The No. 2 Gator softball team is heading to the Women’s College World Series (WCWS) after winning 5-3 against No. 15 Texas A&M on Saturday evening. Freshman Jordan Matthews won the game when she drilled a three-run home run over the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh inning. Florida …
Read More »Gator Softball Wins SEC Regular Season Championship; Take First Two Games Against Missouri
For the fourth year in a row, the Florida Gator softball team won the Southeastern Conference regular-season title. The fourth-ranked Gators defeated Mizzou, 4-2, Friday night at the Mizzou softball field. In the Books This is the eighth overall regular-season league title for the program. The Gators are the second …
Read More »Gators Softball Set to Play UCF In Midweek Contest
No. 4/6 Florida softball is looking to make it five wins in a row Wednesday as they face the UCF Knights in Orlando. The game will be the first time the two teams face each other in 2018. The Gators will be looking to fine tune themselves against UCF before …
Read More »Gator Softball Picks Up Win Over Georgia in Series Finale
Florida softball dropped its first series of the season this weekend after losing Games 1 and 2 of their three-game series against Georgia. Game 1 featured a Georgia walk-off two-run home run while Game 2 was an 11-1 beat-down that ended in just five innings. However, the Gators were able to …
Read More »Gator Softball Sweeps the Aquafina Invitational
The Florida Gator softball team shut out Iowa State, 3-0, and Georgia Southern, 8-0, Sunday afternoon to close out the Aquafina Invitational at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The Gators defeated four visiting teams 48-3 in six games. UF vs. Iowa State To start the final day of the Aquafina Invitation, …
Read More »Gator Softball Sweeps Ole Miss
The number one ranked Florida softball team (44-3 overall; 18-2 SEC) shut out number 18 Ole Miss (31-16 overall; 6-12 SEC) for their third consecutive game in a 5-0 victory to sweep their weekend series in Gainesville. It also marks the first time since 2009 that Florida swept Ole Miss in a series …
Read More »Florida Has Strong Showing in Aquafina Invitational
GAINESVILLE, FL – The Florida Gators now have won 10 of their last 11 games after winning four more this past weekend in the Aquafina Invitational, hosted by the Gators. Florida took on Florida A&M, Northwestern State, Maryland and FIU over the weekend at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium to become …
Read More »ESPN Analyst Jessica Mendoza Enjoys Expanded Role
Jessica Mendoza, Stanford alum and Olympic Softball gold and silver medalist, has been busy. In the summer of 2015 she became the first woman to sit in ESPN’s College World Series booth. Two months later she became ESPN’s first female MLB analyst, during the Cardinals-Diamondbacks game. Later on that week, Jessica called the Cubs’ …
Read More »Florida Softball Starts SEC Series With Shutout, No-Hitter
The Florida Gator softball team is 43-3 following a 16-0 rout at home against the Mississippi State Bulldogs (24-21) on Friday. UF pitcher Delanie Gourley is now 14-2 on the season after throwing the third no-hitter of her career while MSU’s Mackenzie Toler fell to 0-2 on the year. Gourley …
Read More »Florida Gator Softball Team finishing their regular season against Mizzou
The number one ranked Florida softball team travels to 11th ranked Missouri (37-11, 13-8 SEC) to take on the Tigers for the last series of the regular season. Florida (47-4, 16-4 SEC) is coming off a three game sweep against Texas A&M on Senior Weekend. According to Gator coach Tim Walton …
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