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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Category: Softball
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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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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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After losing in Orlando in walk-off fashion on March 24, No. 5 Florida failed to seek revenge on No. 23 UCF in Gainesville Wednesday night. The Gators failed to score a run for the first time since 2019. The Knights tagged Florida southpaw Katie Chronister for four runs in the top of the first before…
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Following back-to-back Florida strikeouts in the bottom of the first, junior third baseman Charla Echols hit a solo shot to center — her fifth home run in the past five games — before catcher Julia Cottrill hit a two-run bomb to take an early 3-0 lead. The Gators added two insurance runs in the sixth…
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After beating USF twice in Tampa on Opening Day, No. 5 Florida swept the Bulls in a doubleheader Wednesday at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. Florida right-hander Elizabeth Hightower hurled her ninth complete game en route to a 9-1 run-rule win before third baseman Charla Echols lifted the Gators to a narrow 2-1 victory on a…
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The Gators won a non-conference road matchup against Jacksonville before they traveled to Athens, Ga., for a nationally televised three-game series last weekend. After dropping the series opener, Florida run-ruled the Bulldogs and prevailed in the rubber match to clinch its fourth straight SEC series this year. _______________________ Overall Record: 27-4 (.871; 19-1 at home,…
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Florida junior third baseman Charla Echols took Georgia ace Mary Wilson Avant yard twice — she hit a two-run homer in the top of the first and led off the third inning with a solo shot — en route to an 8-1 series-clinching victory Monday night. Avant, who one-hit the Gators Saturday, threw a season-high…
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After batting 1-22 (.045) and losing the series opener in Athens, Ga., Saturday night, No. 5 Florida stomped No. 20 Georgia 17-1 in run-rule fashion Sunday. Senior right-hander Natalie Lugo hurled her second complete game this season and improved to 8-1. Lugo retired the first eight Georgia batters until catcher Payden Bordeau — who took…
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