FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Powered by junior third baseman Hannah Gammill, No. 17 Arkansas (23-8) downed No. 10 Florida (23-6) 6-2 in Friday night’s series opener at Bogle Park.
Making history again this week, Arkansas secured its first win vs. Florida at Bogle Park.
Gammill electrified the Hog offense, finishing 2-for-3 and tying her career high in home runs with two. The Beebe product launched a pair of solo home runs in her second career multi-home run outing.
The Razorbacks outhit Florida at a 7-5 clip. Freshman Atalyia Rijo finished 1-for-2 with two RBIs. Kacie Hoffmann and Raigan Kramer each drove in a run on groundouts. Junior Cylie Halvorson, sophomore Kacie Hoffmann, freshman Lauren Camenzind and redshirt senior Kristina Foreman rounded out Arkansas’ hits column tally with one hit apiece.
Redshirt senior RHP Chenise Delce (12-4) earned her second consecutive top-15 win after tossing her eighth complete game of the season. Delce gave up just one earned run on five hits and struck out six. Delce also limited the Gators to one extra-base hit and worked around four walks and two Arkansas errors. The Oklahoma City native twirled a 1-2-3 second frame.
Game two between Arkansas and Florida is set for 8 p.m. CT Saturday on ESPN2. Sunday’s series finale begins at noon on SEC Network+.
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