The Florida Gators can breathe a sigh of relief after taking down a pesky Bethune-Cookman bunch on Monday night by a score of 6-1. After losing a 6-2 Sunday night meeting between the two schools, Florida was facing elimination from an unlikely foe. Monday’s game featured two teams in search …
Read More »Gator Baseball Falls 6-2 to Bethune Cookman, Setting Up a Winner-Take-All
Beat a team to avoid elimination? That’s a great win. Beat that same team for the first time in school history? Well, that’s just icing on the cake. That’s what Bethune-Cookman (36-24) accomplished Sunday night in Gainesville, taking down regional top seed Florida (44-17) by a score of 6-2. The …
Read More »Schwarz, Byrne Push Gator Baseball Past Marist
Two runners on. Two outs. Close game. J.J. Schwarz at the plate. The crowd had a suspicion of what was coming, and as soon as they heard the crack of the ball getting crushed by his bat, they received their confirmation. Clinging to just a one run lead, Schwarz again …
Read More »Gators Softball Gets Second WCWS Win
The Florida Gator softball team (57-8) was on a role Friday night as they shutout LSU 7-0. This makes it the second shutout for the Gators in the 2017 Women’s College World Series. Recap Kelly Barnhill (26-3) once again started for the Gators as she had a dominant performance and …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Takes On Stanford in Phil Knight Invitational
On Wednesday, the bracket for the PK80-Phil Knight Invitational revealed that Florida faces Stanford on in Portland, Ore on Nov.23. The tournament, which honors Nike co-founder Phil Knight for his 80th birthday, houses 16 teams in two eight-team brackets. Each team is guaranteed three games in the tournament. If the Gators …
Read More »UF Softball Pitcher Kelly Barnhill Awarded With Player Of The Year Honor
It was quite a year for Florida sophomore softball pitcher Kelly Barnhill and because of it, she was honored as the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. She becomes just the second Gator ever to be given this award and just the second sophomore ever to win it. RT to congratulate …
Read More »Women’s College World Series Preview-Softball In Oklahoma City
The top-seeded Florida Gator softball team is set to open up Women’s College World Series(WCWS) action on Thursday. Florida will be taking on Texas A&M in the first game of the day at noon. Florida-Texas A&M is one of four match-ups taking place throughout the day. The other games include …
Read More »NCAA Baseball Regionals Have SEC, State of Florida Flavor
With NCAA Division I conference baseball tournaments now over, it is time for NCAA Regionals to begin this weekend. The regional hosts and teams playing in them were announced over the weekend. 16 teams will host regionals and with four teams at each site, a total of 64 teams will begin …
Read More »Preview: Gator Softball Gears Up for Alabama in Super Regional
The top-ranked Florida softball team starts play in its Super Regional on Thursday at home and will face a familiar foe in the Alabama Crimson Tide. Florida, 53-7, won its NCAA Regional last weekend at home to advance and Alabama did the same at home. This will be the 67th time the two …
Read More »Gator Baseball Pushes Past Auburn 5-4 to Advance in SEC Tournament
In a game that went late into the night, the top-seeded Gator baseball team left it until late in the game to score the game-winning run in its first game in the SEC Tournament. A bases-loaded walk by Christian Hicks in the eighth inning snuck Florida past Auburn 5-4 in a game …
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