Florida now has 19 run-rule victories this season.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The No. 4 Florida softball team earned a five-inning victory over North Florida on Thursday evening at the UNF Softball Complex, downing the Ospreys 8-0.
It was a mirror score of the previous meeting between the two schools earlier this season on Feb. 11 in Gainesville.
Four different players turned in multi-hit performances, with Florida’s offense combining for 11 hits.
Freshman Taylor Shumaker drove in a team-best three runs, her 15th multi-RBI game of the season, going 2-for-3 with a double, a stolen base and a walk.
Junior Jocelyn Erickson went 2-of-2 at the dish with two RBI and a sacrifice fly.
For the second game in a row, both sophomores Mia Williams and Ava Brown hit solo home runs, going back-to-back to open the fourth inning.
In the circle, freshman Katelynn Oxley (5-2) threw a gem, picking up her second career complete-game victory, allowing just three hits and one walk, while striking out a pair of Ospreys.
NOTABLES:
* The Gators (30-4) improve to 18-0 all-time and 2-0 this season against North Florida (23-10)
* Florida is 4-0 in Jacksonville against the Ospreys
* The Orange & Blue are 9-0 against in-state opponents this season
* Florida has shut out opponents 12 times this season, the fourth-most of any team in the NCAA
* The Gators have shut out North Florida in the last four meetings and in 12 of the 18 all-time meetings
* Senior Kendra Falby extended her on-base streak to 34 games
* Falby also stole her 30th base of the season. She is now eight stolen bases away from setting a new program record for career stolen bases. The current record is 119, which is held by Skylar Wallace
* She is 30-for-31 on the base path this season, which is tied for seventh-most stolen bases in a single season in program history
* Junior Jocelyn Erickson extended her on-base streak to 12 games
* She tallied her 10th multi-hit and 11th multi-RBI outing this season
* Erickson also recorded her fourth sacrifice fly, tied for a team-high
* With three RBI against North Florida, Taylor Shumaker now has 53 RBI this season
* She moved into No. 3 in program history for most runs driven in by a freshman
* Shumaker recorded her team-best 10th double against North Florida, moving into a tie for ninth-most by a Florida freshman
* For the second time this season, and fourth time in her career, Mia Williams has hit home runs in consecutive games
* Williams has 11 home runs this season, the second-most on the team
* Ava Brown has now has hit home runs in consecutive games three times in her career and one time this season
* The Gators have tallied multiple home runs in 20 games this season and in both games against the Ospreys
* 12 different Florida players have combined for 62 home runs: Shumaker (13), Williams (11), Jocelyn Erickson (9), Reagan Walsh (9), Kenleigh Cahalan (7), Brown (3) Korbe Otis (3), Rylee Holtorf (2), Falby (2), Comia (1), Cassidy McLellan (1) and Brooke Barnard (1)
* Florida has recorded 19 run-rule victories this season, including seven against Florida schools
* Five different players recorded a stolen base against the Ospreys: Rylee Holtorf, Falby, Shumaker, Brown and Erickson
* The Gators are 74-for-77 in stolen bases attempts this season
UP NEXT:
Florida is back in action on March 26 at UCF at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
###
