No. 3 Florida (31-1, 7-2 SEC) softball will host the Florida State Seminoles (26-10, 5-1 ACC) Wednesday night at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. It will be the first of two meetings between the in-state rivals this season. The Gators have won five consecutive games and are a coming off a …
Read More »Pitcher Haeger leads Florida into tilt with FSU
By: Charles Kingsbury In softball, the pitchers usually get all of the ink. The games are on their arms. The pitchers get the wins, but there’s a lineup of hitters who deal with the strike zone, the fast pitch and the pressure of producing runs. However, sophomore righty Lauren Haeger …
Read More »No.3 Florida Softball takes home SEC sweep of Arkansas with Horton solo walk-off homer
With two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning in a scoreless game Florida senior Kelsey Horton smashed a pitch deep over the left field wall to give the Gators their first SEC sweep of the season as Florida beat Arkansas 1-0 on Saturday. Horton, who entered the …
Read More »Gator Softball Wins Rubber Match against Tennessee
The No. 3 Florida softball won its second consecutive SEC series after if defeated No. 6 Tennessee 5-3 in dramatic fashion on Sunday at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. It was only fitting that the rubber match between the Gators and Vols went to extras after the first two games also …
Read More »Gators Softball Falls in Extras to Tennessee
For the second straight game Florida and Tennessee went to extra innings in front of over 1000 fans at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. After the Gators (26-3, 3-2 SEC) walked off with a win on Friday, it was the Volunteers (23-5, 3-2 SEC) who left with an 3-1 victory in eight innings on Saturday afternoon. Outfielder Melissa Brown …
Read More »Gators Softball Takes Series Opener Against Tennessee In Extras
Seven innings wasn’t enough to separate two of the top teams in the SEC on Friday night. Florida (26-2, 3-1 SEC) needed one more inning to top Tennessee (22-5, 2-2 SEC) 6-5 at Katie Seashole Pressely Stadium in front of UF’s largest home crowd of the year. Florida junior pitcher …
Read More »Gators Softball to Host Tennessee This Weekend
This weekend will feature a top-ten softball matchup at Katie Seashole Pressly Staduim as No. 3/3 Florida (25-2, 2-1 SEC) will host No. 6/7 (22-4, 2-1 SEC) Tennessee for a three game series. The Gators will be playing in front of their home crowd for just the third weekend this …
Read More »Gator Softball Gets Set to Host Three Game Tournament
The fourth-ranked Gator softball team returns home for the first time in two weeks and for only the second time this season. Florida will play host to Drake, Mount St. Mary’s, FAMU, and Presbyterian at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium all weekend. The Gators are coming off a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over …
Read More »Florida Softball Returns to Action After Impressive Weekend
No. 5 Florida Gator softball (5-0) returns to the diamond tonight in Jacksonville to take on the Jacksonville University Dolphins (3-1). It will be the first of seven games for the Gators this week as they get set to host the Lipton Invitational this weekend. The Gators are coming off …
Read More »Season Over For Gator Softball
The season is over…abruptly…for the University of Florida softball team. With three players kicked off the team to start the NCAA Regional the Gators hosted, it came down to a matchup Sunday with South Florida to stay alive in the tournament and the Gators fell short, losing 1-0 to the …
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