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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Category: Baseball
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Following last weekend’s much needed sweep at Columbia, the Gators baseball team was seeded No. 11 in the SEC baseball tournament. The Gators, who are likely still on the bubble for the NCAA baseball tournament, definitely have the odds stacked against them as they try to make a run in the post season. Looking at…
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The Southeastern Conference announced the end of season honors, and unsurprisingly, Florida didn’t come away with many individual awards. Most of the Gators lineup and pitching staff failed to meet expectations and suffered through a mediocre season (by UF standards). While two Gators earned the All-SEC designation (Nelson Maldonado, First Team All-SEC and Kendrick Calilao,…
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Following a masterful performance on Friday, Jack Leftwich has earned SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week. The Orlando native turned in a complete game shutout versus the twenty-second ranked Missouri Tigers. Through the full nine innings, Leftwich remained in constant control of his pitches and the Tigers batters, allowing just two hits and a 0.71 average…
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Colombia, MO –– The Gators traveled to the far off land of Missouri this weekend and put together one of their best team efforts of the season. The pitching staff showed just how good they can be on the way to a three game sweep of the 22nd ranked Tigers. Game One: Game one started…
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The Florida Gators baseball team is in serious danger of failing to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Florida was among the ‘last five in’ in last week’s D1Baseball.com projections before getting swept in Athens to Georgia over the weekend. This week’s projections have Florida as one of the ‘first five out’ of the field of…
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Athens, GA –-The Gators baseball team traveled to Athens this weekend, to take on the Georgia Bulldogs. After dropping game one of the scheduled three game series, Florida hoped to bounce back on Saturday. Mother Nature had other plans. Games two and three were played as a doubleheader on Sunday due to rain washing out…
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The Florida baseball team is flirting with doing something that hasn’t happened since before the Kevin O’Sullivan era began in Gainesville. The Gators are in danger of not making the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 2007 season that saw former head coach Pat McMahon fired. As of Tuesday, D1Baseball.com had projected Florida…
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Final: FAU 13, Florida 11 Austin Langworthy was brought in with n opportunity to finish the night with an incredible statline. After going 4-5 and sitting just a double short of the cycle, Langworthy took the mound in the ninth with a chance to earn a save armed with an 11-9 lead. Langworthy walked the…
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Baseball: It looked like Florida baseball had turned a corner. The team managed to light up LSU pitching to the tune of 16 runs on Thursday to stake an early claim to a huge series. Unfortunately, outside of freshman Cory Acton, the offense failed to show up for the remainder of the series. While the…
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D1Baseball.com released their latest Field of 64 projections on Wednesday. The Gators are squarely in the field, however, the latest projection has them traveling to North Carolina as part of the Raleigh Regional, hosted by NC State. The prediction places Florida (25-14, 6-9) in a regional with #11 overall seed, NC State as well as…
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