The fourth-ranked Gators softball team faces their biggest test of the year this weekend, traveling to Tuscaloosa to take on the third-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. The Gators will begin a three-game series with the Crimson Tide starting tonight, with first pitch of game one set for 7 pm. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/1382829459326263298?s=20 Powerful …
Read More »Gators Softball Looks for Revenge Over UCF in Mid-Week Matchup
The fourth-ranked Gators softball team is back in action tonight, taking on the 23rd-ranked UCF Knights in a mid-week matchup. The Gators will look for revenge against the Knights, as the team suffered one of their four losses on the season to the Knights back on March 24. The Knights …
Read More »Gators Softball Splits Saturday Doubleheader
Saturday’s doubleheader for Gators Softball provided differing opposition. The opening game welcomed Western Kentucky to Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The Gators used the first and sixth innings to run away from the Hilltoppers. Later, the Gators played an exhibition game against Canada Softball, which they lost 5-2 in an abbreviated …
Read More »Echols Leads Gator Softball to Doubleheader Sweep of USF
Charla Echols stepped to the plate in the first inning of the first game of a doubleheader against USF with two runners on base. She blasted the third pitch in the at-bat over the fence in right-center field to give the Gators an early 3-0 lead in the first game …
Read More »Gators Softball Hits UGA for 17, Run-Rule Victory
Number-five Florida’s 12 hits in Sunday’s game against No. 20 Georgia may seem like a high number. That’s certainly true, but this is a Gators Softball team averaging just under eight hits per game. The difference was their ability to take chances. In turn, the Gators put up their biggest …
Read More »Gator Softball Cools Off; Falls to Georgia 4-2
On a chilly Saturday night in Athens, Georgia, the fifth-ranked Florida softball was defeated by the 20th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs 4-2. Despite taking the lead early in the game, Gator pitching couldn’t hold on to the lead, and only one hit from the offense handed the team its fourth loss of …
Read More »Adams Leads UF Softball Past Jacksonville 5-1
Hannah Adams went 3-for-3 to propel the fifth-ranked Gator softball team to victory over Jacksonville 5-1 Wednesday night. Adams continued her scorching hot hitting spree, hitting her fifth home run of the year in the fifth inning and extending her hitting streak to 13 games. T5 | Make that 3-for-3 …
Read More »Lindsey, Hightower Power Gators Softball to Sweep
Cheyenne Lindsey had a quiet first two games against LSU by her standards. Just two singles in her five at-bats is good, but Lindsey has been due for an offensive explosion. Leave it to a career day on Sunday to show her talents. A bases-clearing three-run double and a two-run …
Read More »UF Softball Uses Strong Pitching, Timely Offense to Take Game One Against LSU
The fifth-ranked Gator softball team hosted the LSU Tigers in game one of a three-game series Friday night. Elizabeth Hightower shined for the Gators once again, pitching her seventh complete-game and fifth shutout on the year. Additionally, the offense came through at the right times, propelling the team to a …
Read More »Gators Softball takes on UCF in top-25 matchup
A matchup pitting two top-25 teams is on the horizon for Tim Walton’s Florida Gators Softball team. The No. 5 Gators travel down to Orlando to take on the No. 22 UCF Golden Knights in a midweek matchup. Recent Form You do not get top-25 games in college softball with …
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