The Florida softball team faces No. 4 Florida State (38-7) on Wednesday, the first game of a brutal stretch of its schedule where it plays four games in four days against top-five opponents. The Gators (36-9) are coming off a sweep of Texas A&M and are on a seven-game winning streak.
Seniors Kelly Barnhill and Amanda Lorenz were selected with the first and second overall picks, respectively, of the National Pro Fastpitch College Draft on Monday night.
The wind blew in Jordan Roberts’ face as she stepped into the batter’s box during the top of the third inning.
Runners on base and designated player Kendyl Lindaman at the plate in a tight game.
Catcher Kendyl Lindaman looked at Texas A&M pitcher Hannah Mayo’s 3-2 pitch, which was the 14th of the at-bat. The umpire called it a ball, and Lindaman trotted to first.
The margin was as thin as a blade of grass for Texas A&M on May 26, 2018.
It was the bottom of the sixth, and neither Florida nor South Florida had scored. The scoreboard at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium showed nothing but zeroes.
The Florida softball team hosts South Florida on Wednesday at 7 p.m., coming off a pivotal weekend sweep of then-No. 14 Arkansas to return to .500 in SEC play.
Jade Caraway jogged to second base.
Coach Tim Walton emphasized that he wanted to see his team take more chances offensively ahead of this weekend’s series against No. 14 Arkansas.
Lily Mann darted toward the foul line from her position in right field. Arkansas’ Katie Warrick struck a pitch from Florida’s Kelly Barnhill with two outs in the top of the fourth, and the ball sliced toward the right-field line.
Florida’s softball team walks into its home series against No. 14 Arkansas on a three-game losing streak after being shut out by rival No. 3 Florida State and having lost its first three SEC series of the season.
Florida State left fielder Makinzy Herzog powered a 1-0 pitch from UF pitcher Kelly Barnhill with one out in the fourth inning.
The UF softball team will welcome the defending national champion, Florida State, to Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium on Wednesday night.
Ole Miss shortstop Mikayla Allee didn’t know the feeling of hitting a home run as a collegiate player.
Pitcher Kelly Barnhill started moving as soon as she heard the ping of the bat.
It was getting late.
The UF softball team has an important series with Ole Miss this weekend after its first two SEC series against Tennessee and LSU ended in defeat.
Amanda Lorenz jogged to first base like she expected to get out.
The Gators softball team’s offense has been a work in progress all season, but when given a chance to experiment against one of the nation’s worst pitching staffs in Mercer, it finally saw positive results.
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