Rewind to 15 years ago. The year was 2002. Kelly Barnhill was just five years old. She started playing t-ball, then worked her way up to softball at just seven-years-old. The pitching machine gave her perfect pitches every time. Her parents signed her up for just about every sport the city …
Read More »Gator Softball Takes SEC Series at Tennessee Despite Sunday Loss
The top-ranked Florida Gator softball team (46-4) fell 5-1 on the road Sunday against the eighth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (42-8). Despite dropping the series finale, Florida took the SEC series 2-1, with consecutive shutout wins on Friday and Saturday. Florida hasn’t won a softball series in Knoxville since 2012. SEC Champs …
Read More »Gator Softball Ending SEC Play with Weekend Series at Tennessee
The top-ranked Florida Gator softball team (44-3) will wrap up regular season SEC play with a weekend series in Knoxville against the eighth ranked Tennessee Volunteers (41-6). The Gators have 18 SEC wins, while two of Florida’s losses have come against conference opponents. The Volunteers are 13-4 in SEC games …
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 »Softball Preview: No.1 Gators Host UCF
No.1 Florida Gators Softball team will be hosting the University of Central Florida on Wednesday. Beautiful morning @GatorsSB getting ready for tonight's game. #GoGators pic.twitter.com/cRI1vLb5rb — Gators Turf Staff (@GatorTurfStaff) April 19, 2017 Florida Gators The Gators jumped back to the No. 1 spot in both the USA Today/NFCA Coaches …
Read More »Gators Softball Wins on a Barnhill No-Hitter
After dropping the second game on Saturday against Kentucky, the Florida softball team surged back in the third and final game to clinch the series with a 2-0 win. Florida’s Kelly Barnhill threw a no-hitter for the Gators with 15 strikeouts. Florida (40-3, 15-2 SEC) got off to an early lead …
Read More »Florida Softball Takes Down Kentucky in Series Opener
On Friday night, the third ranked Florida softball team (39-2, 14-1 SEC) took on 21st ranked Kentucky (25-12, 5-8 SEC) in the first contest of a three game series. The Gators continued their success on the road with a 4-0 win. How Florida Scored The Gators only had three hits in the …
Read More »Florida Softball Sweeps Georgia
The third-ranked Florida Gator softball team (37-2) swept 18th-ranked Georgia (27-14) with a 3-0 win on Monday night in Gainesville. Last season, Florida was unexpectedly knocked out of the NCAA Super Regionals after the visiting Bulldogs secured a 3-2 victory with a walkoff home run. With the win, Florida improved to …
Read More »Florida Softball Takes First Game Against Georgia
Saturday afternoon, third ranked Florida (35-2, 11-1 SEC) and 19th ranked Georgia (27-11, 2-8 SEC) played their first contest of a three game series. The Gators came out on top 5-0 for their 22nd shutout of the season. Sophomore Kelly Barnhill had the start in the circle for the Gators. …
Read More »Softball Preview: Gators Host North Florida
The No. 2 Florida Gator Softball team will host North Florida on Wednesday night. The Gators are 33-2 overall and 10-1 in the SEC, while North Florida is 21-15 overall and 2-1 in their conference. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/849628919993126912 The Team Freshman Jordan Roberts was named SEC Freshman of the Week for the first time …
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