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Category: Softball
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TAMPA, FLA — Natalie Lugo had to feel good. The junior right hander retired 10 of the last 11 batters she faced tracing back to her one-run complete game in the season-opening contest against Illinois State. Now after two UF wins, she put away the first two batters in Saturday’s showdown with Michigan. Lugo held…
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Tampa, FL – The Gators wrapped up the 2020 USF-Rawlings Invitational with two wins to improve to 4-1 for the season. Florida needed just 5 innings to beat Georgia State in the first of Sunday’s double-header. Freshman pitcher, Rylee Trlicek, threw her first no-hitter as a Gator. Trlicek faced 16 batters in total, striking out…
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Game 1 Final: Florida 6, Fresno State 4 Win – Hightower (1-0) Loss – East (0-1) Save – Lugo (1) Tampa, FL – Natalie Lugo came in clutch in the seventh inning as Florida held for a 6-4 victory over Fresno State on the second day of the USF-Rawlings Invitational. The Gators improved to 2-0…
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Final: Florida 4, Illinois State 1 Florida kicked off its 2020 season on Friday night with a 4-1 win over Illinois State in the USF-Rawlings Invitational in Tampa. Illinois State got out to an early lead when Alyssa Wiebel’s 2-out double in the top of the first inning knocked in a run. T1 | A…
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The Florida softball team kicks off its 2020 season this Friday in Tampa as they compete in the USF-Rawlings Invitational. The Gators will play five different teams in just three days. On Friday, they face Illinois State. Saturday calls for a double-header, featuring a morning game against Fresno State and an afternoon game against 17th…
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It’s beginning to look a lot like softball season. The polls are starting to roll out and the Florida Gators are receiving a lot of positive marks from members of the media and from the league’s coaches. On Tuesday, D1Softball.com released their preseason Top 25 rankings and the Gators were listed at No. 9. Despite…
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The SEC’s softball Preseason Coaches Poll was released on Wednesday and the Florida Gators are expected to finish fifth in the conference. Alabama was named the favorite, receiving 11 of 13 first place votes. Second place Tennessee received the other two first place votes. Florida finished SEC play with a 12-12 record in 2019, but…
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Softball America has reported that Florida outfielder Danielle Romanello has entered the NCAA transfer portal. BREAKING: Florida’s Danielle Romanello has entered the portal. She’s been used primarily as a pinch hitter in her two seasons as a Gator. https://t.co/7srm23VOWv pic.twitter.com/WDJ0XURZ26 — Softball America (@SoftbalAmerica) January 8, 2020 Romanello, whose lifelong dream was to play at…
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In the last decade, Florida’s softball team has made some serious noise on the diamond. They turned the decade with a trip to the WCWS, though they quickly lost to the soon-to-be champions in the UCLA Bruins. The Gators posted a four year streak in which they headed to the World Series from 2008-2011. And…
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The Florida Gators enter their fall season with the daunting task of replacing two of the greatest players in program history: left fielder/first baseman Amanda Lorenz and pitcher Kelly Barnhill. Lorenz and Barnhill’s departure to National Pro Fastpitch leaves us thinking, do they belong on UF’s all-time Mount Rushmore? Stacey Nelson If there is one…
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