The Florida Gator baseball team will begin its fall practice sessions this Wednesday at McKethan Stadium. Team workouts will be held on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Practices will be open for the public to watch. Pitching Schedule The practices may change depending on weather or other on-campus events and …
Read More »What Does the UAA’s Record $128 Million Budget Entail?
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Athletic Association has approved their budget for the 2017-2018 at $218 million on Monday—up $6 million from last financial year. More than $29 million will go towards operating expenses of support services to the student-athlete and $14 million in scholarships. In the first year of …
Read More »Super Regionals: Gator Baseball Hosts Wake Forest
Junior ace for the Gators and recent All-American selection Alex Faedo was asked Thursday if he thought Florida’s season had been a success in his eyes so far. “I wanted to be in the situation to go to Omaha at the beginning of the year, and I think we’re in that …
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 »Gator Baseball’s Road to Omaha Starts Against Marist in Gainesville Regional
The Gator baseball team is the overall third national seed in the NCAA Baseball Tournament and will be hosting the Gainesville Regional, with their first game coming against Marist (32-21) on Friday night. GAINESVILLE REGIONAL #1 Florida#2 South Florida#3 Bethune-Cookman#4 Marist#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/A0GYG6HFA3 — NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 29, 2017 This …
Read More »Kentucky Tees Off on Gator Baseball, Dominates in 12-4 Win
In an impressive road performance, No.7 Kentucky (38-16, 19-9 SEC) came into Gainesville and beatdown No.5 Florida (38-15, 19-9) by a score of 12-4. The win moves the Wildcats into a tie atop the SEC East and creates a three-way tie atop the conference after LSU’s win over Mississippi State. …
Read More »No. 5 Gator Baseball Hosts No.6 Kentucky with SEC Title On The Line
The fifth-ranked Gator baseball team (38-14, 19-8 SEC) is set to host its biggest series of the season. Sixth-ranked Kentucky (37-16, 18-9 SEC) comes into Gainesville for an SEC showdown, with both teams having a chance to win both the SEC regular season title, and the SEC East divisional crown. …
Read More »Gator Baseball Falls to USF in Final Midweek Game of Regular Season
The fifth ranked Gator baseball team’s nine-game win streak finally came to an end Tuesday night. The 23rd ranked USF Bulls (38-10, 12-6 AAC) came into Gainesville and knocked off the Gators (35-14, 16-8 SEC) by a score of 15-10. USF controlled the game the entire way, essentially putting the …
Read More »Gator Baseball Dominates Ole Miss Behind Big Fourth Inning, Strong Start from Faedo
The Gator baseball team was tied 0-0 with Ole Miss on Friday night when Christian Hicks walked up to the plate in the bottom of the fourth inning with the bases loaded. Hicks worked his way to a full count. And then kept fouling off pitches to stay alive. And …
Read More »Schwarz Grand Slam Launches Gator Baseball to Series Win over South Carolina
On Friday night, the Gator baseball team was down by two and had the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth with no outs against South Carolina, but squandered the opportunity and ultimately lost the game 4-2. When presented with the same opportunity Saturday afternoon, this time down 5-3, …
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