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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Category: Softball
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It’s crunch time for the Gators softball team. With one more series remaining before the SEC Tournament, Florida needed to make a statement. They did just that with a series win on the road against Auburn. Florida took game one behind a Kelly Barnhill no-hitter, the twelfth of her career, but dropped game two, 2-1…
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Final: Gators 7, Auburn 0 Kelly Barnhill was finally Kelly Barnhill on Friday night. The senior ace for Florida tossed a complete game no-hitter to lead her team to an important series opening victory. Backed by a fantastic defensive effort and a nine-hit effort by the offense, Barnhill mowed down the final fifteen batters she…
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Baseball: It looked like Florida baseball had turned a corner. The team managed to light up LSU pitching to the tune of 16 runs on Thursday to stake an early claim to a huge series. Unfortunately, outside of freshman Cory Acton, the offense failed to show up for the remainder of the series. While the…
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Final: Gators 4, FSU 0 Tallahassee, FL- The Florida softball team avenged an earlier loss to rival Florida State with a 4-0 defeat of the Seminoles on Wednesday. The Gators have now won eight straight and have taken down Top-25 teams a nation leading 13 times this year. The Gators move to 37-9 with the…
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Florida third baseman Hannah Sipos was named the SEC Player of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday. The freshman from Cooper City, Florida excelled during the Gators sweep of Texas A&M where she went 7-10, including her first collegiate home run on Friday. Per the SEC press release: SEC Player of the Week –…
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The professional softball league, National Pro Fastpitch held their College Draft on Monday. It’s no surprise that Florida All-Americans Kelly Barnhill and Amanda Lorenz were both selected, however it was a bit surprising that they were taken with the top two overall picks. Kelly Barnhill was chosen with the No. 1 pick by the Chicago…
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Football: Florida’s redshirt (rising) junior QB Feleipe Franks has put all reasonable doubt aside and solidified his place as the Gators starting QB heading into fall camp. Franks was methodical in the annual spring game on Saturday and threw for more than 300 yards and four touchdowns (in fairness, against a very vanilla defense). Franks…
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Final: Florida 1, South Florida 0 A pitchers duel took place on Wednesday at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium as the Gators and Bulls combined for just two hits. Florida managed to score the only run of the game, thanks to timely hitting and a ‘pass the baton’ mentality. The Gators did manage a baserunner in…
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After sweeping the series against No. 14 Arkansas, Florida’s freshman RHP Elizabeth Hightower was named the SEC’s Freshman of the Week for her efforts in the circle. During the second game of the series, Hightower tossed a five-inning, complete game shutout to help put away the nationally ranked Razorbacks. Hightower is only the second freshman…
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The Florida softball team earned a much needed series sweep of Arkansas this weekend. Kelly Barnhill led the charge in the circle with two complete games and the offense took advantage of several Razorbacks fielding micues in taking the series. Game One: Florida got the 3-0 win despite being limited offensively to only three hits.…
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