In Santiago, Chile, the Gators softball program will be well represented at the 2023 Pan American Games, with former players and coaches joining the U.S. and Puerto Rico teams. Amanda Lorenz, a four-time NFCA All-American, will serve as an assistant coach for USA Softball. She will join Florida head coach …
Read More »Gators Softball Contributing to World Games
The World Games in softball kicked off from Birmingham, Alabama last week and the Florida Gators have had quite the impact on the softball team. Gator head coach Tim Walton was selected as an assistant coach, and is joined by current and former Gator players Charla Echols, Amanda Lorenz, and …
Read More »Tim Walton Coaching USA National Team
Florida’s softball Tim Walton, along with Charla Echols, Amanda Lorenz and Michelle Moultrie are all preparing for the 2022 World Games. After a historic season with the Florida Gators, Tim Walton remains the king of the softball world leading the top-ranked USA National team. Incredible Experience For both players and …
Read More »SB Scoop: UF to play Sun Devils, No. 1 Bruins
After two ranked wins over No. 5-ranked Arizona and No. 25-ranked Northwestern, respectively, on Friday afternoon, Tim Walton and Florida softball are feeling good. After two tight contests that both resulted in 3-2 wins, the Gators (14-1) can consider themselves battle tested. However, the Gators’ battles are still uphill as they …
Read More »UF Softball to host Team USA, three former Gators
For the Gators, a trip to Oklahoma City this May is the goal. For Team USA, a trip to Tokyo this July is imminent. But before either team goes anywhere, they will meet on the dirt of Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium on Tuesday night — the home of the 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 »Polls put Gators high as softball season approaches
The Florida Gators softball team enters the 2020 season with high rankings in polls and high expectations in the dugout despite losing five seniors from 2019. Preseason Polls There is not one ranking that defines women’s college softball as a whole. Of the four major polls that have come out, …
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 »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 …
Read More »Lady Vols Force Game 3 in Super Regionals Against Gators Softball
It’ll be a win or go home situation for the Florida Gators on Sunday afternoon. Florida dropped a 3-2 thriller wackier than a Donald Duck cartoon in extra innings to the Tennessee Lady Vols on Saturday. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/1132481481534791680 A raucous and record crowd couldn’t help as Florida’s back is against the …
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