Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult to imagine one of the top teams in the nation getting pumped up for a series against an opponent who has just one win in the conference.
They say nobody’s perfect, but the Florida softball team was about as close as it gets Wednesday night.
With just a week remaining in the regular season schedule, the Florida softball team looks to be returning to full strength at the perfect time.
In its first action since losing three of five for the first time since 2007, the Florida softball team played as well as it has all season Saturday.
For a team that lost only five games all season in 2008 and 2009, losing three of its last five could be considered a disappointment.
After having a gem of a performance in Game 1, it seemed like a given that junior ace Stephanie Brombacher would be able to shut the door in the nightcap.
With three weeks left in the Southeastern Conference schedule, the regular-season title is still very much up for grabs.
The rain seemed to dampen more than just the field Tuesday night.
For the past two weeks, the Gators have been playing with fire.
While it was another conference game on paper, Florida felt like it was in the NCAA Tournament.
Judging off the first inning of each game, it would’ve been pretty easy to predict Saturday’s doubleheader as a pair of blowouts for UF.
Against a lineup like Florida’s, opposing pitchers never get so much as a second to breathe.
Although Florida’s bats have been the team’s strong suit all season, hitting alone usually isn’t enough to get the job done against ranked teams.
UF sophomore Michelle Moultrie would be batting leadoff for just about every other team in the nation.
In softball, a team that averages two home runs per game is considered an elite power team.
The Gators proved Saturday that how you start is much less important than how you finish.
Coming into the season the junior battery of Stephanie Brombacher and Tiffany DeFelice was expected to carry the bulk of the load for the Gators.
LSU came into Gainesville riding a nation-best 24-game winning steak, and left on a three-game losing streak.
In a matchup that was billed as the pitching of LSU versus the hitting of Florida, the Gator’s pitchers proved that they too can throw with the best there is.
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