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 »Gator Softball Bounces Back Following First Loss of Season, Defeats Winthrop 7-0
The Gator softball team took the field on Wednesday for the first time since losing their first game of the season on Monday against Auburn. Luckily for the Gators, Wednesday’s result was much better as they defeated Winthrop 7-0 in Gainesville. The Gators got off to a fast start in the first inning. Freshman …
Read More »Gators Softball Faces Winthrop
The No. 1 Florida Gator Softball team will be facing the Winthrop Eagles Wednesday night at 6 p.m. at the Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium right here in Gainesville. This game will be the kickoff to a four-game homestand for the Orange and Blue as they will continue play this weekend against No. …
Read More »Florida Drops First Game of the Season to Auburn, 5-4
The No. 1 ranked Florida Gator softball team (26-1, 2-1 SEC) lost their first game of the 2016 campaign Monday night against the No. 3 ranked Auburn Tigers (22-3, 1-2 SEC). The Gators took a 4-3 lead into the bottom of the seventh against their SEC counterpart, but blew that lead which …
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 »Florida Gator Softball Wins Aquafina Invitational
The Florida Gator softball team won the Aquafina Invitational on Sunday in Gainesville after defeating Illinois State and Florida A&M at Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium. The pair of victories improves the team’s record to 22-0. Aquafina Invitational Champions! #GoGators pic.twitter.com/5wvg07C5Te — Gators Softball (@GatorsSB) March 6, 2016 The Gators were down …
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