The No. 15 Florida softball team hosted the No. 19 Auburn Tigers on Thursday, April 6, in the first of a three-game home series at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and came away with a 3-2 victory in eight innings over its Southeastern Conference opponent.
Elizabeth Hightower got the start on the bump for the Gators (27-9, 5-5 SEC) and put on a gutsy seven-inning performance that, combined with reliever Rylee Trlicek’s one-inning effort, resulted in a close win for the Orange and Blue in the extra frame. A bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the eighth ended up being the difference in this one.
Take a look below at a full album of highlights from Florida’s win over Auburn taken by photographer Matt Pendleton of the Gainesville Sun.