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After they knocked off Mississippi State in the quarterfinals and Missouri in the semifinals, the Gators were shut out by Alabama 4-0 in the SEC Tournament Championship Saturday in Tuscaloosa. Florida right-hander Elizabeth Hightower made her third start of the tournament and gave up three runs — two of which were unearned — in the…
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Entering the bottom of the eighth tied at three with rival Georgia, the Gators needed to find a way to put a run on the scoreboard. Shortstop Josh Rivera came through with an RBI single that put Florida ahead. The Gators needed this win. Florida is still in contention to win the SEC Eastern Division.…
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Down 6-5 in the bottom of the seventh, Florida designated player Kendyl Lindaman dug in with one out and runners in scoring position. On a 2-2 count, the fifth-year Iowan drove a sacrifice fly into left field to knot the game up at six. The next at-bat, left fielder Jaimie Hoover showed bunt before she…
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Florida will move on to face Jacksonville on Sunday Redshirt sophomore Emerson Cabrera threw in a last-second overhand goal and met with the grass shortly after. The redshirt sophomore picked up her first goal of the season and gave the determined Gators a 16-point as they entered the last three minutes of the first half.…
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On Friday, the NCAA announced twenty potential sites for the Regionals portion of the NCAA Tournament. Not surprisingly, Florida Ballpark, was among the potential host sites. The Road to Omaha will go through 16 of these 20 potential host sites. ⚾️ ➡️ https://t.co/EWioVWcfDZ#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/dV1Q4TwBho — NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) May 14, 2021 The No. 9 ranked…
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Just 10 minutes into practice on the first day of her junior year at the University of Minnesota, catcher Kendyl Lindaman felt her knee pop and immediately knew something was wrong. Several days later, she learned that she tore her meniscus, which required immediate surgery. “With the coaching change and being injured, I found myself…
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Down 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth, Kendyl Lindaman stepped into the batter’s box to face Mississippi State pitcher Annie Willis with runners in scoring position. On a full count, Lindaman ripped an opposite-field, three-run home run to grant Florida its first lead of the day. “I was just looking for something a little…
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After Julia Cottrill’s walk-off home run lifted Florida to victory Sunday and clinched its conference-leading ninth regular season title, the sophomore catcher became one of five Gators to earn All-SEC honors. Cottrill took home All-SEC Newcomer Team honors after the Wichita, Kansas, native started 45 games behind the plate and hit .348 in conference action.…
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Final: Stetson 6, Florida 1 Following a one hour and fifteen minute rain delay, Florida’s bat struggled to get going as the team dropped a 6-1 decision to Stetson on Tuesday in DeLand. Florida opened the scoring as Jacob Young plated Kirby McMullen on an RBI groundout. The Gators kept the slim lead until the…
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With one out in the bottom of the seventh and the tying run on second base, Florida catcher Julia Cottrill fouled off three consecutive pitches before she belted a walk-off, two-run homer onto the roof of the home bullpen behind the left-field fence. Following Saturday’s series-clinching shutout victory, Florida defeated Texas A&M 6-5 at home…
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