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The sixth ranked Florida Gator softball defeated Illinois State 3-0 on opening day at the USF Rawlings Invitational. Natalie Lugo, Elizabeth Hightower and Lexie Delbrey took control in the circle to combine for 11 strikeouts for the Gators. On the leaderboard at the plate, Falby grabbed two hits for two …
Read More »Florida Gators Softball claims NCAA Regional After Defeating USF
The Florida Gators softball team defeated the South Florida Bulls, 8-0, to win the NCAA softball regional matchup. On the Mound Florida’s pitcher, junior Elizabeth Hightower, threw her first career no-hitter to complete a three-game sweep of their NCAA Tournament home regional. Her counterpart, USF’s All-American Georgina Corrick, also has …
Read More »UF, NCAA Increases Fan Capacity For Sporting Events
The University of Florida will have full capacity at its athletic events from now on, per announcements made by the university and the NCAA. Florida announced it plans to have full capacity for Gator football games and all other athletic events when fall semester begins. Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin …
Read More »Gators Softball Wins on Walk-Off, Advances to SEC Championship
Seven walk-off wins. Eleven comeback wins. When do Gator Softball fans accept this as a regularity? A dramatic finish to their game against Missouri in the semifinals in the SEC Tournament punched Florida’s ticket to the championship game. For the Gators, this is their sixth comeback win in their last …
Read More »Lindaman, Echols Launch Gators to SEC Softball Semis
Kendyl Lindaman, Charla Echols, Hannah Adams; these are starting to be household names in Gainesville. In fact, it seems to be expected that when Florida falls behind, their star names carry them out. On Thursday afternoon, the Gators fell behind early. In step Kendyl Lindaman and Charla Echols. The two transfers …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine May 10
The Back Nine comes at you after a big weekend for Gator sports and a great Sunday for all of the mothers out there, especially my wife. 10. There is no way I can start this column without gushing about what happened on the softball field Sunday. If it wasn’t …
Read More »Echols’ Walk-Off Erases Early Deficit, Gives UF Softball Win Early; Then Sweep Series to Win SEC Title
An early deficit did not shut down the Gators Softball team against Texas A&M. With the Aggies posting three runs in the first three innings, the Gators trailed by one for much of Friday evening. However, Charla Echols added to her team-leading home run total in the final frame. A …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Front Nine May 7
The Front Nine comes at you with the full knowledge that Sunday it will officially be Bob Dooley Invitational week. It’s kind of like Masters week without the Champions Dinner. 1. We were talking about this on the Tailgate the other day – who are the third best teams in …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine April 26
The Back Nine comes at you after a pretty sweet weekend weather-wise in our village and some good family time. I almost felt fully retired. 10. I’m sure many of you are eager to get to Thursday night to see where Kyle Pitts is drafted and certainly to see if …
Read More »Hoover, Adams Help Gators Even Series with Gamecocks
On a night celebrating the seniors on the Gators Softball team, it was the upper classmen who made the difference. Senior Jaimie Hoover and Junior Hannah Adams provided early home runs to propel the Gators to victory. The Gators won 6-0 over South Carolina on Saturday night to improve to …
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