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FINAL: FLORIDA 19, MARQUETTE 8 1st 2nd OT FINAL MARQUETTE 4 4 X 8 GATORS 10 9 X 19 Gainesville, FL – It was a record setting kind of day in Gainesville on Thursday and we aren’t talking about the Florida heat and humidity, this time. The Gators advanced to the Big East Conference title…
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MLB.com writer Jonathan Mayo released his initial MLB first round mock draft on Tuesday. Not surprisingly, Florida is well represented. Mayo has Gators pitcher Brady Singer as the second overall pick to San Francisco. Singer entered the season as the top prospect, but Auburn ace Casey Mize has supplanted Singer atop the draft board (although…
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Let me start by saying this, Georgia LF Cortni Emanuel is a talented athlete and a very good choice as the SEC Player of the Week. However, no player meant more to their team’s success last week than Amanda Lorenz. Let’s start with the SEC release for this week’s honor: Player of the Week Cortni…
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FLORIDA 5, FLORIDA STATE 1 RUNS HITS ERRORS FSU 1 2 0 GATORS 5 8 1 Gainesville, FL– The #5 Florida Gators defeated #6 Florida State 5-1 thanks to a strong outing by starting pitcher, Kelly Barnhill and a sixth inning offensive explosion. Barnhill led the Gators in picking up her 22nd win of the…
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The Florida Gators are tweaking their weekend rotation. Head coach Kevin O’Sullivan announced the decision after Florida’s 6-4 home loss to Mercer Tuesday night. Sophomore Tyler Dyson has been assigned to the bullpen after struggling in his last several starts. Dyson is 5-3 with a 3.83 ERA through ten starts and pitched a scorless inning…
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On Tuesday, the Big East Conference announced their weekly honors for play last week. As Florida cruised through a 2-0 week, sophomore Cara Trombetta and freshman Shannon Kavanagh‘s performance merited weekly honors. Trobetta was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Week while Kavanagh takes home the Freshman of the Week award. Per the…
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Amanda Lorenz was named the Southeastern Conference’s Player of the Week for her performance in Florida’s four wins last week. The big week by Lorenz was just what she needed after struggling for much of the month. This is the second such honor for Lorenz this season. Lorenz finished the week with a .636 average…
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The 2018 National Pro Fastpitch Draft was held Monday night in Nashville. A pair of Florida seniors were drafted. Aleshia Ocasio was selected number ten overall by the Chicago Bandits while Nicole DeWitt was taken by the USSSA Pride with the seventeenth overall choice. Ocasio entered the 2018 season with a 48-7 record in the…
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Florida outfielder Wil Dalton was named the SEC Player of the week, the conference announced on Monday. Dalton played in all four games this week and earned the weekly honor despite only hitting .263 (5-19) for the week. What Dalton did do was make those hits count. The sophomore junior college transfer collected three home…
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The #5 Florida softball team traveled to Starkville to face #19 Mississippi State and swiftly swept the series from the Bulldogs. Florida earned an 8-3 victory on Friday, but were forced to play a double-header on Saturday due to a poor forecast for Saturday. Florida is now two games ahead of Georgia with three conference…
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