The odds were stacked against Florida’s Danielle Romanello in the top of the sixth inning. The freshman catcher faced an 0-2 count against Alabama ace Alexis Osorio with two outs and the game tied.
Pitcher Aleshia Ocasio stepped to the plate in the top of the first with the bases loaded and two outs.
A walk is rarely the most important play of a softball game. But during Saturday’s matchup between Florida and Alabama, bases on balls played a crucial role.
A 1-0 midweek loss in Orlando, Florida, against the UCF Knights was the result of a low pitch count and even lower hitting count for Florida’s softball team.
With a runner on second, UCF catcher Cassady Brewer swung at the first pitch she saw.
It’s cliché to say that in most college athletic programs, your teammates become your family. But for Florida’s softball team, it’s exactly that kind of mentality that helps its program succeed when it faces long road-game stretches.
Split-second decisions can make the difference in any kind of outcome.
If there’s one indication that a game is over before it’s actually finished, it’s when Kelly Barnhill steps into the batter’s box.
After 21 years of history on the diamond, Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium, home to Florida’s softball program, will have a whole new look for the 2019 season.
With one swing of the bat, Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium fell into a stunned silence.
If you were looking for All-American pitcher Kelly Barnhill on the day of a Florida softball game, the obvious place to search for her would be Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
“Now here’s a little something that needs to be heard.”
In the home half of the third inning on Sunday night, UF third baseman Nicole DeWitt stood on second base with an ear-to-ear grin.
Gripping her bat tightly in the bottom of the first, Florida catcher Janell Wheaton patiently waited on a pitch from Texas A&M’s Samantha Show.
As Florida third baseman Nicole DeWitt stood on deck, she could hear the screams and cheers of every Florida fan sitting behind her at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
The ball exploded off the bat of UF third baseman Nicole DeWitt in the bottom of the fifth inning with runners on first and second.
After dropping two games against Georgia over the weekend, Florida’s softball team (23-3) will take the field at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium tonight at 6 p.m. against South Florida (22-12).
The sun shined brightly in Athens, Georgia, on Sunday afternoon as Florida’s softball team came up to bat in the top of the first inning at Jack Turner Stadium.
The luck of the Irish, green baseball hats and green stirrups weren’t enough for the Florida softball team to hold off Georgia in Game 2 of a three-game series.
As the saying goes, catastrophes typically come in threes.
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