Mardi Gras may be over, but the Florida softball team celebrated after winning both games of a doubleheader on Saturday. The second ranked Gators (8-0) hit the road for the second straight weekend as the team traveled to Lafayette to take on number 16 Louisiana (5-2) for a three-game series at …
Read More »Kelly Barnhill Finishes With No-Hitter in Home Opener Win
The Florida Gators softball team dominated in its 2017-2018 season home opener against the University of North Florida Ospreys. Nine runs, nine hits, and outstanding pitching is all it took No. 2 Florida to stay undefeated at 6-0 to start the season. The Gators relied on sublime pitching by junior …
Read More »No. 2 Gator Softball Defeats No. 18 Michigan and Georgia State
The second ranked Florida softball team added two more wins to their 2018 record, putting them at 3-0. Florida defeated No. 18 Michigan, 2-0, and Georgia State, 11-0, during the second day of the USF Wilson-DeMarini Tournament. Florida (3-0) vs. Michigan (2-1) The Gators handed Michigan their first loss of …
Read More »A New Season for UF Softball
Nine months. It has been nine months since UF softball fans have waited to see their team play. And with one pitch on Friday, the wait will finally be over. Learning From The Past The Florida softball team returns to the field February 9 with high expectations. After a disappointing …
Read More »Gator Softball Near the Top of Pre-Season Polls
The Women’s Softball pre-ranking polls looks a lot like how the softball season ended last year. The 2017 reigning College Softball National Champions, the Oklahoma Sooners, were ranked No. 1 in both the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll and the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll and the Florida Gators are …
Read More »Kelly Barnhill Named Best Female Collegiate Athlete
Florida softball pitcher Kelly Barnhill has added another post season award during Wednesday nights ESPY’s. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/885316264146685953 The sophomore was named the Best Female Collegiate Athlete, beating out Stanford’s Inky Ajanaku (Volleyball), Former Washington Kelsey Plum (Basketball), Maryland’s Zoe Stukenberg (Lacrosse) and West Virginia’s Kadeisha Buchanan (Soccer). Kelly Barnhill Barnhill led the …
Read More »Three Gators Honored For Collegiate Women’s Sports Award
Every season, the Collegiate Women’s Sports Award program recognizes the top collegiate female student-athlete in 12 sports. This year, Florida athletes top three NCAA rosters. Kelly Barnhill, Alex McMurtry, and Belinda Woolcock all received invites to the 2017 Honda Sports Awards. Tonight, they will find out if they made the Top …
Read More »Florida Gator Softball 2017 Season
The Florida Gator softball team finished their 2017 season in Oklahoma Tuesday night. Now, the team will say their farewells to three seniors, welcome in six freshmen and prepare for the 2018 season. Goodbyes Delanie Gourley pitched her last game for the Gators on Tuesday after relieving Aleshia Ocasio in the …
Read More »WCWS Preview: Gators Try to Avoid Elimination
After a long Game 1 in the Women’s College World Series Championship, the Florida Gators and the Oklahoma Sooners are back at it tonight. Monday night’s game was the longest game in championship series history and Florida’s history. The game was 17 innings long, lasting five hours and twenty-eight minutes. During the game, …
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 …
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