Top-ranked Tennessee suffered its second setback of the softball season Saturday afternoon, falling to No. 7 Florida 5-2 in Gainesville.
Much like the previous Saturday’s first loss at Mississippi State, there was plenty in which Lady Volunteers coach Karen Weekly found fault.
“We didn’t execute well at all in any phase of the game,” she said in an interview provided by utsports.com. “In the second inning, we walked their 8- and 9-hole hitters, and then we made a couple of miscues and threw to bases we shouldn’t have thrown to. We gave them a chance on a passed ball.
“They’re really good, and they’re going to capitalize when you make those mistakes, and they certainly capitalized today and then got a couple of good swings off in the third inning.”
Florida improved to 30-2 overall and to 7-1 in Southeastern Conference play, while Tennessee fell to 28-2 and 6-2.