Despite hitting their third grand slam of the weekend on Sunday, the third ranked Florida Gator softball team (38-4, 12-3 SEC) couldn’t rebound from an early five run deficit against SEC rival Mississippi State (24-14, 3-9 SEC). MSU beats Florida 6-5. Two days after pitching her first career no-hitter, junior …
Read More »Record crowd watches Gator softball walk-off in extras
The first of two matchups this year between the third-ranked Florida softball team and Florida State (26-22, 5-1 ACC) lived up to the hype. In front of the largest home crowd ever for a Gator softball game (2,443), Florida came from behind to defeat Florida State 7-3 on a walk-off grand …
Read More »Gators Softball Takes Series Opener Against Tennessee In Extras
Seven innings wasn’t enough to separate two of the top teams in the SEC on Friday night. Florida (26-2, 3-1 SEC) needed one more inning to top Tennessee (22-5, 2-2 SEC) 6-5 at Katie Seashole Pressely Stadium in front of UF’s largest home crowd of the year. Florida junior pitcher …
Read More »Gator Softball Gets Set to Host Three Game Tournament
The fourth-ranked Gator softball team returns home for the first time in two weeks and for only the second time this season. Florida will play host to Drake, Mount St. Mary’s, FAMU, and Presbyterian at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium all weekend. The Gators are coming off a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over …
Read More »Florida Softball Returns to Action After Impressive Weekend
No. 5 Florida Gator softball (5-0) returns to the diamond tonight in Jacksonville to take on the Jacksonville University Dolphins (3-1). It will be the first of seven games for the Gators this week as they get set to host the Lipton Invitational this weekend. The Gators are coming off …
Read More »Life Lessons From Gators Softball
With 12 NCAA Tournament appearances and two appearances in the Women’s College World Series Final, the top ranked University of Florida softball program has seen a great deal of success since its inaugural season. However, the players and coaches who make up the program insist the team is more than …
Read More »#6 Florida Softball Sweeps Ole Miss
The number six Florida Softball team brought their brooms with them to Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium on Sunday. The Gators needed just five innings in order to defeat the Ole Miss Rebels 14-3. Florida Freshman Alyssa Bache got the nod to start from Head Coach Tim Walton. She recorded her fifth win of the season …
Read More »Number Four Florida Softball Takes on SEC Foe Georgia
After losing a heartbreaker to number 21 USF one 1-4 on Wednesday, the number four Florida Gators softball team take on neighboring 9/10 ranked Georgia Friday night. Florida comes into the three games series having won four consecutive SEC series, but a sweep by Georgia in Gainesville last year is …
Read More »Florida Softball Falls To USF
The number four Florida Softball team lost to the USF Bulls 4-1 Wednesday night. Florida Freshman Pitcher Lauren Haeger fell to 9-2 on the season after allowing eight hits and walking five. Haeger was able to earn her sixth complete game of the season and was able to strike out …
Read More »Big Gators Sports Weekend
The Gator Nation has many reasons to be happy this weekend. Numerous Florida athletic events will be held this weekend. In softball, the Gators will take on fellow SEC opponent Arkansas in a three game road series. Florida is 26-2 on the year and the Gators come off a sweep of South Carolina …
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