OMAHA, Neb., — Since postseason play began, the top-ranked Gators baseball team has shown a unique capability of rising from the dead.
OMAHA — Florida (50-17) will receive an added boost when it faces off against perennial powerhouse Texas (49-17) Saturday at 7 p.m. on the opening day of the 2011 College World Series.
In the opening baseball media session in February — still stinging from a bitterly short trip nearly eight months before — the top-ranked Gators spoke about their motivation to get back to the College World Series.
The top-ranked Gators were eight outs away from clinching back-to-back College World Series appearances Saturday. Instead, they imploded twice, culminating in Mississippi State’s Nick Vickerson’s stunning walk-off two-run homer.
Kevin O’Sullivan was lost Saturday afternoon, mentally exhausted from a shocking and brutal walk-off defeat.
Eight outs away from back-to-back trips to the College World Series, the top-ranked Gators imploded.
The No. 1 Florida baseball team is just nine solid innings away from another patented dogpile and euphoric plane ride to Omaha, Neb.
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For the past six months, Tyler Thompson has coped with more injuries than a Spanish bullfighter.
After advancing to the Super Regionals for the third straight season, Alex Panteliodis was grinning ear-to-ear, swollen with “Gator Swag.”
For the third straight year, Florida ended Miami's season, but on Sunday, it was Preston Tucker — not errors and miscues — that did in the Hurricanes.
In a span of minutes, Miami's demons reared their ugly head again, and Nolan Fontana possibly saved Florida's season.
On a beautiful, sweltering Friday afternoon at McKethan Stadium, Florida's top-ranked baseball team rained all over Manhattan's parade.
Five questions to ponder as No. 1 Florida opens the NCAA Tournament Friday at 4 p.m. against Manhattan.
After a steamy, emotional, rollercoaster weekend, No. 1 Florida exited Hoover, Ala., with its first Southeastern Conference Tournament trophy since 1991 and a No. 2 overall national seed in the 2011 NCAA Baseball Tournament.
HOOVER, Ala.— In No. 3-seed Florida's biggest game this season, the
HOOVER, Ala. — On a steamy, emotional, maddening, marathon
HOOVER, Ala. — Gators left-hander Brian Johnson was struck in the
HOOVER, Ala. — For the second time this season, a coach from the
HOOVER, Ala. — With the game seemingly slipping away Wednesday, Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan convened his team in the dugout.
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