Florida Athletics | May 30, 2014 Florida gets mercy-rule win n WCWS opener WCWS: Florida wins in grand fashion Share Florida defeated Baylor 11-0 (five innings), on Thursday in the first game of the Women’s College World Series. Florida sealed the mercy-rule victory on a walkoff grand slam by pinch-hitter Chelsea Herndon, who went yard against former Hebron High School (Texas) teammate Heather Stearns. Hannah Rogers retired the Bears in order in the top of the first with a foulout and two groundouts. Florida (51-12) took a 3-0 lead in the home half, beginning when Kirsti Merritt blooped a one-out single to left-center, then advanced two bases on a Baylor error as Lauren Haeger reached on a fielder’s choice. Stephanie Tofft drove in Merritt for the game’s first run on a sacrifice fly, and the Gators’ early rally continued when Briana Little walked to set up a two-run double by Bailey Castro. 2014 WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES WCWS: Top Five Plays Moore: Gator dominance made tough calls easy Game 14: Florida captures first WCWS championship Moore: Munro's home run sets tone in Game 1 Game 13: Florida goes up 1-0 in championship series Moore: Traina pitches Alabama to brink of title Game 12: Alabama dispatches Oregon in semifinals Moore: Balanced Florida sets sights on finals Game 11: Florida advances to championship series Game 10: Oregon downs Oklahoma Game 9: Baylor charges back to eliminate Kentucky Game 8: Oklahoma ousts Louisiana-Lafayette Moore: Strickland, Baylor not ready to go home Game 7: Baylor rebounds to eliminate Florida State The complicated player-glove relationship Coming to the game? Be prepared Game 6: Alabama holds off Kentucky Moore: Florida dominating competition in OKC Game 5: Florida shuts out top-seed Oregon Baylor's Canion gets back up Meet Alabama's 'forever friends' Moore: First time the charm for WCWS rookies Game 4: Alabama defeats Oklahoma Game 3: Kentucky victorious in WCWS debut Game 2: Oregon shuts out Florida State Game 1: Florida beats Baylor 11-0 in five innings Hamilton: The pitcher behind the glasses Moore: Softball community happy about parity Moore: WCWS starts off with bang, Tide vs. Sooners How they got here: Committee selection Bracket | Scoreboard Both teams went down 1-2-3 in the second. Baylor (47-15) got a leadoff single in the third for its first hit of the game, but Rogers (27-8) stranded the runner at first on a foulout and two strikeouts. Merritt led off the bottom of the frame with a home run to straightaway center, pushing the UF lead to four. The Bears had a pair of infield singles in the fourth, but Florida’s senior hurler worked around the hits to keep them off the scoreboard. Aubree Munro hit a one-out double to left-center for the Gators, advancing to third on a wild pitch before scoring on Kelsey Stewart’s single through the left side to make the score 5-0 in favor of the Orange and Blue. Baylor was retired in order to begin the fifth, and Florida scored six runs in the bottom of the inning to ice the win. Haeger singled to lead off before being lifted for pinch-runner Jessica Damico. Tofft followed with a double down the right-field line, and Little beat out an infield single to load the bases. Justine McLean then reached on a fielder’s choice that scored Damico, and Taylor Schwarz was hit by a pitch to force in a run and make the score 7-0. Florida needed just one run to put away the Bears, but Herndon gave them four with her first career grand slam, putting the Gators in the winners’ bracket after one day at the WCWS. Here are the 8 longest home runs in College World Series history (that we know of) The longest home run in Men's College World Series history at Charles Schwab Field Omaha unofficially belongs to Arkansas' Brady Slavens, who went deep 436 feet in 2022. Here is the full top 8 since the stadium opened in 2011. READ MORE College World Series grand slams: A brief history Oklahoma's Jackson Nicklaus hit the College World Series' 50th grand slam in history against Texas A&M in 2022. Here's a brief history of the previous 49. READ MORE WATCH: Florida's two track and field national champs speak after sweeping the titles Florida's Jasmine Moore and Joseph Fahnbulleh speak with NCAA.com's Stan Becton after the Gators sweep the 2022 DI outdoor track and field titles. READ MORE