The Florida softball team (27-1, 5-0 SEC) continues to dominate opponents this season as on Wednesday at home they defeat the South Florida Bulls 8-0. The Gators recorded their 19th shutout of the season with solid pitching and a strong defense and also got their 11th run rule victory of the …
Read More »Florida Softball Sweeps at Judi Garman Classic
The No. 3 Florida Gators went 5-0 in California this weekend at the Judi Garman Classic. They finished the weekend with a 7-4 win over Northwestern on Saturday. Friday The Gators took two wins against ranked opponents. They beat No. 23 California 4-0. Junior Kayli Kvistad was 3 for 3 …
Read More »Florida Softball Takes Two to Start the Citrus Classic
The third ranked Florida softball team opened play at the Citrus Classic on Friday at the Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando. The Gators took on Syracuse and Fordham and finished the day with two shutouts. The final scores were 2-0 against Syracuse and 4-0 against Fordham. Junior Aleshia …
Read More »No. 1 Florida Softball Earns Two Wins
The Gator softball team had its home opener for this season take place on Friday as they hosted the Aquafina Invitational. Due to weather concerns for Sunday’s match up against Florida A&M, the game was rescheduled for Friday afternoon. Florida is now 8-0 after wins over Florida A&M (8-1) and Northwestern State …
Read More »Gator Softball’s Four Headed Monster
The Gator Softball team is just a day away from their 2017 season opener in Tampa . The team is certain to be a major threat on the mound this year, with four star pitchers leading the way. Delanie Gourley and Aleshia Ocasio Head coach Tim Walton said that one …
Read More »Top-seeded Gator Softball Falls Short in NCAA Super Regional
Down 1-0 in a best-of-three Super Regional match up at home, the top-seeded Florida softball team (56-7) dropped a consecutive game against the 16th seeded Georgia Bulldogs (45-18) in a 3-2 elimination loss on Friday to end Florida’s season. Florida pitcher Aleshia Ocasio ended her season 22-2 after the loss …
Read More »Florida Softball Advances to NCAA Super Regionals After Shutout
The Florida Gator softball team (56-5) advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals on Sunday after beating the UCF Knights (38-22) by way of an 8-0 run-rule victory. Florida sophomore Aleshia Ocasio started in the circle for the Gators, improving her record to 22-1 while UCF’s senior pitcher Shelby Turnier fell …
Read More »No. 1 Gator Softball Advances in NCAA Regional
No. 1 ranked Gator softball shutout the Alabama State Hornets 11-0 in Game 1 of the NCAA Gainesville Regional Championships on Friday. After a slow start in the first two innings of the game, starting pitcher Aleshia Ocasio kicked off the third inning strong, only allowing one hit. In the …
Read More »Florida Softball Ends Regular Season With SEC Shutout, No-Hitter
In their final regular season game, the top ranked Florida softball team (52-4) shut out Arkansas (17-39) 8-0 to complete a three game SEC series sweep in Gainesville. Freshman pitcher Kelly Barnhill started in the circle for Florida and earned her first career no hitter while improving her record to 15-0. …
Read More »Gator Softball Run-Rules Arkansas 9-0 in Opening Game of Final Home Series
Though Senior Day isn’t officially until Saturday, Friday night was all about Florida’s seniors. The Gator seniors shone Friday night as the top-ranked Florida softball team (50-3) defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks (17-37) 9-0 to take the first game of the series against the Razorbacks. Seniors Kelsey Stewart, Kirsti Merritt and Taylore …
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