WCWS Notes: Missouri vs. Florida
6/5/2010 12:00:00 AM | Softball
June 5, 2010
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• Florida (49-9) improved to 2-0 all-time against Missouri and moved to 7-5 in WCWS action. The Gators are 27-22 all-time in the NCAA tournament.
• Florida freshman Brittany Schutte hit two home runs in a game for the first time this season. She connected for a two-run blast in the fourth inning and followed with a solo shot in the sixth. She has 18 home runs on the year (tied for the second most in single-season school history) and five in the NCAA tournament.
• Junior Kelsey Bruder hit her fifth home run of the NCAA tournament with a solo shot down the right field line in the fifth inning that pushed Florida's lead to 3-0.
• Florida pitcher Stephanie Brombacher tossed her 12th shutout of the season in moving to 35-7. The junior surrendered six hits and recorded six strikeouts in the victory.
• The Gators have 108 home runs on the year, the most in Florida and Southeastern Conference single-season history.
• Missouri (51-13) dropped to 1-10 all-time in the WCWS and to 25-31 all-time in NCAA tournament.
• Missouri finished the 2010 campaign with a school-record 51 wins. The previous mark was 50 wins set by last year's team.
• The Tigers were shut out for only the fifth time this season. The last time they were shut out was May 16 in a 9-0 (six innings) loss to Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship title game.
• Missouri's Rhea Taylor finished the year with a .452 batting average, a single-season school record. She was 5-for-7 at the plate with two runs and an RBI during this year's WCWS. Taylor finished the year with 85 hits, the second most in Tigers history.
• Taylor picked up her 48th stolen base of the season in the top of the first inning. The 48 swipes rank as the second most in a season in Missouri history.
• Missouri pitcher Kristin Nottelmann (24-9) pitched five complete innings and took the loss. She allowed three hits and three runs (all earned) before being relieved by senior Jana Hainey. Nottelmann finished the year with a 2.09 ERA.
• Through seven games of the WCWS, no base runner has been caught stealing. The teams are 9-for-9 in stolen bases attempts.
• All seven WCWS games have seen at least five runs scored.
