Softball Drops Series Finale at No. 8/11 Florida Sunday

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Missouri Softball program (19-11, 1-5 SEC) fell to No. 8/11 Florida (22-5, 2-1 SEC), 4-3, in the series finale Sunday afternoon at the Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium.

The Tigers grabbed a 3-2 lead after a RBI groundout from Payton Jackson in the top of the sixth before Florida walked it off in the bottom of the seventh. 

Skylar Wallace singled to center to even the contest at 3-3 and would come around to score on a wild pitch to complete the Gators comeback. 

The Tigers took an early 1-0 lead in the first on a RBI bases loaded walk from Chantice Phillips. Jenna Laird opened with a leadoff single before consecutive walks to Kara Daly and Julia Crenshaw filled the basepaths with Tigers.  

Crenshaw then blasted a solo shot to left in the third to increase the Mizzou lead to 2-0. For Crenshaw, a sophomore from O’Fallon, Missouri, the homer was her seventh of the campaign (first career SEC home run). 

The Gators would then even the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the fourth. Pal Egan tallied a RBI groundout before an Avery Goelz RBI base hit. 

GAME NOTES

• Jenna Laird (2-for-4) and Riley Frizell (2-for-3) each had two hits Sunday.
• With the pair of hits, Jenna Laird extended her hitting streak to four games. 
• The multi-hit game was Jenna Laird’s 15th of the season while it was the fifth multi-hit game for Riley Frizell in 2023. 
• Julia Crenshaw knocked her seventh home run of the season and first career round tripper in SEC play Sunday.
• Julia Crenshaw and Alex Honnold lead the Tigers in 2023 with seven home runs, respectively. 
• Chantice Phillips was 1-for-2 with a walk, run and a RBI. She had a hit in each of the three games this weekend in Florida. 
• Payton Jackson registered a RBI on her birthday. 
• Jordan Weber started for the Tigers, allowing two runs on two hits over three innings with one strikeout.
• Laurin Krings pitched a scoreless inning in relief, letting up just two hits with a strikeout. 
• Megan Schumacher pitched 2.2 innings out of the pen, allowing two runs on four hits. 
• Florida took the weekend SEC series, 2-1. 

Looking Ahead 
Mizzou next heads back home to play Drake in midweek action at the Mizzou Softball Stadium Wednesday. First pitch is set for 5:30 p.m., CT in Columbia, Missouri. 

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