In a NCAA regional littered with pressure-packed situations, the Florida Gators were able to stave off elimination by turning to leaders on their pitching staff. Alex Faedo and Michael Byrne responded to huge challenges throughout the Gainesville Regional with a series of brilliant outings. These type of performances have become …
Read More »Gator Baseball Advances to Super Regionals
The Florida Gators can breathe a sigh of relief after taking down a pesky Bethune-Cookman bunch on Monday night by a score of 6-1. After losing a 6-2 Sunday night meeting between the two schools, Florida was facing elimination from an unlikely foe. Monday’s game featured two teams in search …
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 Outlasts USF In Extra Innings Pitching Duel
The Florida Gator baseball team worked hard and late into Saturday night to pick up a 5-1 victory over the USF Bulls in a 12-inning pitchers duel. In a game that included about a 40-minute lightning delay, Florida’s pitching managed to maintain focus throughout. With the win, Florida improves to …
Read More »Schwarz, Byrne Push Gator Baseball Past Marist
Two runners on. Two outs. Close game. J.J. Schwarz at the plate. The crowd had a suspicion of what was coming, and as soon as they heard the crack of the ball getting crushed by his bat, they received their confirmation. Clinging to just a one run lead, Schwarz again …
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 »NCAA Regional Baseball: USF Dominates Bethune-Cookman
The USF Bulls(42-17, 14-10 AAC) defeated the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats(33-24, 15-8 MEAC) in the first game of the NCAA Gainesville Regional by a score of 9-1. Friday afternoon marked the first postseason meeting between the two schools. USF now holds a 59-16 lead in the all-time series. USF Scores Early and …
Read More »Marist Prepares to face Gators in Regionals
The Marist Red foxes will be the Gators opponents in the regional round of the NCAA Baseball Championship. The Red Foxes are a four seed in the bracket, while Florida is ranked third overall seed in the playoff bracket. Journey to the Tourney Marist ended their season winning five of …
Read More »NCAA Baseball Regionals Have SEC, State of Florida Flavor
With NCAA Division I conference baseball tournaments now over, it is time for NCAA Regionals to begin this weekend. The regional hosts and teams playing in them were announced over the weekend. 16 teams will host regionals and with four teams at each site, a total of 64 teams will begin …
Read More »Florida Baseball Named No. 3 Overall Seed Heading into NCAA Tournament
The Florida Gator baseball team has officially been named the No. 3 overall seed heading into the NCAA tournament. The Gators will be hosting a NCAA Regional at McKethan Stadium for the eighth time in the last 10 seasons under head coach Kevin O’Sullivan. Florida is one of four SEC …
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