ORLANDO, Fla. – The Rutgers softball team closed out its trip to Florida on Tuesday with a pair of setbacks to UCF in doubleheader action at the UCF Softball Complex.
The host Knights won game one 3-0 and took the second game 5-1.
UCF receiving votes in the USA Today/NFCA and ESPN/USA Softball Polls.
The Scarlet Knights move to 17-10 on the season and return home for its first home games at the Rutgers Softball Complex of the season this weekend at the Rutgers Tournament starting Friday.
- Raimy Gamsby went the distance and gave up only one extra-base hit in her six innings of work. She dropped to 5-3 on the year.
- Morgan Smith and Kiersten Withstandley collected base hits to break up the no-hitter going into the seventh inning.
- The hosts took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second, The bases were loaded for a fielder’s choice by Olivia Elliot to the infield. Rutgers tried to catch Kennedy Searcy at the plate, but the UCF base runner beat out the throw. The Scarlet Knights, however, stopped a run from scoring at home on the next play and ended the inning without further scoring from UCF.
- UCF extended to a 2-0 advantage in the fourth. On a tough play in shallow left, Micaela Macario dropped the ball in…
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