Florida went 5-0 on the week with victories over FGCU, Samford, Western Michigan, FAMU & Troy.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 3 Florida softball team picked up its fifth win of the week on Sunday afternoon, defeating FAMU, 9-1, in six innings in the final game of the Florida Invitational.
The Gators (23-1) now have 16 run-rules on the season and in sixth-straight games.
Senior Reagan Walsh blasted a home run for the third straight game, Florida’s only of the day, and her fourth in three games.
Nine different Gators combined for 11 hits against the Rattlers (4-12), while Kendra Falby, Walsh and Mia Williams each drove in a team-best two runs apiece.
In the circle, sophomore Olivia Miller (3-0) made her third start of the season, pitching the first four innings, allowing just one unearned run and two hits with three strikeouts.
Senior Kara Hammock made her 10th appearance, pitching two scoreless innings of relief, allowing no hits with two walks and a strikeout to close out the win.
NOTABLES:
* The Gators improve to 23-0 in the all-time series against FAMU, with eleven of those wins coming in run-rule fashion
* Senior Kendra Falby had a pair of stolen bases against the Rattlers- bringing her season total to 26 and career total to 108
* Falby needs five more stolen bases to move into a tie with Kelsey Stewart (113) for second-most in Florida program history. Skylar Wallace (119) currently holds the program record
* She has nine multi-stolen base games this season
* Falby extended her on-base streak to 24 games. She has reached base in every game this season and is also on a 10-game hitting streak
* Senior Reagan Walsh went 2-for-3 at the plate, her fifth multi-hit game in a row
* For the second time in her career, Walsh hit home runs in back-to-back-to-back games. She hit four in a row in 2024 (vs. Indiana, FGCU and Kentucky twice)
* Walsh tallied her third sacrifice fly of the season to end the game early and clinch the rule-run victory
* She currently ranks second in program history in career sacrifice flies with 19 in her career. Megan Bush (2008-11) and Charla Echols (21) hold the school record
* Walsh batted a team-best .688 (11-for-16) in Florida’s last five games with seven of those hits going for extra bases (three doubles, four home runs). She finished the week with 11 RBI
* The Florida pitching staff allowed just five earned runs in 29 innings pitched this week, while striking out 26
* The Gators outscored their opponents 47-6 in that frame
UP NEXT:
The Gators hit the road for four games in Texas. First, Florida will face Houston on March 5, before traveling to College Station to kick off SEC play against No. 6 Texas A&M on March 7.
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