Kentucky scores as Kayla Kowalik scored on wild pitch and the Cats have a 1-0 lead. Samford is scoreless in the bottom of the first as Kentucky has a 1-0 lead after one. Neither Kentucky nor Samford get anything on the board in the second inning. Erin Coffel gets her first career hit, and Renee Abernathy hits an RBI double as they Cats score another run and take a 2-0 lead in the third inning, Samford still scoreless after three, Kentucky 2-0. Lauren Johnson to Gapper for an RBI scores another run for the Cats and they lead 3-0 after just four innings. Erin Coffel with her first run for the Cats, they lead 4-0.

Kentucky defeats Samford 4-0 in Game 1 of their doubleheader