Wrapping up a game-filled weekend, Florida Gator softball finishes undefeated in their first tournament of the season. The Gators took down both the UAB Blazers, 6-0, and the USF Bulls, 14-3 on Sunday to end the tournament 5-0. UAB (1-4) vs. Florida (5-0) The Gators started the third day of the …
Read More »No. 2 Gator Softball Defeats No. 18 Michigan and Georgia State
The second ranked Florida softball team added two more wins to their 2018 record, putting them at 3-0. Florida defeated No. 18 Michigan, 2-0, and Georgia State, 11-0, during the second day of the USF Wilson-DeMarini Tournament. Florida (3-0) vs. Michigan (2-1) The Gators handed Michigan their first loss of …
Read More »Gator Softball Near the Top of Pre-Season Polls
The Women’s Softball pre-ranking polls looks a lot like how the softball season ended last year. The 2017 reigning College Softball National Champions, the Oklahoma Sooners, were ranked No. 1 in both the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll and the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll and the Florida Gators are …
Read More »Tim Walton Weighs in on Gator Softball
To everyone’s surprise, Florida Softball Head Coach Tim Walton has not thought about Gator softball since leaving the World Series back in June. The Gators entered the final best-of-three series but fell to second place after losing to the Oklahoma Sooners. Walton weighs in on pitcher Aleshia Ocasio, saying that …
Read More »Kelly Barnhill Named Best Female Collegiate Athlete
Florida softball pitcher Kelly Barnhill has added another post season award during Wednesday nights ESPY’s. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/885316264146685953 The sophomore was named the Best Female Collegiate Athlete, beating out Stanford’s Inky Ajanaku (Volleyball), Former Washington Kelsey Plum (Basketball), Maryland’s Zoe Stukenberg (Lacrosse) and West Virginia’s Kadeisha Buchanan (Soccer). Kelly Barnhill Barnhill led the …
Read More »Three Gators Honored For Collegiate Women’s Sports Award
Every season, the Collegiate Women’s Sports Award program recognizes the top collegiate female student-athlete in 12 sports. This year, Florida athletes top three NCAA rosters. Kelly Barnhill, Alex McMurtry, and Belinda Woolcock all received invites to the 2017 Honda Sports Awards. Tonight, they will find out if they made the Top …
Read More »Florida Gator Softball 2017 Season
The Florida Gator softball team finished their 2017 season in Oklahoma Tuesday night. Now, the team will say their farewells to three seniors, welcome in six freshmen and prepare for the 2018 season. Goodbyes Delanie Gourley pitched her last game for the Gators on Tuesday after relieving Aleshia Ocasio in the …
Read More »WCWS Preview: Gators Try to Avoid Elimination
After a long Game 1 in the Women’s College World Series Championship, the Florida Gators and the Oklahoma Sooners are back at it tonight. Monday night’s game was the longest game in championship series history and Florida’s history. The game was 17 innings long, lasting five hours and twenty-eight minutes. During the game, …
Read More »Gator Softball Falls in Game 1 of Record Setting WCWS
A five-hour, 17 inning-long game lead to a loss for the Florida Gator softball team in Oklahoma City on Monday night. In game one of the championship series at the Women’s College World Series, the Gators lost 7-5 to Oklahoma in front of more than a record eight thousand fans. …
Read More »Gator Softball Heading to Championship Series
The Florida Gator softball team is heading to the Women’s College World Series Championship Series after a 5-2 victory over the Washington Huskies on Sunday. The Gators are now 13-2 in the WCWS since 2014. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/871446522293960704 Recap Delanie Gourley started in the circle for the Gators on Sunday. Gourley only allowed …
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