Historic Win: Knights Shut Out No. 3 Gators

With much of the crowd standing and cheering, the potential tying run at the plate and a bit of history waiting at her fingertips, UCF freshman sensation Mackenzie Audas ignored her nerves and mowed down the final Florida batter just as she had done all night.

And minutes after the calm and cool standout pitcher authored a dazzling two-hit, 11-strikeout shutout in UCF’s historic 2-0 defeat of the No. 3 Gators, Audas uttered what might go down as the understatement of the season.

“This is kind of a big deal,” said Audas, who has evolved