After three quiet innings from the Gators offensively, Lauren Haeger woke up Florida with a blast in the bottom of the fourth.
Georgia right-hander Chelsea Wilkinson had Florida swinging at air all Friday afternoon.
Stephanie Tofft transferred from Northern Illinois to Florida before the season, hoping to make a splash with her new team. She didn’t.
After three mediocre starts against Mississippi State and Kentucky, Hannah Rogers had something to prove.
Hannah Rogers struggled in her last three appearances against light-hitting Mississippi State and Kentucky, but she dominated a Longwood lineup with three .400 hitters.
Kelsey Horton has been a versatile player since she arrived at Florida in 2010. She is now playing the role of one of the Gators’ hottest hitters.
When Florida and Florida State met up at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium on March 27, the two teams played eight innings before a winner prevailed.
On April 5, Hannah Rogers came close to reaching the apex of pitching performance.
Taylor Schwarz struggled through Florida’s first two games against Kentucky.
Kentucky officially dedicated its new softball complex on Saturday, and the Wildcats opened it with a victory.
Hannah Rogers came into Friday’s game with bad memories of Lexington, Ky.
Briana Little gets on base the hard way.
Lauren Haeger does not let what happens in the batter’s box carry into the pitching circle.
The Gators were down by a run and sending the bottom of the lineup to the plate in the top of the sixth during Florida’s road game against USF on Feb. 27.
Hall of Fame baseball manager Earl Weaver’s philosophy for winning was “pitching, defense and the three-run homer.” Against Mississippi State this weekend, Florida followed the same strategy.
Florida’s trademark in 2013 has been scoring early and often.
On March 2, Hannah Rogers had a no-hitter taken away from her when a seventh-inning error was changed to a hit after the game. On Friday, Rogers did not need to pitch a seventh inning to secure her no-hit bid.
When Taylor Schwarz arrived at Florida, it was unclear how much playing time she would see.
Florida’s game against Ole Miss on Saturday in Oxford, Miss., was moved due to rain. On Wednesday, the rain followed the Gators to Gainesville.
Coach Tim Walton does not announce probable starting pitchers before each game. But if he did, Hannah Rogers’ name would appear more often than not.
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