Youth and the loss of key pieces caused Florida to fall short of Omaha
By Evan Lepak | June 3, 2019Florida’s season didn’t end at the College World Series.
Florida’s season didn’t end at the College World Series.
In a one-run game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, right fielder Kendrick Calilao stood just 90 feet away from home plate.
Kelly Barnhill stood alone in the circle, poised and prepared to pick apart an Alabama offense she has defeated countless times in her celebrated career as a Gator.
Florida was down 7-2 in the top of the seventh when left fielder Austin Langworthy stepped into the batter’s box.
It was quite the all-around display for Samantha Show.
The UF softball team will have more than luck on its side when it takes the field in Oklahoma City.
A national championship is within reach for the Gators softball team.
The University of Florida basketball program has developed multiple NBA players whose seasons are now over as the NBA Finals approach. Here’s a recap of what some former Gators did this year:
The Florida baseball team had little time to celebrate after the NCAA field was announced on Monday.
Historic.
The Florida softball team had just won its second national championship in as many years. Robert Reed watched his freshman daughter, Megan, sprint from the dugout with the rest of the 2015 squad to join the celebratory dogpile. The moment for Robert was bittersweet. His daughter was now a national champion, but she was also no longer a softball player, a sport she’d been in for fifteen years.
It was an adventurous weekend for the Gators softball team.
Ashley Rogers released the 0-1 pitch, dropping a change-up just below the knees of UF right fielder Jaimie Hoover.
Hannah Adams stood just 60 feet away.
Aubrey Leach reached out desperately with her bat.
The final chapter of the Florida men’s tennis team’s season came to a close on Thursday night, as freshman Sam Riffice fell to Illinois junior Aleks Kovacevic in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Individual Championships.
Sam Riffice looked like he had been there before.
Following a trouble-free NCAA Regional that saw it cruise to three-consecutive shutout wins, the Gators softball team will enter familiar territory this weekend.
The Florida baseball team dropped a heartbreaker on Tuesday morning in Game 1 of the SEC Tournament against Texas A&M.
The Gators were two innings away from advancing past Texas A&M in Game 1 of the SEC Tournament and all but assuring themselves of a spot in next week's NCAA Tournament.