Buckeyes Complete 4-0 Weekend With Wins over North Florida & UCF

Saturday, February 22

Madeira Beach, Fla.

1:30 P.M.

Ohio State

8-3-1

North Florida

12-4

Ohio State

North Florida

Buckeyes Complete 4-0 Weekend With Wins over North Florida & UCF

2/22/2025 10:52:00 PM | Softball

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Ohio State is 9-3-1 on the season

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State softball team is headed home from a weekend trip to Florida with four wins, highlighted on Saturday by a 6-1 triumph over North Florida and a 7-3 victory at UCF. The 4-0 stretch improves the Buckeyes' record to 9-3-1 on the season.

The Short Story
Senior Reagan Milliken was one of the stars of the night at UCF, going 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and three-run bases loaded double. Her five RBI were a career high and added to a stellar overall weekend performance that saw her bat .333 with three home runs, 10 RBI and a 1.000 slugging percentage.

Ohio State never trailed in the game on Saturday night, jumping out to a 2-0 lead on Milliken's first-inning home run and then taking a 3-1 lead after Skylar Limon hit her first career long ball in the top of the second inning. The biggest hit of the night came in the top of the fourth, as Milliken hit a three-run double with the bases loaded to give the Buckeyes a 7-3 advantage.

From there, freshman Lorin Boutte kept the Knights off the scoreboard. She picked up her fifth win of the season, this one in relief, by going 6.0 innings with seven strikeouts and just one walk.

In the first game of the day, Ohio State used solo home runs off the bat of Kami Kortokrax, Jasmyn Burns and Kaitlyn Farley to build a 5-0 lead after three innings. Cadyn Ruffer provided a go-ahead two-run single in the second inning as well, and Ohio State tacked on an insurance run in the top of the seventh inning when Farley scored on a wild pitch.

Kennedy Kay went the distance for the second time in a week, pitching a complete game while striking out three and scattering five hits. She improved to 3-1 on the season and has a 1.50 earned run average in her last two winning starts.

Buckeye This and That

Milliken's first-inning home run was her team-leading fourth of the season. She also leads the team with 17 RBI.
In four games this weekend, Ohio State hit 14 home runs and scored 34 runs. Only Oregon and Nebraska have hit more home runs among Big Ten teams so far this season.
Kaitlyn Farley hit a team-best .667 on the weekend and had at least one hit in all four games. She also hit three home runs and had six RBI with a .688 on-base percentage.
Boutte logged the most innings pitched this weekend (9.0) and had a 0.78 ERA with 14 strikeouts and just three walks.
Between games today, Ohio State made a 112-mile, two-hour drive north to Orlando to play the Knights.
The game vs. UCF was the second time in less than a week that the Buckeyes and Knights have met; the Sunday in Clearwater, the two teams played to a 4-4 tie that was called in the sixth inning due to rain.
Ohio State's four-game weekend schedule came together last week after the tournament it was scheduled to plan in at Evansville was cancelled. The trip logistics involved sharing a charter flight with the Ohio State baseball team, which is competing this weekend in Jacksonville.
The Buckeyes' Sunday plans include attending Ohio State's baseball game vs. Alabama, which will begin at 11 a.m. The two teams will then travel back to Columbus together.

What's Next
With its weekend schedule complete, the Buckeyes will return to action next weekend, Friday through Sunday, when it competes in the Bulldog Classic on the campus on the University of Georgia. Ohio State Stetson, UMBC (twice) and Georgia (twice).

For information on how to follow next weekend's games, including streaming and live stats options, visit the softball schedule page on OhioStateBuckeyes.com.