The Gator softball team heads into a week of non-conference play, starting with a trip to Tallahassee in hopes of taking down their rival FSU for the second time this season. The match up back in March ended with a 7-3 rout by Florida, thanks to sophomore Briana Little’s walk-off grand slam …
Read More »Florida Softball Heads To Lexington, Foreshadowing Of SEC Tournament
After a six inning, 9-1 thumping of their Sunshine State rival USF on Wednesday, the third ranked Gator softball team will hit the road this weekend for their third-to-last series of the regular season. Going up against the Gators is 18th ranked Kentucky (30-10, 8-4 SEC). The Wildcats are coming …
Read More »Florida softball team taking on USF tonight
The No. 3/4 Florida Gator softball team (38-4, 12-3 SEC) is hosting USF (32-11, 10-1 Big East) Wednesday night. The Gators will be looking for a win after having a 12-game winning streak snapped last weekend. The Gators fell to Mississippi State 6-5, despite hitting their third grand slam of the …
Read More »Gator Softball Can’t Come Back, Fall To Bulldogs, 6-5
Despite hitting their third grand slam of the weekend on Sunday, the third ranked Florida Gator softball team (38-4, 12-3 SEC) couldn’t rebound from an early five run deficit against SEC rival Mississippi State (24-14, 3-9 SEC). MSU beats Florida 6-5. Two days after pitching her first career no-hitter, junior …
Read More »Gator softball clinches series win over Mississippi State
No. 3 Florida Gator softball extended its win streak to 12 games after a 4-2 come from behind win over the Mississippi State Bulldogs Saturday at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The win marked Florida’s 14th come from behind victory and secured the series win over MSU. The Gators trailed 2-0 …
Read More »Record crowd watches Gator softball walk-off in extras
The first of two matchups this year between the third-ranked Florida softball team and Florida State (26-22, 5-1 ACC) lived up to the hype. In front of the largest home crowd ever for a Gator softball game (2,443), Florida came from behind to defeat Florida State 7-3 on a walk-off grand …
Read More »Gator softball to host rival FSU Wednesday night
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 …
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