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Florida pitcher Aleshia Ocasio was named the SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week, the conference announced on Monday. Ocasio pitched a complete game shutout in the second game of the series at Missouri and earned a win in relief in the series finale on Sunday. In earning the series win, Ocasio registered ten strikeouts for the…
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The Florida Gators clinched the SEC regular season title on Friday with a victory at Missouri paired with a Georgia loss to Mississippi. For Florida, it was the fourth straight regular season crown and their eighth in program history. The Gators (47-8, 20-4) will begin their postseason run in this week’s SEC Tournament as the…
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Let me start by saying this, Georgia LF Cortni Emanuel is a talented athlete and a very good choice as the SEC Player of the Week. However, no player meant more to their team’s success last week than Amanda Lorenz. Let’s start with the SEC release for this week’s honor: Player of the Week Cortni…
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FLORIDA 5, FLORIDA STATE 1 RUNS HITS ERRORS FSU 1 2 0 GATORS 5 8 1 Gainesville, FL– The #5 Florida Gators defeated #6 Florida State 5-1 thanks to a strong outing by starting pitcher, Kelly Barnhill and a sixth inning offensive explosion. Barnhill led the Gators in picking up her 22nd win of the…
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Amanda Lorenz was named the Southeastern Conference’s Player of the Week for her performance in Florida’s four wins last week. The big week by Lorenz was just what she needed after struggling for much of the month. This is the second such honor for Lorenz this season. Lorenz finished the week with a .636 average…
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The 2018 National Pro Fastpitch Draft was held Monday night in Nashville. A pair of Florida seniors were drafted. Aleshia Ocasio was selected number ten overall by the Chicago Bandits while Nicole DeWitt was taken by the USSSA Pride with the seventeenth overall choice. Ocasio entered the 2018 season with a 48-7 record in the…
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The #5 Florida softball team traveled to Starkville to face #19 Mississippi State and swiftly swept the series from the Bulldogs. Florida earned an 8-3 victory on Friday, but were forced to play a double-header on Saturday due to a poor forecast for Saturday. Florida is now two games ahead of Georgia with three conference…
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Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Kelly Barnhill was named the SEC’s Pitcher of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday. For the fourth time this year, and the ninth time in her career, Barnhill has earned the weekly honor. Barnhill (19-1) threw two complete game, one-hitters against a previously lethal South Carolina offense.…
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#6 Florida and #11 South Carolina faced off on Orange and Blue Weekend at the University of Florida campus. The weather forecast for Sunday forced a Saturday double-header, but the Gators earned a sweep of the series. Florida topped the Gamecocks 3-1 on Friday and swept the double-header by scores of 7-0 and 3-0. FRIDAY:…
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Florida’s Danielle Romanello made the most of her appearance in Monday’s rubber match against Alabama. Romanello had a pinch hit 2-RBI double in the fourth to tie the ball game, and remained in the game as the designated player. In her second at-bat, the 5’9 freshman from St. Petersburg, crushed her first career homer over…
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