Softball Over the weekend, the Gator (44-15) Softball team won the 2019 SEC Tournament. This helped them earn the No. 5 national seed for the NCAA Tournament. The Gators were able to rally past Alabama to take the crown in College Station. The Gators were led by seniors Kelly Barnhill …
Read More »Gators Earn the No. 5 National Seed
The Florida Gator softball team found out last night that Katie Seashole Pressley Stadium will be a host site for an NCAA Regional. This will be the 15th consecutive year that Gainesville will be an NCAA Regional Host. Not only did the Gators find out that they were named the …
Read More »Gators Softball Wins Fifth SEC Title
Just like Drake, Florida Gators softball went back-to-back. Florida defeated the fourth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide to claim its second straight SEC Tournament title. It’s Florida’s fifth championship with all coming in the Tim Walton era. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/1127406859328028674?s=19 “Our players not only did a really good job of staying focused, but did …
Read More »Barnhill & Early Runs Fuel Gator Win
A few timely hits and a great day from Kelly Barnhill has Florida one win away from SEC Tournament championship. The ninth-ranked Gators defeated the number 10 LSU Tigers 3-0 in order to advance to the semifinal round of the SEC Tournament. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/1126612812783026176?s=19 Florida’s national seeding and the chance of …
Read More »Matthews Plays Hero Again for Gators Softball
It was a scene reminiscent of 2018’s Super Regional. Jordan Matthews at the plate with the game in her hands. And she delivered, again. The ninth-ranked Gators (41-15) defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks (36-17) 6-5 in the opening round of the SEC Tournament. They advanced thanks to a seventh-inning rally …
Read More »Preview: Gators Softball in College Station for SEC Tourney
Goodbye regular season. It’s tournament time. The ninth-ranked Florida Gators start the SEC Tournament on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. against the number 20 South Carolina Gamecocks. The winner of this matchup moves on to face the three-seed LSU Tigers. This is just the third time in program history the Gators …
Read More »FEATURE: Jordan Roberts grew through addition of Kendyl Lindaman
Jordan Roberts patiently waited her turn for an opportunity behind the plate. After two long years backing up veterans, the 2019 season would finally be her shot to take the starting job. That was until an unexpected obstacle appeared in the form of Kendyl Lindaman. The moment Lindaman signed the …
Read More »FEATURE: Jessica Parsells—Hometown Girl
Jessica Parsells has been playing softball for as long as she can remember. Starting when she was young, her parents put her in T-ball and she has never looked back. The game of softball turned very quickly into something that she could not live without. Before she developed her love …
Read More »Gators win rubber match, defeat Auburn on the road
The No. 7 Florida Gators defeated conference opponent and No. 19 Auburn Tigers 6-1 to win the weekend series. Barnhill dominates…again All-American Kelly Barnhill was spectacular again Sunday afternoon as she struck out 10 Tigers en route to a complete game. She pitched a total of 17.2 innings over the …
Read More »Gator Softball drops Game 2 at Auburn in 10 innings 2-1
A long, grueling extra-inning contest did not go in favor of the Florida’s Softball team on Saturday. The Gators (38-13; 10-10) suffered a 2-1 loss to the Auburn Tigers (35-14; 10-10) at Jane B. Moore Field in Game 2 of the SEC series. Tigers’ starter Chardonnay Harris didn’t need anybody …
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