Florida clinches share of fourth straight SEC championship
By MICHELLE PROVENZANO< | Apr. 14, 2013Four years, four Southeastern Conference championships for Lauren Embree and Caroline Hitimana.
Four years, four Southeastern Conference championships for Lauren Embree and Caroline Hitimana.
Taylor Schwarz struggled through Florida’s first two games against Kentucky.
Ashley Bruns was unstoppable on Sunday.
The first undefeated weekend in Southeastern Conference play came at the perfect time for the Gators.
The outcome of Florida’s series finale against South Carolina was not in doubt after the Gators exploded for 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Saturday.
Richie Martin yelled into the Florida dugout from second base, unleashing a fury of emotion that rivaled his team’s offensive outburst in the sixth inning. Martin drove in the third and fourth runs of the sixth on a single. Florida would add six more in its first 10-run inning since plating 11 against Kentucky on April 2, 2005.
Kentucky officially dedicated its new softball complex on Saturday, and the Wildcats opened it with a victory.
It looked as if the Gators were going to rely on unearned runs again on Friday night, but another big inning changed that.
For a moment, it looked like Bob van Overbeek would revert to the the form that led to him struggling in a 46-day drought without a victory.
Hannah Rogers came into Friday’s game with bad memories of Lexington, Ky.
Brianna Morgan dominated the tennis court Friday.
With South Carolina trailing Florida 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth, Gamecocks right fielder TJ Costen rounded third and was heading home to tie the game on a hit to right field. Halfway there, Costen tripped.
Briana Little gets on base the hard way.
Forward Will Yeguete could end up on the operating table again this summer.
Senior attacker Ashley Bruns started 50 of her 51 games at Florida before this season.
Florida’s men’s tennis team had not received an individual honor since February 2012, but that changed on Wednesday.
Taylor Burke stays busy.
TALLAHASSEE — After missing nearly a month, Richie Martin was excited to return in time for the game he had been eying all season.
Lauren Haeger does not let what happens in the batter’s box carry into the pitching circle.
Florida has struggled throughout the season to find a player it can consistently rely on.