Gainesville, Florida. – junior Jocelyn Erickson exploded a big slam, one of the four home circuits struck on Saturday by the host and the Florida n ° 3, including two of Freshman Phenom Taylor ShumakerWhile the Fifth Rang Gators managed Florida Atlantic 14-6 in the second round of the NCAA Gainesville to reach the Championship of the support championship.
Homer d’Erickson, the first grandchale in his career, has placed the last four races of a fifth round of seven points. UF began the frame with an advance of 7-6 diclantes after fau Choloe Keatts Hit a circuit of two three-point outings that closed FAU in 7-6 and hunted the Gators starter Keagan Rothrock. Lift Ava Brownwho needed five locations to get out of the round.
In the fifth of Florida, the first two strikers of the Gators, Reagan walsh And Mia Williamswere affected by throws, then opting for a change in pitch. Ainsley Lambert relieved Gabby Sacco And withdrew the first two strikers she faced. But Lambert walked Kenleigh Cahalan To load the bases, then walk Rylee Holtorf To push the UF led to 8-6. Kendra Falby Slap at two points, the simple in the middle was 10-6, and after Shumaker, already with two imposing circuits, walked to load the bases, Erickson broke game, his 15th of the season, on the right.
Rothrock (13-5) obtained the victory for the Gators, despite the abandonment of six points in eight strokes in just 4.2 rounds.
Fau, the second seeded from the regional, jumped on Rothrock during the first round for a 2-0 lead, with single of the first three strikers. OWLs marked their first execution by bait the Gators with a stolen basic attempt, as Jesiana Mora entered an intentional overview, with the first base player in the UF walsh trying and to get Kylie Hammonds on a dash house. The throw was late, Mora was safe in second row, then scored two strikers later when Bella Cimino doubled the wall of the central field.
UF obtained the two points in its first, however, on the opposite field explosion of Shumaker. It was her 20th of the season – her second in as many tournament matches – and broke the first year first -year record for home circuits that she equalized in the victory of Friday evening on Georgia Tech. She hadn’t finished.
The OWLS, classified 24th and champions of the regular season of the American Athletic Conference, resumed the advance in their fourth, thanks to a solo drawn by Cimino for a 3-2 advantage. The Gators needed a half-manche to cancel this and resume advance. Williams led the fourth UF with a walk and Brown followed with a circuit of two sleeves which carved from the Glove of the right field and above the fence to put the Gators in front of 4-3. With two withdrawals, Holtorf was struck by a field, followed by a Falby march. Shumaker then interrupted his three -point shot on the right field wall, giving him five multiple games this season and at least five points produced in three games. Florida led 7-3. Temporarily.
Rothrock abandoned a pair of singles in the fifth of the OWLS, then served a 3-point circuit in Yeatts, which took the ground in the opposite direction, the tights just inside the right-of-right field to close the Gators advance at 7-6 and set up the large lower half of Florida.
Game: The Erickson circuit, of course, but what would you say that fun: concerning the above-mentioned brown circuit that bounced on the Glove of the right defender? This right defender was in the second year Kiley SheltonCadet sister of the second basic player in the baseball UF Colby Shelton.
In the spotlight: Shumaker has not only the record for the first year of all time, but is now a circuit of the program record in a single season of 22 established by Brittany Schutte in 2011, as well as four Breaking Erickson products in a single season of 83, taking place in 2024.
Stopping statistics: When Erickson entered the plate in fifth, the Gators had struck in the round despite a single ball in play. She made two balls in play.
Following: Florida (45-14) will play the only survivor of the support for the regional title on Sunday. Whoever it is – whether FAU (45-11), Georgia Tech or Mercer, each having faced elimination games later Saturday – this team will have to beat the Gators twice Sunday, starting with the first match for 1 p.m. if UF Fall, an elimination match would be played immediately after about 3:30 p.m.
Quotes
Coach Tim Walton
* “They hit, we hit. It was a good game.”
* (On Fau) “Yeah, they did a good job. I said that from the start. You look at the table, and they have no mistakes. I think differences.
Jocelyn Erickson
* (By obtaining runners on the basis and by capitalizing): “Yeah, I think it was super essential to put these forts to bats – struck by throws, walks – (because) this is what makes the game.
Taylor Shumaker
* (On the powerful power of Florida): “I think that something that makes this team so special is the fact that our range is very dangerous. You get a striker on the basis and all of a sudden, the game can be open in a single throw. It is what I like so much to be in this range. Even if I do not do my job, I know that the girls who have done me.
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