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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Category: Softball
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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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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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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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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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With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Florida center fielder Cheyenne Lindsey and second baseman Hannah Adams hit back-to-back solo home runs to add a pair of insurance runs and double the Gators’ advantage. Following a thrilling walk-off victory in Friday’s series opener, Florida clinched its final conference series with a 4-0 win…
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With one out and the winning run aboard in the bottom of the seventh inning, Florida third baseman Charla Echols dug into the batter’s box to face Texas A&M right-hander Makinzy Herzog. On a 2-2 count, Herzog hurled her 124th pitch of the game over the heart of the plate and Echols found her sweet…
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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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