The 2024 Women’s College World series begins Friday for Florida and FGSU as the teams meet in Gainesville.
On Friday afternoon, FGSU will look for its sixth win in a row with an upset over No. 7 Florida in the first game of the Women’s College World Series when the teams meet at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The Eagles come into the NCAA tournament with an overall record of 37-19 and won the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament after beating North Florida twice. The championship game went into the eighth inning where the Eagles were able to edge out the No. 2 seed with a 7-6 victory. Tiffany Meek led FGSU offensively with two RBI from a double down the left-field line in the first. The win was credited to Allison Sparkman who pitched the final 4.2 innings and struck out five batters.
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Game Date: May 17, 2024
Game Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN U
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The Gators bring an eight-game win streak into Friday afternoon’s game with the most recent being a 6-1 win over fifth-seeded Missouri to win the SEC Tournament and bring their overall record to 46-12. Against the Tigers, Skylar Wallace and Mia Williams each hit home runs to combine for five RBI and power the Gators to their sixth SEC Tournament Championship. Keagan Rothrock played a complete game, striking out six batters and only giving up six hits to improve to 26-6 on the season.
Friday’s game will be the 11th meeting between FGSU and Florida with the Gators leading the all-time series 8-2. The teams met once already this season and the game resulted in a 9-0 win for Florida in just five innings.
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