For the first time this season, Florida isn’t considered the best team in college baseball.
JOHN: All of the offseason signals pointed to the belief that Ronald Powell was finally becoming the elite playmaker on defense he was recruited to be.
Florida’s fall from the top of the college baseball polls was a swift one — one that surely has people questioning if this team is as good as it was advertised to be entering the season.
A shot sails past the baseline. A backhand slams into the net. A second serve lands just out for a double fault.
In Alyssa Bache’s first season with the Gators, her time in the circle has been limited.
At the Southeastern Conference Championships on March 24, the Gators exploded on vault with a 49.525 to rally to the top of the leaderboard.
The Gators are looking for consistency.
Bailey Castro was feeling generous in the third inning Sunday.
Five innings, nine hits, eight runs, three hit batters and 95 pitches.
When Ashanée Dickerson stepped on the mat Saturday at the NCAA Southeast Regional, memories of the 2011 postseason flew through her head.
The slow clap that signifies a match point started to grow into applause as Joanna Mather toed the baseline.
The Gators’ red-zone woes from last fall appeared to follow them into the spring.
Throughout the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships, it was evident the field could not match the top-ranked Gators’ talent.
Johns Hopkins had the Gators right where it wanted them.
The Gators wasted no time getting on the scoreboard Saturday.
Although Ebony Eutsey and Laine Whitaker are close now, it wasn’t always that way.
Florida has been scoring more runs as of late, but Hannah Rogers didn’t need much support against Ole Miss.
Junior Tony McQuay is most known on the track for his performances in the 400m. That’s why Friday’s win in the 400m at the Pepsi Florida Relays didn’t come as much of a surprise to most.
After Thursday’s series-opening loss to LSU, UF coach Kevin O’Sullivan said his team would need a great outing out of starting pitcher Jonathon Crawford to have a chance on Friday.
The home-court advantage that has been so well publicized for the Gators was close to non-existent Friday evening. A team that is conditioned for warm, muggy weather had to play a home match in chilly, windy weather at Linder Stadium.
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