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Hannah Adams got the first hit of the game with a double. Hannah Adams got the last hit of the game with a double. In what was a battle of outstanding pitching and fielding, the number five Florida Gator softball team beat the Jacksonville Dolphins 1-0 Wednesday at home courtesy of Hannah Adams.
Pitching Duel
Not many pitchers had a better opening weekend than Jacksonville’s Alyssa Bilodeau. In the Dolphins’ first two games of the season, she shut down the Boston College Eagles over her nine innings pitched. She rounded up 16 strikeouts throughout those nine innings.
Alyssa Bilodeau celebrates with her catcher Hallie Kern following one of Bilodeau’s six strikeouts against the Gators. Jacksonville would go on to lose the game 1-0. (Kyle Fansler/ESPN Gainesville)
The No. 5/6 Gators Softball Team currently sits at 3-0, with the Bubly Invitational up next on the schedule. Though Tim Walton’s squad is only three games into 2021, there are plenty of positives, as well as areas to improve upon heading into this five-game weekend.
Early promise and areas to improve
Here are two big positives for Florida: through three games they scored 22 runs and only allowed three.
The Florida Gators Softball Team celebrates with Hannah Adams following her walk-off double against Jacksonville. (Kyle Fansler/ESPN Gainesville)
Players like the SEC Player of the Week for opening weekend, Charla Echols, walk-off provider Hannah Adams and Preseason All-SEC selection Kendyl Lindaman provide enough firepower to get the Gators going early in games. In their first three games of the season, the Gators managed to get the bases loaded in the first inning.
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