Softball season is back. The Gators showed why they were ranked second in the nation over the weekend with dominant play from the entire roster. The Florida Gators’ softball team kicked off their season last weekend at the USF-Wilson Demarini Tournament in Tampa. Facing top talent like then-No. 15 Michigan, …
Read More »Gators Softball Finishes Tournament Undefeated
Wrapping up a game-filled weekend, Florida Gator softball finishes undefeated in their first tournament of the season. The Gators took down both the UAB Blazers, 6-0, and the USF Bulls, 14-3 on Sunday to end the tournament 5-0. UAB (1-4) vs. Florida (5-0) The Gators started the third day of the …
Read More »Florida Falls Short of National Title
The Florida Gator softball team lost to the Oklahoma Sooners in Game 2 of the Women’s College World Series Championship, 5-4. After losing a 17-inning game on Monday night, the Gators were not able to prevent the Sooners from winning another title. Recap Aleshia Ocasio started in the circle for …
Read More »WCWS Preview: Gators Try to Avoid Elimination
After a long Game 1 in the Women’s College World Series Championship, the Florida Gators and the Oklahoma Sooners are back at it tonight. Monday night’s game was the longest game in championship series history and Florida’s history. The game was 17 innings long, lasting five hours and twenty-eight minutes. During the game, …
Read More »Gator Softball Ending SEC Play with Weekend Series at Tennessee
The top-ranked Florida Gator softball team (44-3) will wrap up regular season SEC play with a weekend series in Knoxville against the eighth ranked Tennessee Volunteers (41-6). The Gators have 18 SEC wins, while two of Florida’s losses have come against conference opponents. The Volunteers are 13-4 in SEC games …
Read More »Gator Softball Wins Series Against Auburn
The second ranked Florida softball team takes the series from number four Auburn with a 7-0 win Sunday night in Gainesville. Florida has taken the first two games of the series and is now 29-1 overall and 7-0 in SEC play. This is the 20th shutout victory for the Gators this season and …
Read More »Preview: No. 1 Florida Softball Plays Midweek Challenge
The No. 1 Florida Gators softball team is on the road again for a midweek matchup in Jacksonville. The Gators (5-0) will play just a single game against the Jacksonville University Dolphins (4-1). Domination Florida moved up to No.1 in both the USA Today/NFCA Coaches’ Poll and the ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll …
Read More »FEATURE: Delanie Gourley’s Journey into Gator Lore
Delanie Gourley hails from Lakeside, California. She went to school at El Capitan High School and played travel ball for the Southern California Athletics under Coach Bruce Richardson. In her time as an Athletic, Delanie won three straight PGF 18U National Championships while delivering her high school’s first state championship in 2012. …
Read More »Top-seeded Gator Softball Falls Short in NCAA Super Regional
Down 1-0 in a best-of-three Super Regional match up at home, the top-seeded Florida softball team (56-7) dropped a consecutive game against the 16th seeded Georgia Bulldogs (45-18) in a 3-2 elimination loss on Friday to end Florida’s season. Florida pitcher Aleshia Ocasio ended her season 22-2 after the loss …
Read More »Florida Softball Ends Regular Season With SEC Shutout, No-Hitter
In their final regular season game, the top ranked Florida softball team (52-4) shut out Arkansas (17-39) 8-0 to complete a three game SEC series sweep in Gainesville. Freshman pitcher Kelly Barnhill started in the circle for Florida and earned her first career no hitter while improving her record to 15-0. …
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