Spring Break
Softball suffers 'off-weekend' loss
LAWRENCE CONNEFF
Issue date: 3/26/07 Section: Sports
The Georgia softball team's recent run of stellar pitching and defense came to an end over the weekend as No. 22 Florida swept the visiting Bulldogs.
No. 18 Georgia (28-12, 4-4) committed a season high of four errors in game one and allowed a school record of 14 runs in game two of a doubleheader sweep on Saturday.
Florida (27-14, 5-6) scored five runs - four of them unearned - in the third inning on Sunday afternoon to take the series finale 5-1 and give the Bulldogs their first three-game losing streak since a March 2002 sweep at the hands of the LSU Tigers.
"Honestly I think it was just an off-weekend," senior pitcher Kasi Carroll said.
"It definitely wasn't because of a lack of practice or preparation. There really wasn't any rhyme or reason for it."
An improving Georgia offense also slumped against Gator starters Stacey Nelson and Stacey Stevens, managing a total of three runs in three games during the trip to Gainesville.
Nelson picked up two victories against the Bulldogs, winning Saturday's series opener as well as Sunday's game. She allowed nine hits and three runs over 14 total innings in the circle.
Senior first baseman Megan McAllister put the Bulldogs ahead in the first game, driving in a pair of runs on a third inning single.
But the Gators scored five unanswered runs in the fifth and sixth innings off of a number of Bulldog miscues, including a bases loaded walk and two errors.
Georgia starter Christie Hamilton, who had won seven consecutive decisions coming in, took the loss.
Freshman pitcher Kate Gaskill had the toughest outing of her young career in the nightcap, as the Gators scored eight runs - only two of them earned - in the second inning on their way to a 14-0 win.
"It was a tough game," Gaskill said. "After I walked the first two batters, I started to get frustrated. It was mostly just a mental thing."
No. 18 Georgia (28-12, 4-4) committed a season high of four errors in game one and allowed a school record of 14 runs in game two of a doubleheader sweep on Saturday.
Florida (27-14, 5-6) scored five runs - four of them unearned - in the third inning on Sunday afternoon to take the series finale 5-1 and give the Bulldogs their first three-game losing streak since a March 2002 sweep at the hands of the LSU Tigers.
"Honestly I think it was just an off-weekend," senior pitcher Kasi Carroll said.
"It definitely wasn't because of a lack of practice or preparation. There really wasn't any rhyme or reason for it."
An improving Georgia offense also slumped against Gator starters Stacey Nelson and Stacey Stevens, managing a total of three runs in three games during the trip to Gainesville.
Nelson picked up two victories against the Bulldogs, winning Saturday's series opener as well as Sunday's game. She allowed nine hits and three runs over 14 total innings in the circle.
Senior first baseman Megan McAllister put the Bulldogs ahead in the first game, driving in a pair of runs on a third inning single.
But the Gators scored five unanswered runs in the fifth and sixth innings off of a number of Bulldog miscues, including a bases loaded walk and two errors.
Georgia starter Christie Hamilton, who had won seven consecutive decisions coming in, took the loss.
Freshman pitcher Kate Gaskill had the toughest outing of her young career in the nightcap, as the Gators scored eight runs - only two of them earned - in the second inning on their way to a 14-0 win.
"It was a tough game," Gaskill said. "After I walked the first two batters, I started to get frustrated. It was mostly just a mental thing."
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