With two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth, Gator softball trailed 7-1. Kendyl Lindaman lifted a deep drive to center field. The ball disappeared into the mitt of Michigan’s Haley Hoogenraad, and with it the Gators’ chance at mounting a comeback. Hoogenraad’s catch at the …
Read More »Gator Softball: Lugo Lifts Gators in 2020 Season Opener
The number 7/9-ranked Florida softball entered its season opener with a lot of questions. And while it’s still early, through their first game of the season, they left not only with a 4-1 win over Illinois State — but with some answers. Productive pitching Perhaps the biggest question surrounding Florida …
Read More »Florida Softball Set To Surprise
If college softball teams had franchise tags, Tim Walton’s Florida Gators would be tag-less. After losing Kelly Barnhill and Amanda Lorenz, Florida is searching for a new identity. And the search starts now. Circling Questions For years, the Gators have been notorious for their hard-nosed defense. And in softball, the …
Read More »Santa Fe Saints Open Softball Season
The Santa Fe Saints softball team opens its 2020 campaign on Friday. The Saints begin spring 2020 with doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday in the JUCO Kickoff Classic in Clearwater. Youth Movement The Saints roster this spring includes just five returning sophomores and eleven freshmen. This means that there will …
Read More »Gators Athletics Finishes No. 3 in the Learfield IMG College Directors Cup
All University of Florida sports lay dormant for these scorching summer months, but the Gators are still making waves in the sports world. Florida Gator athletics finished third in the Learfield IMG College Director’s Cup. Florida has placed in the top-5 in these rankings each of the last 11 years. …
Read More »Women’s College World Series: Oklahoma vs UCLA
After eight teams battle it out in Oklahoma City, only two remain. The Oklahoma Sooners will take on the UCLA Bruins in a best of three series. This will be the first time since 2005 that the top two national seeds will meet. The series starts tonight at 7:30 ET …
Read More »Florida Softball Knocked Out of WCWS
For the first time, Florida softball went 0-2 and barbecue out in Oklahoma City. The Alabama Crimson Tide jumped all over Florida early to send the Gators home by a run-rule score of 15-3. Not only is it the first time Florida went winless in OKC but the 2019 Gators …
Read More »Florida Softball Faces Potential Early WCWS Exit
One pitch was the difference in Florida’s first game of the 2019 Women’s College World Series. Now, Gators softball’s back is against the wall. The fifth-seed Florida Gators were downed by the 13th-seed Oklahoma State Cowgirls 2-1 on Thursday night. They face Alabama in the loser’s bracket Saturday. The loss …
Read More »Gators Softball Starts WCWS Against the Cowgirls
Florida’s stretch of familiar opponents won’t stop with the Tennessee Lady Vols during this postseason run. The fifth national seed Florida Gators begin their Women’s College World Series run against the 13th-seed Oklahoma State Cowgirls on Thursday at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. A win would get Florida off on the …
Read More »The Trifecta: Gators Softball World Series Bound Again
It was smiles all around in the postgame presser for Amanda Lorenz, Jaimie Hoover, Kelly Barnhill and Hannah Adams. Why? Because Florida Gators Softball is Oklahoma City-bound for the third-straight year. After suffering a defeat on a walk-off the night prior, the Florida Gators defeated the Tennessee Lady Vols 2-1 …
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