The top-ranked Florida Gator softball team (40-3) earned two huge victories at home over the fifth-ranked University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns (32-5) on Saturday. The first game was a 5-1 victory for Florida, while the second game had to be called 14-1 midway through the fifth after a …
Read More »Preview: No.2 Florida Softball Faces Off with UCF In Mid-Week Matchup
The No.2 Florida softball team (34-3) will be on the road for a mid-week match up with the UCF Knights (24-13) Wednesday evening. The Gators lead in the all-time series against the Knights 17-4. Florida will try to regain momentum after dropping two of three games in their series with Alabama last weekend. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/717775716138545152 Despite …
Read More »Florida Loses To Alabama 2-1 in Softball Series Opener
The top ranked Florida softball team lost the first game of a three game series to sixth ranked Alabama 2-1 Friday night in Gainesville. UF falls to 33-2 overall and 8-2 in SEC play, while the Crimson Tide improve to 30-6 overall and 4-3 in SEC play. Despite the loss, …
Read More »Preview: Florida Softball Ready For Weekend Series Against Alabama
When more than 20 former Florida softball alumni flock to Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium on Saturday to catch a Gator game against Alabama, they might notice one thing: this has a chance at being the best softball team the Orange and Blue has ever fielded. The Gators (33-1, 8-1 SEC) are …
Read More »Softball Preview: No. 1 Florida at No. 6 LSU
This weekend the top-ranked Florida Gators will head to Baton Rouge to face the LSU Tigers in a three game series. LSU is currently ranked sixth in the country with a record of 26-5 (3-3 SEC). Last weekend, the Tigers played then-ranked No. 10 Texas A&M in College Station and …
Read More »UF Softball Completes Sweep of Tennessee
In Sunday’s afternoon game from Gainesville’s KSP Stadium, the Florida Gator softball team (30-1) earned a 3-0 win against Tennessee (21-8). The Gator victory caps off a weekend sweep of Tennessee, Florida is now 5-1 in the SEC. Gator softball head coach Tim Walton says this is a big victory for Florida, …
Read More »Florida Softball Outlasts Tennessee 4-2
In the second of a three game series Saturday in Gainesville, the top ranked Florida softball team (29-1) clinched their SEC series with a 4-2 win against the visiting Tennessee Volunteers (21-7). #GATORS WIN!!! UF opens SEC play with back-to-back series wins for the first time since 2014. #GoGators pic.twitter.com/uQmpT99wEP — Gators Softball (@GatorsSB) March …
Read More »UF Softball Blanks Tennessee In First Game Of Series
In their first conference game from Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium, the Florida softball team (28-1) beat the Tennessee Volunteers (21-6) 5-0 Friday. The Gators shut out Tennessee for the first time since March 11, 2012. The Volunteers had won five of the past six meetings with Florida, and the Gators’ …
Read More »Florida Softball Sweeps Visiting South Dakota in a Doubleheader
The top ranked Florida softball team is 24-0 after sweeping South Dakota (2-20) on Wednesday by identical 9-0 scores. Florida’s first game saw some major offensive production from centerfielder Kirsti Merritt. In the first inning, she drove in Kelsey Stewart with a sacrifice fly and later rattled off home runs in both the …
Read More »Gators Improve to 14-0 with Impressive Showing
The Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic is proving to be a great showcase for the Florida Softball team. The Gators took on UCLA and NC State last night and dispatched them both by the scores of 2-1 and 5-2. Through the team’s dominant pitching and solid defense, the games never felt as close as the score would …
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