Florida Gators softball cruises past Steton

Florida Gators softball player Charla Echols fouls off a pitch / GatorCountry photo by David BowieSpecial report on the Florida Gators softball team:

DeLand, Fla. – The sixth-ranked Florida softball team downed Stetson, 7-0, Tuesday afternoon at Patty Wilson Field. UF’s shutout of the Hatters is the team’s 11th of the season.

The Gators (26-3) earned the two-hit shutout on the arms of freshman starter Lexie Delbrey (9-1) and fifth year graduate Natalie Lugo. Delbrey hurled 5.0 innings with seven strikeouts and allowed only one hit and a pair of walks, while Lugo cleaned up the final two innings with three strikeouts and relinquished only one hit.

Florida struck early in the game when…