The top ranked Florida softball team lost the first game of a three game series to sixth ranked Alabama 2-1 Friday night in Gainesville. UF falls to 33-2 overall and 8-2 in SEC play, while the Crimson Tide improve to 30-6 overall and 4-3 in SEC play. Despite the loss, …
Read More »Preview: Florida Softball Ready For Weekend Series Against Alabama
When more than 20 former Florida softball alumni flock to Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium on Saturday to catch a Gator game against Alabama, they might notice one thing: this has a chance at being the best softball team the Orange and Blue has ever fielded. The Gators (33-1, 8-1 SEC) are …
Read More »Softball Preview: No. 1 Florida at No. 6 LSU
This weekend the top-ranked Florida Gators will head to Baton Rouge to face the LSU Tigers in a three game series. LSU is currently ranked sixth in the country with a record of 26-5 (3-3 SEC). Last weekend, the Tigers played then-ranked No. 10 Texas A&M in College Station and …
Read More »UF Softball Completes Sweep of Tennessee
In Sunday’s afternoon game from Gainesville’s KSP Stadium, the Florida Gator softball team (30-1) earned a 3-0 win against Tennessee (21-8). The Gator victory caps off a weekend sweep of Tennessee, Florida is now 5-1 in the SEC. Gator softball head coach Tim Walton says this is a big victory for Florida, …
Read More »Florida Softball Outlasts Tennessee 4-2
In the second of a three game series Saturday in Gainesville, the top ranked Florida softball team (29-1) clinched their SEC series with a 4-2 win against the visiting Tennessee Volunteers (21-7). #GATORS WIN!!! UF opens SEC play with back-to-back series wins for the first time since 2014. #GoGators pic.twitter.com/uQmpT99wEP — Gators Softball (@GatorsSB) March …
Read More »UF Softball Blanks Tennessee In First Game Of Series
In their first conference game from Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium, the Florida softball team (28-1) beat the Tennessee Volunteers (21-6) 5-0 Friday. The Gators shut out Tennessee for the first time since March 11, 2012. The Volunteers had won five of the past six meetings with Florida, and the Gators’ …
Read More »Florida Softball Sweeps Visiting South Dakota in a Doubleheader
The top ranked Florida softball team is 24-0 after sweeping South Dakota (2-20) on Wednesday by identical 9-0 scores. Florida’s first game saw some major offensive production from centerfielder Kirsti Merritt. In the first inning, she drove in Kelsey Stewart with a sacrifice fly and later rattled off home runs in both the …
Read More »Gators Improve to 14-0 with Impressive Showing
The Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic is proving to be a great showcase for the Florida Softball team. The Gators took on UCLA and NC State last night and dispatched them both by the scores of 2-1 and 5-2. Through the team’s dominant pitching and solid defense, the games never felt as close as the score would …
Read More »PREVIEW: No. 1 Florida Softball Hosts Jacksonville in Home Opener
The 4-0 Florida Gator softball team is returning to Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium on Wednesday for its first regular-season home game since they won the 2015 national championship. Florida will host the Jacksonville Dolphins (3-1) in a double header. The two-time defending champion Gators started off their season last weekend in Tampa, defeating all four opponents …
Read More »Florida Softball traveling to Athens to tame the Bulldogs
The number two ranked Florida softball team is in Athens, Georgia to take on the 11th ranked Georgia Bulldogs in a three game series starting Friday. Florida is coming off a mid-week win against USF, giving the Gators an eight game winning streak, their second longest winning streak of the …
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