Jaiden Fields and sophomore Lyndi Rae Davis.

Florida took an early lead with a solo homerun by Skylar Wallace in the first.

The Gators added three runs in the second to lead 4-0 off an RBI ground out and a two-run homer.

Graduate Shelby Walters threw two innings and allowed four runs to start. Sophomore Kylie Macy came in to relieve Walters in the third, allowing four runs with three strikeouts. Junior Madison Kerpics was called in the fifth to close for the Bulldogs. Kerpics tossed one inning allowing five runs with three walks.

Two more runs from Florida gave the Gators a 6-0 lead in the fourth.

Georgia rallied in the fifth with four runs fueled by three consecutive doubles. With two Bulldogs on base, Kearney sent a double to left center to score senior Sara Mosely and junior Ellie Armistead. Fields stepped into the box next and blasted a double to right center as Kearney reached home. Davis then came to the plate and blasted her own one-run double up the middle to score Hayley Eaton, in to pinch run for Fields.

The Gators responded in the bottom of the frame with two runs to maintain their lead, 8-4.

A Florida two-run single gave the Gators a six-run lead in the sixth, 10-4.

Florida closed the game with a sixth inning walkoff three-run home run to claim game one of the series, 13-4.

The Bulldogs and the Gators will be back in action on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Gainesville, Fla. The game will be aired on SEC Network+.