Keagan Rothrock threw a two-hitter to lead the fourth-seeded Florida Gators to a 1-0 win over the Oklahoma State Cowgirls in the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City on Thursday night.
Katie Kistler hit a solo home run for the game’s only score.
Florida (52-13) will play top-seeded Texas on Saturday. Texas beat Stanford 4-0 on Thursday.
Fifth-seeded Oklahoma State (49-11) will head into an elimination game against eighth-seeded Stanford on Friday.
Rothrock (31-7) went all seven innings Thursday, striking out three and walking two. She threw 63 of her 94 pitches for strikes and lowered her ERA to 2.36.
Rothrock won a duel against Oklahoma State ace Lexi Kilfoyl, who gave up just two hits in six innings, striking out five and walking three.
Kilfoyl (26-4) was pitching a no-hitter in the fifth when Kistler worked a nine-pitch at-bat into a full-count homer to right field.
–Field Level Media