{"id":200737,"date":"2026-03-21T20:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200737\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T20:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:57:09","slug":"1-tennessee-falls-to-5-florida-in-game-2-rubber-match-set-for-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200737\/","title":{"rendered":"#1 Tennessee Falls to #5 Florida in Game 2, Rubber Match Set for Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. &#8211; No. 1 Tennessee dropped its second game of the season Saturday, falling 5-2 to No. 5 Florida at Katie Seashole Stadium.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTennessee (28-2, 6-2 SEC) started <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/erin-nuwer\/21030\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"21030\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Nuwer<\/a> in the circle. She was relieved by <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/karlyn-pickens\/20385\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20385\" target=\"_blank\">Karlyn Pickens<\/a> in the second inning before returning in the third. Nuwer finished the game, tossing five innings.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nShe allowed two unearned runs, walked three and struck out one.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nPickens (7-1) took the loss, surrendering three runs on three hits in one inning of work. The defeat marked her first of the season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFlorida (30-2, 7-1 SEC) received strong outings from Katelynn Oxley and Olivia Miller. Oxley started and threw 2 2\/3 innings, allowing two runs on two hits with two walks and three strikeouts.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMiller earned the win to improve to 4-0, tossing the final 4 1\/3 innings. She held Tennessee scoreless on two hits with two strikeouts.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAfter escaping a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the first, freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/elsa-morrison\/22439\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22439\" target=\"_blank\">Elsa Morrison<\/a> put the Lady Vols on the board with a two-run home run off the scoreboard in left-center field. The homer was her third of the season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFlorida tied the game in the second, scoring two runs on a pair of walks, a passed ball and an error.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Gators took the lead in the third with back-to-back home runs. Madison Walker broke the tie with a two-run shot to center, and Cassidy McLellan followed with a solo home run to right to make it 5-2.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThat proved to be enough, as Miller kept Tennessee&#8217;s offense in check and forced a series-deciding Game 3 on Sunday.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDUE UP<br \/>\nTennessee and Florida wrap up the three-game series on Sunday, with first pitch scheduled for noon ET on ESPN2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAINESVILLE, Fla. &#8211; No. 1 Tennessee dropped its second game of the season Saturday, falling 5-2 to No.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-200737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}