As the regular season comes to a close and UF rolls into the postseasons, the Gators are hungry for their 14th Women’s College World Series appearance. Florida culminated the regular season with a 489-10 record and a third-place finish in the Southeastern Conference.
Behind a statement pitching performance by Keagan Rothrock and Olivia Miller, the Florida Gators (46-7) took a 4-3 victory over the Florida State Noles (43-8) on Tuesday night at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
Just three weeks ago, head coach Tim Walton made his message clear. “We need another pitcher to step up if we’re going to make a run in the postseason,” Walton said. “We can’t do it with just one.”
Ultimately, No. 5 Florida (43-7) continued its struggles against No. 10 Florida State (40-7), falling 3-1. The Gators have now lost eight of their last 10 matchups against the Seminoles.
Ultimately, No. 4 Florida (43-6, 16-5 SEC) cruised to a 7-1 victory over Auburn (24-21, 3-15 SEC) on Sunday at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
Following Florida’s matchup against Auburn, AJ Andrews, a former LSU standout and the first woman to win a Rawlings Gold Glove Award in 2016, walked onto the field at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The fans who remained knew exactly what it meant.
Behind Harrison’s excellence, Auburn (24-20, 3-14) snapped its 12-game SEC losing streak against No. 4 Florida (42-6, 15-5 SEC) on Saturday at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. Florida’s offense was silent all day and was 2 for 13 at the plate with runners in scoring position.
Ultimately, No. 4 Florida (42-5, 15-4 SEC) grabbed Game 1 against Auburn (23-20, 2-14 SEC) 9-1 on Friday at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The run-rule marks the first at home in SEC play for UF.
Ultimately, the two-run fourth was the difference as No. 4 Florida (41-5, 14-4 SEC) defeated Florida Gulf Coast (15-26, 9-6 A-Sun) 9-6 on Wednesday night at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The Gators have now won nine of the last 11 matchups against the Eagles.
Ultimately, Florida (40-5, 14-4 SEC) won the game 6-1 and swept the series against South Carolina (23-20, 3-12 SEC) Sunday afternoon at Beckham Field at Carolina Softball Stadium.
Ultimately, Florida (39-5, 13-4 SEC) won the game and series against South Carolina 15-2 (23-19, 3-11 SEC) Saturday afternoon at Beckham Field at Carolina Softball Stadium.
Behind Rothrock’s excellence, No. 6 Florida (38-5, 12-4 SEC) took game one against South Carolina (23-18, 3-10 SEC) 5-0 Friday evening at Beckham Field at Carolina Softball Stadium. Florida will look to clinch its fifth SEC series victory of the season in the matinee on Saturday.
For the second time this season, Florida had a date with South Florida, and like the first meeting, the Gators were in control all night.
Feb. 26 is a day Ava Brown will never forget. During the first game of the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, California, Brown was fielding her position when she suffered a lower leg injury that required her to be stretchered off and placed in an air cast.
To know your role on a 16-person roster is a must, and no one has found theirs this softball season quite like Gabi Comia.
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