Category: Softball

  • SB: No. 2 Gators stay undefeated with dominant win over Boston College

    Gators freshman right fielder Taylor Shumaker knows how to fill a role, especially as Florida’s only freshman starter. She has been nothing but impressionable behind home plate as she leads the teams behind veteran players. In the bottom of the third, she planted her feet behind home plate she she tilted her arms back and…

  • SB: Gators Power Past Stetson, 11-0

    The Florida Gators continued their torrid start to the 2025 season with another run-rule victory, this time over the Stetson Hatters. Florida is now 8-0 on the season heading into this weekend’s Bubly Invitational in Gainesville. The Gators slugged their way to a 11-0 rout of Stetson in front of 1,180 at Katie Seashole Pressly…

  • SB: Fast Start Propels Gators to Run-Rule Win Over Jacksonville

    The Florida Gators wasted little time in claiming their seventh win of the season. The Gators plated eight runs in the first inning before cruising to a 10-1 win over Jacksonville in front of 1,298 fans Tuesday night in Gainesville. The Dolphins had two runners reaching base in the top of the first thanks to…

  • SB: Gators Run-Rule UNF to Open 2025 Campaign

    It took the Florida Gators just four and one-half innings to claim their first win of the 2025 softball season. The Gators defeated the North Florida Ospreys 8-0 in a run-rule victory to open the 2025 season in front of 1,538 fans at Pressly Stadium. Florida’s offense was limited to just four hits on the…

  • Gators Softball Preview

    The Florida Gators softball team opens its season Thursday at home in Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium against the North Florida Ospreys. UF earned top-three rankings in all four major preseason polls.  This past season, the Gators finished 54-15 and won 17 conference games, including the SEC title. The then No. 4-seeded Gators also appeared in…

  • Florida HC Tim Walton Named D1Softball Coach of the Year

    Florida softball head coach Tim Walton was named the national coach of the year by D1Softball.com Monday afternoon. πƒπŸπ’π¨πŸπ­π›πšπ₯π₯ π‚π¨πšπœπ‘ 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐑𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 πŸ† Florida head coach Tim Walton (@_TimWalton) is the 2024 D1Softball Coach of the Year. Coach Walton led @GatorsSB to an SEC tournament title and a WCWS semifinal berth. 🀝 @MizunoSportsUSAhttps://t.co/qr4MmfTPPH —…

  • SB: Oklahoma Eliminates Gators With Walk-Off Winner

    The three-time defending national champions were against the rope in an elimination game against the Florida Gators Tuesday. Unfortunately, Florida was unable to land the knockout blow and the Sooners chipped away at the advantage and, eventually, overcame it in walk-off fashion. Florida led Oklahoma 5-2 through three innings, but it wasn’t enough to come…

  • SB: Gators Power Past Sooners to Survive in Tournament

    The Florida Gators are just one victory away from advancing to the championship series at the Women’s College World Series after downing Oklahoma 9-3 Monday afternoon. Florida ended the Sooners’ twenty game WCWS winning streak with their most lopsided loss of the season. Florida was led by Kendra Falby and Reagan Walsh offensively which was…

  • SB: Gators Advance to National Semifinals With Win Over Alabama

    The Florida Gators are among the nation’s final four in softball. The Gators defeated SEC rival Alabama 6-4 in an elimination game and sit just two wins away from a berth into the championship series. Alabama got on the scoreboard first as an RBI groundout by Riley Valentine plated a run in the bottom of…

  • Rothrock, Kistler Lead Gators Past Cowgirls in WCWS Opener

    Thursday night, a freshman dominated the circle to lead Florida past Oklahoma State in the Women’s College World Series opener for both teams. But, it was a pair of seniors that came away with the biggest plays of the night. Keagan Rothrock (31-7) pitched a complete game shutout in her WCWS debut, limiting the Cowgirls…