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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
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Entering the bottom half of th sixth inning, Florida trailed the No. 2 ranked Commodores 10-2 and it looked like the game was over. However, Vanderbilt had to call upon its bullpen for the final four innings and ultimately eked out the victory, 11-7. The Gators were unable to capitalize on a pedestrian performance by…
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Attacker Brianna Harris plummeted into the grass as she blindly threw an overhand shot in the air. With less than 90 seconds of regulation time in the first half, the redshirt senior notched a hat trick in and extended Florida’s advantage to 10. The No. 8 Gators burned the Liberty Flames 17-2 Wednesday in Gainesville…
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The Gators hopped out to a 3-0 lead through two innings at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Sunday after a pair of South Carolina errors allowed Florida second baseman Hannah Adams and center fielder Cheyenne Lindsey to score in the bottom of the first and third baseman Charla Echols drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk in the…
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Senior right-hander Natalie Lugo hurled her first complete-game shutout this season as No. 3 Florida bounced back from Friday’s one-run loss against South Carolina. The Gators faced South Carolina right-hander Leah Powell again and took her yard twice until the Gamecocks finally made their first pitching change of the weekend. Florida second baseman Hannah Adams…
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Florida and Auburn entered the ninth inning tied at two, but a pair of plays by outfielders on each team in the final frame ultimately decided the game as the Gators stunned the Tigers, 4-2 on Friday. Florida third baseman Colby Halter sent a line drive shot to center that Auburn CF Kason Howell was…
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After clinching its fifth straight conference series in Tuscaloosa Saturday and jumping Alabama as the top SEC team in the national rankings, Florida head coach Tim Walton earned his 950th career win Wednesday in Fort Myers. Before Florida Gulf Coast pitcher Sarah Lawton managed to record the first out of the game, Gators center fielder…
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Up 2-1 entering the bottom of the third inning, Florida right-hander Elizabeth Hightower gave up two walks before her throwing error allowed the tying run to score. Hightower surrendered another unearned run before Alabama scored an insurance run in the fourth en route to a 4-2 victory Sunday. After it clinched its fifth straight SEC…
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Game One: Florida 8, Mizzou 6 Playing just eleven hours after the conclusion of the series opener, Florida topped Missouri 8-6 in the first game of Saturday’s double-header. The entire series wrapped up in just under twenty-four hours. How It Happened: Missouri jumped on the Gators in the second inning, scoring five runs off Tommy…
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With two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the sixth, Florida designated player Kendyl Lindaman dug into the batter’s box with a 4-2 advantage. Alabama right-hander Sarah Cornell offered Lindaman a belt-high, 63 mph first pitch over the heart of the plate and regretted it an instant later. Lindaman pounced on the…
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Florida right-hander Elizabeth Hightower threw a seven-pitch, one-two-three bottom of the seventh inning Friday night in Tuscaloosa to cap off the junior’s 10th complete game this season. After falling to No. 23 UCF for the second time in the past month, No. 5 Florida knocked off No. 3 Alabama 2-0 in a pitcher’s duel. Hightower…
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