Special report on the Florida Gators softball team:
GAINESVILLE – The No.8-ranked Florida softball team won two more games on the second day of the Bubly Invitational as the team picked up victories over North Dakota State, 1-0, and Longwood, 11-0 (5), at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
The Gators (9-1) picked up two complete-game shutouts behind the arms of junior right-hander Natalie Lugo and sophomore Elizabeth Hightower. Lugo (4-1) struck out seven of the 24 batters she faced and held the Bison to just two hits and a walk on 84 pitches.
Hightower put up similar numbers in the following game against the Lancers as she struck out eight of the 17 batters faced and limited the opposition to just one hit and a walk on 81 pitches.