No. 9 Florida Gators baseball is on the road against the top-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks. The Gators and Razorbacks will wrap up their regular season in this weekend’s series before heading to the SEC Tournament. Pitching Matchups Game 1 | Tommy Mace (5-0, 4.40 ERA) v. Patrick Wicklander (4-1, 1.93) Game …
Read More »Florida Athletics Moving Toward Normal Operation
After a year of mask wearing, physical distancing and limited stadium capacity, Florida Gator sports will begin to return to pre-pandemic conditions. The recent announcement from the Center for Disease Control regarding mask wearing for fully vaccinated people has led some communities to begin changing COVID-19 restrictions. On Monday, the …
Read More »Florida Gators Softball earns top 4 national seed in the 2021 NCAA Tournament
Florida Gators Softball earned a top-four national seed after reaching the SEC Tournament championship game Saturday, May 15. Earning the fourth seed, only Alabama, (3) UCLA (2) and Oklahoma (1) finished with higher seeds than the Gators. Florida will host a regional at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium from May 21-23. …
Read More »Gators Lacrosse Heads to the Elite Eight
Just eight teams remain in the 2021 NCAA DI Women’s Lacrosse Championship after Sunday’s second-round action and Gator’s lacrosse is one of them. Florida defeated Jacksonville 17-3 to advance to the program’s sixth quarterfinal in the 12-year history. The Gators have now won 15-straight games, dating back to their March …
Read More »Florida Tennis Faces Illinois in the NCAA
The Florida Gator Men’s Tennis Team is set to face Illinois on Monday night at the USTA National Campus. The first-seeded Gators will battle 16th-seeded Fighting Illini in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16 at 7 p.m. https://twitter.com/GatorsMTN/status/1394271145243947008 The History This appearance marks the fifth-consecutive time the Gators have reached …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine May 17th
The Back Nine comes at you after a perfect day for The 26th Bob Dooley Invitational and a nice day for baseball that followed except for the lack of clutch hitting. Sorry there was no Front Nine last week, but the tournament kind of took precedent. 10. I feel like …
Read More »Gators Drop Home Finale 6-1 To Georgia
The orange and blue did win the series against SEC foe Georgia, but the Gators couldn’t get the sweep done. What plagued Florida most was not a lack of offense but a lack of timely hits. The Bulldogs only outhit Florida by one, yet they were able to rack up …
Read More »Gators Softball Wins on Walk-Off, Advances to SEC Championship
Seven walk-off wins. Eleven comeback wins. When do Gator Softball fans accept this as a regularity? A dramatic finish to their game against Missouri in the semifinals in the SEC Tournament punched Florida’s ticket to the championship game. For the Gators, this is their sixth comeback win in their last …
Read More »Florida Gators Seal Series Against Georgia With the Long Ball
No. 9 Florida baseball took the series against the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday night from Florida Ballpark. The Gators took Game 2 with a final score of 9-2 to take the series. Freshman pitcher Hunter Barco took the mound for Florida in Game 2 against Georgia freshman Jaden Woods. Barco …
Read More »Gators Edge Out Win in Series Opener Over Georgia
The Gators start their final home series of the season on a high note. They rallied to win a close game against rival Georgia, 4-3. Florida improves to 34-15 on the year overall and 16-9 in conference play. As the season winds down, the Gators put themselves in a better …
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