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Gainesville, Fla. – The No. 1-seeded University of Florida softball team advanced to the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament with a 1-0 (eight innings) victory over Florida Atlantic in the final of the Gainesville Regional. The Gators (53-6) outhit the Owls 4-2 as senior Lauren Haeger (26-1) pitched a two-hit shutout and allowed just two second-inning singles, while walking two batters and striking out five.
Haeger and FAU pitcher Amanda Wilson (8-5) traded zeros for seven innings until Haeger herself broke through for Florida (53-6) in the eighth for the game’s only run.