GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Mizzou softball (7-16, 0-3 SEC) finished the opening series against Florida (26-1, 3-0 SEC) with a 5-2 loss on Monday, March 8, at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The Tigers were swept in their opening series, marking the first time MU has been swept to open SEC play since 2022.<\/p>\n
The Tigers got in trouble early in this one, as a single in the second brought home two, but an error on the same play made it a 3-0 start for the Gators. Florida only extended its lead in the fourth as a two-run home run put it up 5-0.<\/p>\n
MU struggled on the offensive end compared to the Gators, as it put up two hits through six innings, with the first hit coming from freshman Sidney Forrester<\/a> in the first, and junior Stefania Abruscato<\/a> in the fourth.<\/p>\n Junior Marissa McCann<\/a> started the game and would go four innings, giving up four earned runs \u2013 five total runs \u2013 as she is now 2-5 on the season. Senior RHP Courtney Donahue<\/a> and sophomore RHP Rylee Michalak<\/a> would each pitch one scoreless inning for the Tigers.<\/p>\n In the seventh, the bats started to come alive, as Forrester reached on a walk, before a double from junior Abby Hay<\/a> put the Tigers on second and third with one out. Freshman Abby Carr<\/a> kept the bats going, with a two-RBI single, making it 5-2. However, that was the last of it, as Florida completed the sweep.<\/p>\n GAME NOTES<\/p>\n
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\n\tLarissa Anderson<\/a> is now 379-235-1 all-time.
\n\tThe Tigers are now 11-26 in the SEC opening series.
\n\tMizzou is now 8-22 against the Gators all-time, 7-16 against Florida in SEC games and 3-8 in Gainesville. Coach Anderson is now 4-11 when she faces the Gators.
\n\tFreshman Addy Waits<\/a> increased her on-base safely streak to 11 games in the first inning when she was hit-by-pitch. Junior Abby Hay’s<\/a> double in the seventh inning extended her hitting streak to eight games.
\n\tThis is the first time that Florida has swept the Tigers since 2018.
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\n\tMizzou takes on UT-Martin in the first home midweek game starting at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11 at Mizzou Softball Stadium.
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