The No. 8 seed Florida Gators (35-19, 11-13 SEC) beat the No. 9 seed Kentucky Wildcats (29-19-1, 8-14 SEC) 6-2 in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament Thursday afternoon at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The No. 20 Kentucky Softball team rode the arm of sophomore Alexia Lacatena, who threw a one-hit complete-game shutout as the Wildcats won in five innings over Northern Kentucky, 9-0, on Tuesday afternoon just outside of Cincinnati.
Grace Lorsung went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a two-run, two-out RBI double in the top of the first inning as No. 16 Kentucky held on to beat Ole Miss 7-5 and secure the series title Saturday night at the Ole Miss Softball Complex in Oxford.