WCWS Notes: Florida 6, Missouri 2
6/3/2011 12:00:00 AM | Softball
June 2, 2011
• Florida improved to 8-6 all-time in the Women's College World Series with its 6-2 win over Missouri.
• Florida is 6-1 in this year's NCAA tournament and improved to 38-24 all-time in NCAA postseason action.
• With her two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth, Megan Bush now holds the Florida record for single-season homers at 21. She entered the game tied for first with both Francesca Enea (2010) and Brittany Schutte (2010) at 20. Bush also owns the Southeastern Conference record for career homers at 65.
• Florida's Kelsey Bruder hit an RBI single in the first inning before scoring herself to give Florida a 2-0 lead. The run was Bruder's 70th of the season, good for sole possession of first place on Florida's single-season list. Bruder, who entered the game tied with Aja Paculba (2009) with 69 runs scored, added another run in the third inning.
• Florida junior Michelle Moultrie went 2-for-3 at the plate tonight, giving her a school-record 90 hits in a season. Moultrie entered the game tied with Ali Gardiner (2008) and Kim Waleszonia (2007) at 88.
• One of Moultrie's two hits was a home run in the bottom of the third to give the Gators a 3-0 lead. The homer was just her third of the season and ninth of her career.
• Florida has scored five runs or more in 49 of its 62 contests this season. It improved to 46-3 when scoring at least five runs.
• Florida sophomore Ensley Gammel's RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning was her first RBI since she recorded a career-high five on March 12 against Ball State. Gammel has 10 RBIs this season and 13 in her career.
• Mizzou's Lisa Simmons hit a two-run double in the top of the sixth, marking her eighth multiple-RBI game of the season. Simmons has 23 RBIs this year and 32 in her career.
• Mizzou moved to 1-11 all-time in the WCWS (sixth appearance) and to 0-5 under head coach Ehren Earleywine (appearances in each of the last three years). The Tigers are 36-31 all-time in the NCAA tournament.
• In contrast to the first four games of the 2010 WCWS which yielded a tournament-record 42 runs, today's four contests produced 14 among the eight participating teams.
• Tonight's attendance of 8,152 set a WCWS Session 2 record. It marked the seventh largest single-session crowd in event history. This afternoon's attendance of 7,280 was a Session 1 record.
