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Softball

Taylore Fuller fist-bumps coach Tim Walton as she rounds third base after hitting a home run on May 18 against USF.
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Florida softball run rules Michigan

It was supposed to be a clash between the two top teams in the country — a rematch of last season’s dramatic Women’s College World Series — when No. 1 Florida squared off against No. 2 Michigan in the USF Wilson-DeMarini Tournament in Tampa on Saturday.


Aleshia Ocasio pitches during Florida's win against Illinois State on Feb. 21, 2015, at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
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Gators softball team looking to fill void left by Lauren Haeger

With the loss of Florida phenom Lauren Haeger to National Pro Fastpitch, UF’s softball team will need to bolster its pitching department. Haeger, the 2015 USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year threw a jaw-dropping 222.1 innings last season, more than all other pitchers on the team combined.


The Florida gymnastics team celebrates wining the NCAA National Championship on Saturday, April 18, 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Which Florida Gators team was the best in 2014-15: Softball or gymnastics?

With the start of the Summer B semester and the end of the 2014-2015 collegiate athletic season, it’s time for another installment of the annual Alligator Awards. This week, Alligator editor-in-chief Jordan McPherson and alligatorSports assistant editor Luis Torres debate which of UF’s national championship winning teams — the softball team or the gymnastics team — deserves the title of "Best Team."


Aleshia Ocasio pitches during Florida's 4-1 win against Illinois State on Feb. 21 at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
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Air Jordan: Five UF softball players to watch for heading into 2016

With the Florida softball team winning its second-consecutive national title following its 4-1 win over Michigan in Wednesday’s decisive third game of the championship series, the quest for a three-peat has officially begun. And while coach Tim Walton has a heavy task ahead of him in replacing his six-player senior class — highlighted by 2015 National Player of the Year Lauren Haeger — he has pieces in place to make another deep postseason run. And with that, here’s your way-too-early list of five players to watch out for in the 2016 season.



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