No. 17/15 UCF used a late rally but came up short at No. 1/1 Florida, 2-1, Wednesday evening at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. It was a pitching duel in Gainesville, as junior Shelby Turnier and Florida pitcher Aleshia Ocasio each struck out eight batters. Turnier threw 63 strikes in 110 pitches on the night.  The UCF bats began to heat up late in the game. Senior Farrah Sullivan hit a hard shot out to center field in the fifth inning, breaking up Ocasio’s no-hit bid. After senior Maddy Schroeder reached on an error, sophomore Linnea Goodman notched UCF’s second hit of the game to put two runners on with one out in the sixth. Novak laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners, but a fly out ended the inning with the tying run on second base. After retiring the Gators in order in the bottom of the sixth, UCF went to work. With one out, junior Kalyn Cenal hit her third home run of the season, and the third in the last six games, over the center field wall. The solo shot cut the UCF deficit in half, making it a 2-1 ball game.

No. 22/22 Texas A&M 6, Houston 3

Houston dropped a 6-3 decision to No. 22/22 Texas A&M in a midweek single game series Wednesday night in College Station, Texas. Kaylin Crumpton was the top hitter for the Cougars as she went 2-for-3 with two doubles and a run. After the Aggies took a 3-0 lead on a three-run HR, the Cougars got their bats going in the fifth inning. With the bases loaded, Katie St. Pierre started the rally with a leadoff single just over third base. Crumpton followed with her first double of the night into right field, advancing St. Pierre to third. Hernandez followed as she knocked a RBI double into right field, plating St. Pierre. Junior lefty Julana Shrum (2-5) took the loss for Houston. She gave up only two earned runs in the 4.0 innings pitched, walked three and struck out one. Relief pitcher Summer Groholski held the Aggies from scoring as she allowed only one hit in 2.0 innings pitched.