The nation’s top-ranked Florida softball team (50-6) fell 2-0 against the Ole Miss Rebels (38-18) in the quarterfinals of the SEC Softball Tournament Thursday in Knoxville, Tennessee. The loss eliminates the Gators from the tournament. Starting pitcher Delanie Gourley is 18-4 this season after shouldering the loss for top-seeded Florida. Rebel …
Read More »Preview: Gators Take On Ole Miss in Second Round of SEC Tournament
The Florida Gators finished the regular season with an overall record of 50-5 and an SEC record of 20-3. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/862339229556371456 Head Coach Tim Walton was named SEC Coach of the Year, while Kelly Barnhill was named SEC Pitcher of the Year as well as top 10 finalist for the USA …
Read More »Florida Softball Begins SEC Tournament
The No.1 ranked Florida Gator softball team is the heavy favorite heading into the SEC Tournament. Their path to the championship game begins today with Ole Miss. Last time these two teams played each other the Gators swept the Rebels in a three game series without allowing a single run. Yes, …
Read More »Florida Softball Sweeps North Texas, Defeats Florida A&M
The Gator softball team closed out its regular season on Sunday at home with back to back wins over North Texas and Florida A&M, giving them a 50-5 record as they get set to play in the SEC Tournament this week in Tennessee. Florida beat North Texas 8-1 and Florida …
Read More »Florida Softball Blanks North Texas
The Florida Gator softball team bounces back from a tough road loss at FSU to beat North Texas 8-0 in Gainesville on Friday. The Gators recorded 14 hits and eight doubles on their way to victory. Where It Started Delaine Gourley started in the circle and struck out four in …
Read More »FEATURE: Kelly Barnhill Making Her Mark on Gator Softball
Rewind to 15 years ago. The year was 2002. Kelly Barnhill was just five years old. She started playing t-ball, then worked her way up to softball at just seven-years-old. The pitching machine gave her perfect pitches every time. Her parents signed her up for just about every sport the city …
Read More »Gator Softball Takes SEC Series at Tennessee Despite Sunday Loss
The top-ranked Florida Gator softball team (46-4) fell 5-1 on the road Sunday against the eighth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (42-8). Despite dropping the series finale, Florida took the SEC series 2-1, with consecutive shutout wins on Friday and Saturday. Florida hasn’t won a softball series in Knoxville since 2012. SEC Champs …
Read More »Gators Softball Tops Tennessee in Game 1
The Gator softball team recorded another SEC victory Friday night in Knoxville in front of a record-breaking crowd as Gator pitcher Kelly Barnhill silences the Vol bats in a 5-0 Gator win. Gator’s success Kayli Kvistad earned her first SEC Player of the Week award. This award is first for …
Read More »Gator Softball Sweeps Ole Miss
The number one ranked Florida softball team (44-3 overall; 18-2 SEC) shut out number 18 Ole Miss (31-16 overall; 6-12 SEC) for their third consecutive game in a 5-0 victory to sweep their weekend series in Gainesville. It also marks the first time since 2009 that Florida swept Ole Miss in a series …
Read More »Recap: Gators Softball Takes Game 1 vs. Ole Miss
The top ranked Gator softball team takes the first game of a three game series at home with the Ole Miss Rebels on Friday with a 2-0 win to move them to 16-2 in SEC play. As it has been many times this season, one of the big story …
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