Florida baseball blanked by Vanderbilt in Game 2
By RICHARD JOHNSON | May 9, 2014There was a hot pitcher on the mound at McKethan Stadium Friday night, perhaps even better than UF’s Logan Shore to open the series.
There was a hot pitcher on the mound at McKethan Stadium Friday night, perhaps even better than UF’s Logan Shore to open the series.
For the third time in four years, Florida knocked South Carolina State out of the NCAA tournament’s opening round.
The Gators added another weapon for their spread offense.
On Thursday night in the ESPNU showcase game, pitcher Logan Shore did what he does best for No. 4 Florida (34-16, 19-6 Southeastern Conference) in its 1-0 win over No. 18 Vanderbilt (36-14, 14-11 SEC).
Dominique Easley is a first-round pick.
Upsets highlighted the Southeastern Conference softball tournament quarterfinals heading into No. 4 seed Florida’s matchup against fifth-seeded Georgia.
Florida held its annual tennis banquet on Tuesday, and it came as no surprise that senior Olivia Janowicz was named as the team’s most valuable player.
For the third time in a row, No. 4 Florida (33-16, 18-6 Southeastern Conference) fell in a midweek game, dropping 4-2 to No. 24 Mercer (35-11, 16-5 Atlantic Sun) on Tuesday.
One point was all the Gators needed.
Florida finished the regular season on a high note in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Lauren Haeger continues to prove that she is a dual threat.
It was the 10 saves that kept them in the game.
In its final regular season Southeastern Conference home series against Missouri last weekend, Florida started all three games from behind.
It took extra innings, five pitchers and the Gators’ fourth outfielder Ryan Larson to scratch out a series-finale win against the Missouri Tigers.
Florida’s three seniors waited four years for their Senior Day cake.
If Aaron Rhodes was still fighting for the Saturday starter spot entering Game 2 of the Missouri-Florida series, he has it all but secured now.
After Florida dropped its first contest 5-3 to Missouri on Friday, Lauren Haeger brought the Gators back to its winning ways.
Florida turned things around in its conference title run on Saturday.
Jon Horford, Al’s younger brother, is coming to Gainesville.
Zack Powers found himself in the middle of a bench-clearing tussle against Florida State. A month later, he came a call away from hitting into a triple play. The bizarre sequence started in the second inning with Powers roping a line drive to Missouri first baseman Kendall Keeton who snagged the liner, stepped on first and fired to third to complete the rare trifecta.