Florida and Mississippi State will play for the series Monday at 7 p.m. on SEC Network.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 4 Florida softball team dropped its second game of the series, 1-0, to Mississippi State Sunday afternoon at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
The Gators (22-2, 1-1 SEC) and the Bulldogs (16-9, 1-1 SEC) each tallied five hits in the contest, but the MSU was able to scratch across one deciding run in the top of the 2nd inning via an RBI single through the left side by Jackie McKenna that scored Paige Cook from third.
Natalie Lugo (5-1) dueled with Bulldogs pitcher Annie Willis (2-2) for 5.0 innings before Marissa Mesiemore entered the game in the 5th inning to close out the remaining two frames. Lugo held Mississippi State’s offense to zero extra base hits on the day, while Mesiemore didn’t allow a Bulldog batter to reach base.
Offensively, Cheyenne Lindsey paced the Gators at the plate going 2-for-2 with her fifth triple of the season. The Chattanooga, Tenn. native’s extra base hit set a new single-season record for triples by a senior in program history. Charla Echols (1-for-2), Katie Kistler (1-for-2) and Emily Wilkie (1-for-1) also tallied hits in the contest.
Florida and Mississippi State will play for the series Monday at 7 p.m. on SEC Network.
Notables:
* Cheyenne Lindsey became the first Gator senior to hit five triples in a single season as she ripped her 5th into left field in the 4th inning.
* Amanda Lorenz (2019) and Michelle Moultrie (2012) both hit four in their senior campaign.
* Katie Kistler improved her career-high hitting streak to six games by beating out an infield single to the pitcher in the 3rd inning.
* The Orange Park, Fla. native stole a career-high two bases in the contest.
* The Gators have now stolen at least one base in 23 of the 24 games played this season.
* Charla Echols reached base twice via a double down the right field line and a walk.
* She has reached base two or more times in nine games this season.
* Kendra Falby’s hitting streak ended at 15 games (Feb. 19 – March 13, 2022) putting her tied for sixth longest streak all-time in Florida history.
* The Odessa, Fla. native’s base streak of 23 games concluded as it was the first time this season the freshman didn’t reach base.
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