Florida Softball Exits Palo Alto Regional with Defeat to No. 9-Seed Stanford
PALO ALTO, Calif. - The Florida softball team's 2023 season came to an end Sunday afternoon after an 11-2 defeat to No. 9-seed Stanford in the NCAA Palo Alto Regional. The Gators (38-22) earned seven hits spread across six different players in the lineup and battled until the final out in the contest against the Cardinal (43-13), who had 11 hits. Stanford started the game as the designated visitors and were up to bat first in the contest against Florida left-handed starter Rylee Trlicek (15-6). The Cardinal managed to immediately load the bases via a walk and a pair of singles, but graduate senior Charla Echols quickly changed the momentum as she snagged a sharply hit line drive in front of the third base bag and tagged the runner for a double play. The Cardinal eventually responded with an RBI single up the middle that plated the first run of the game via a two-out RBI single that put them ahead 1-0. The Gators offense immediately picked up where it left off from last night...