Florida softball’s outgoing senior class should be remembered forever.
With the Florida softball team winning its second-consecutive national title following its 4-1 win over Michigan in Wednesday’s decisive third game of the championship series, the quest for a three-peat has officially begun. And while coach Tim Walton has a heavy task ahead of him in replacing his six-player senior class — highlighted by 2015 National Player of the Year Lauren Haeger — he has pieces in place to make another deep postseason run. And with that, here’s your way-too-early list of five players to watch out for in the 2016 season.
Tim Walton is building something special in Gainesville.
Haylie Wagner wasn’t ready to go home.
On softball’s biggest stage, Florida leaned on the nation’s best player — Lauren Haeger.
Only two players on Florida’s roster have been where the Gators are going this weekend, a testament to how difficult it is to still be playing baseball in early June.
The opening round for the Florida men’s golf team at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship Friday in Bradenton had them tied for sixth place.
Following a successful weekend at the NCAA East Preliminaries in Jacksonville, the No. 1/6 Florida men’s and women’s track and field qualified 23 athletes and landed itself 25 event entries for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
For the first time in three years, Florida advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals.
Freshman Nicole DeWitt didn’t get her chance to win the game in the bottom of the seventh inning.
The first inning started off shaky for A.J. Puk.
The bat fell lazily out of JJ Schwarz’s hands as he looked over to left field.
Lauren Haeger was probably waiting for another chance to face the LSU Tigers.
Lauren Haeger had never homered in the Women’s College World Series — until today.
The Capital One Cup has become one of the most sought after awards in collegiate athletics the past couple of years.
As Tim Walton stood at the lectern at the Women’s Club on Jan. 26 for the first time this year to address the media, he said the 2015 Florida softball team had one goal, and it wasn’t to repeat as champions.
It might be easy to assume that Florida softball, the No. 1 overall seed and defending national champions, should win another title the following year.
The longstanding rumors of corruption throughout FIFA appear to be true — but the president of soccer’s global governing body, Sepp Blatter, looks to have come out of Wednesday’s indictments unscathed.
His first attempt was clocked at 3.9 seconds, his second was around the same, and his third was a bit slower.
Lauren Haeger has been named the 2015 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. She was presented the award in Oklahoma City at a banquet on Tuesday night.
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