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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2016 21:24:00 GMT -5
What started off as a bad day with aTm snapping the Gators 13 game win streak ended really well with Tennessee sweeping their Auburn doubleheader 10-2 and 12-1. Auburn still has to play at Tennessee on Monday on the SEC Network. UF has 3 SEC games and AU has 4 SEC games remaining. The Gators effectively have a 2 game SEC lead due to winning the weekend series at Auburn. It would be a monumental upset if UF doesn't win the SEC championship in Gainesville next weekend with only Arkansas, the worst team in the SEC, standing in the way of the Gators SEC coronation.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 21:16:49 GMT -5
Auburn's final game at Tennessee on Monday night was cancelled due to bad weather. UF can go 2-1 against Arkansas, the worst team in the league, in Gainesville and still win the SEC championship by 1/2 game even if Auburn sweeps Texas A&M in Auburn.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2016 17:21:40 GMT -5
5.3.2016
The nolies have two first place votes in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll:
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 1-ranked Gator Softball team (47-4) travels to in-state rival and No. 5-ranked Florida State (42-5) on Wednesday for its final road game of the regular season. After the regularly scheduled seven-inning game, UF and FSU will resume the halted game from April 13 in Gainesville. The Gators and Seminoles are tied at 0-0 in the bottom of the ninth inning with one out and runners on second and third.
The game at 5:00 p.m. will be broadcast on ESPN3, with the resumed game showing on NolesTV. Meanwhile, both contests can be heard on WGGG-AM & WMOP-AM/FM and live stats for both games will be available on Seminoles.com.
Wednesday marks Florida's eighth matchup this season with a top-5 ranked team.
Florida is unbeaten in 30 non-conference games this season and has won 121 of 123 non-league games dating to the start of 2013.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 20:44:34 GMT -5
5.4.2016
UF went to Tallahassee and won two to sweep FSU. First, the scheduled game was played with UF winning 7-1. Second, the completion game from April which got rained out in the bottom of the 9th in a scoreless pitchers duel was won 1-0 in the bottom of the 12th when Aleshia Ocasio hit a walkoff homerun. UF's record advanced to 49-4:
Special to The Sun
Published: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 9:48 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 9:48 p.m.
TALLAHASSEE -- Things just keep getting better for Florida’s softball team and coach Tim Walton.
The two-time defending national champion Gators are ranked No. 1 in both polls, are No. 1 in the NCAA RPI, own the nation’s highest win percentage and are a win away from clinching the SEC regular-season title.
And on Wednesday, Florida proved it’s also the best team in the state with two wins over No. 5 Florida State, taking the regularly scheduled game 7-1 and winning the continuation game 1-0 on pitcher Aleshia Ocasio’s walk-off home run.
The first-game result made it 600 wins at Florida for Walton. He began work on the next 100 with the second game’s outcome.
Florida (49-4 overall) is now 21-4 against Top-25 teams this season. The Gators are 32-0 in non-conference games and have won 123 of 125 non-league games dating to the start of 2013.
UF went up 3-0 in the third inning of the first game. Kelsey Stewart started it when she singled, stole second, moved to third on an error and scored on Kayli Kvistad’s single. Nicole DeWitt singled and scored behind Kvistad on Janell Wheaton’s double.
Taylore Fuller’s home run put Florida up 4-0 in the fourth.
RBI doubles by DeWitt and Aubree Munro in the seventh put UF up 7-0. FSU (42-7) scored its run in the bottom of the inning.
The halted game from April 13 was restarted as it was left in Gainesville, tied at 0-0 in the bottom of the ninth inning with one out and UF runners on second and third. But Florida couldn’t cash it.
The score remained the same until Ocasio decided it with her home run in the 12th.
Florida returns home for a weekend series against Arkansas that starts Friday.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2016 20:53:25 GMT -5
5.6.2016
Gators closing in on second consecutive SEC championship:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 1-ranked University of Florida softball team (50-4/18-4 SEC) defeated Arkansas (17-37/1-21 SEC), 9-0 (five innings), in the opener of the teams' three-game Southeastern Conference series on Friday at KSP Stadium. Three different seniors hit home runs for the Gators and Aleshia Ocasio (19-1) threw a complete-game shutout and recorded five strikeouts while yielding three hits and no walks.
UF's magic number to clinch its sixth SEC Championship is just one. The Gators can win the title with a win or an Auburn loss to Texas A&M on Friday night, or with a win on Saturday. Florida, picked in the preseason to win the SEC, is looking to win its second-straight SEC regular season crown for the first time since the Gators went back-to-back in 2008 and 2009.
Florida has the opportunity to clinch the SEC regular-season title at home for the first time since 1998.
UF wasted no time grabbing the lead on Friday night, as the Gators scored three runs on three hits in the bottom of the first inning.
Kelsey Stewart led off the game with a single, extending her hitting streak to nine games, and Amanda Lorenz followed with a walk. With runners on first and second and no one out, sophomore Kayli Kvistad mashed her sixth double of the season off the centerfield wall to score Stewart.
Kirsti Merritt followed with an infield single to score Lorenz. Florida scored their final run of the inning on a double steal.
UF stretched its lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the second when Stewart hit a solo home run to right.
Arkansas had its best chance to score in the top of the fourth when Heirs and Diaz recorded a pair of singles to place runners on first and third. Unfazed, Ocasio induced a groundout to get out of the jam and keep the Razorbacks scoreless.
Senior Kirsti Merritt began a five-run fifth inning when she launched her seventh home run of the season to straight-away center.
After Janell Wheaton recorded a pinch-hit RBI single to bring the score to 6-0, senior Taylore Fuller hit a walk-off three run home run to end the ball game.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2016 1:23:32 GMT -5
5.6.2016
Florida Gators - 2016 SEC Champion
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Following Auburn's loss to Texas A&M on Friday night, the No. 1-ranked University of Florida softball team secured its sixth Southeastern Conference regular-season championship on Friday night. Florida (50-4/18-4 SEC), picked in the preseason to win the SEC, has won its second-straight SEC regular season crown for the first time since the Gators went back-to-back in 2008 and 2009.
In addition, the Gators receive a bye and will open play in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament on May 12.
UF (18-4, .818) edged out Auburn (15-6, .714) for its sixth league title in school history (1998, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016), and fifth under Florida head coach Tim Walton.
The Orange and Blue wrap up regular-season play this weekend with its series against Arkansas. Florida is 18-4 in the SEC with sweeps against Tennessee, LSU, Ole Miss and Mississippi State. UF is 50-4 overall on the campaign as it heads to the postseason next week in Starkville, in the midst of its eighth 50-win campaign in school.
The Gators are 21-4 (.840) against top-25 opponents, tops in the SEC, own eight come-from-behind wins – four in SEC play – and are 3-0 in extra-inning games in 2016. Florida owns 25 shutouts and 18 mercy-rule victories. In addition, UF is 22-4 versus current 1-25 RPI opponents and 9-0 against opponents ranked 26-50 in the RPI rankings.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2016 16:52:32 GMT -5
5.7.2016
Florida defeated Arkansas 5-0 on Seniors Day:
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 1-ranked University of Florida (51-4/19-4 SEC) softball team saluted its senior class with a 5-0 win over Arkansas (17-38/1-22 SEC) on Saturday afternoon at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The Gators scored four runs in the bottom of the third inning and junior Delanie Gourley (18-3) recorded a career-high 16 strikeouts and earned her 18th win in the circle.
Following the pregame Senior Day ceremonies, Gourley recorded eight strikeouts in her first three innings of work before the Gators exploded for four tallies in the bottom of the third.
Senior Kelsey Stewart and freshman Amanda Lorenz got things going with a pair of one-out singles. Sophomore Kayli Kvistad followed with a two-run single up the middle and senior Kirsti Merritt capped things off with her
second home run in as many days, as she blasted a two-run bomb to left-center field.
Arkansas had its best chance to score in the top of the fifth inning when Loren Krzysko recorded a one-out double.
Unfazed, Gourley worked out of the jam with a popup and a groundout.
No other Razorback was able to get into scoring position.
UF scored the final run of the game in the bottom of the sixth when junior Justine McLean drove in sophomore Nicole DeWitt with a single up the middle.
Gourley, who recorded her fifth-double-digit strikeout game of the season, registered perhaps her best start of the season on Saturday. Florida's junior left-hander tossed a complete-game shutout while allowing just two hits and no walks in addition to her career-high 16 strikeouts.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2016 16:54:35 GMT -5
5.7.2016
Florida defeats Arkansas 5-0 on Seniors Day:
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 1-ranked University of Florida (51-4/19-4 SEC) softball team saluted its senior class with a 5-0 win over Arkansas (17-38/1-22 SEC) on Saturday afternoon at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The Gators scored four runs in the bottom of the third inning and junior Delanie Gourley (18-3) recorded a career-high 16 strikeouts and earned her 18th win in the circle.
Following the pregame Senior Day ceremonies, Gourley recorded eight strikeouts in her first three innings of work before the Gators exploded for four tallies in the bottom of the third.
Senior Kelsey Stewart and freshman Amanda Lorenz got things going with a pair of one-out singles. Sophomore Kayli Kvistad followed with a two-run single up the middle and senior Kirsti Merritt capped things off with her
second home run in as many days, as she blasted a two-run bomb to left-center field.
Arkansas had its best chance to score in the top of the fifth inning when Loren Krzysko recorded a one-out double.
Unfazed, Gourley worked out of the jam with a popup and a groundout.
No other Razorback was able to get into scoring position.
UF scored the final run of the game in the bottom of the sixth when junior Justine McLean drove in sophomore Nicole DeWitt with a single up the middle.
Gourley, who recorded her fifth-double-digit strikeout game of the season, registered perhaps her best start of the season on Saturday. Florida's junior left-hander tossed a complete-game shutout while allowing just two hits and no walks in addition to her career-high 16 strikeouts.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2016 20:05:58 GMT -5
5.8.2016
The Gators not surprisingly swept Arkansas with an 8-0 run rule win on Sunday afternoon. Kelly Barnhill pitched a no hitter. UF begins SEC tourney play on Thursday afternoon as the #1 seed playing the Wednesday winner of the Georgia vs. Ole Miss game:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 1-ranked University of Florida softball team (52-4/20-4 SEC) swept its series against Arkansas (17-39/1-23 SEC) with a five-inning, 8-0, victory on Sunday afternoon at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The Gators exploded for four runs in the top of the first inning and freshman Kelly Barnhill (15-0) recorded Florida's fourth no hitter of the season and the first of her career on Sunday as she struck out 10 batters and walked just one Razorback.
The Marietta, Ga. native walked the first hitter of the game before she retired the next 15 Razorback hitters to record
Florida's fourth this season and the first of her career.
Four no hitter's is the most UF has thrown in a single season in program history. In addition, Barnhill joins Lindsay Littlejohn (Feb. 19, 2006, Longwood) and Delanie Gourley (May 16, 2014, Florida A&M) as the only freshmen in program history to throw a no hitter.
UF's rookie right-hander and Gator Great Stacey Nelson are the only two Gators to throw no hitters against the Razorbacks. Nelson no hit UA on April 26, 2009.
UF scored its four runs in the first on two hits and one Arkansas error.
Senior Kelsey Stewart and rookie Amanda Lorenz ignited the Florida offense during the stanza with a leadoff walk and single. After Stewart came around to score on an Arkansas miscue, Kirsti Merritt recorded an RBI single up the middle to score Lorenz.
The Gators tallied their other two runs on a wild pitch and a Taylore Fuller sacrifice fly.
After Florida extended its lead to 5-0 on an RBI single in the second, the Gators completed their run-rule victory with three tallies in the bottom of the fifth inning.
During the fifth frame, Lorenz notched a two-run single before sophomore Aleshia Ocasio hit a walk-off RBI single up the middle.
With the Gators three-game sweep of Arkansas this weekend, Florida extended its win streak over Arkansas to 23 games. In addition, UF shutout UA in all three games running its total to 27 shutouts this season. In addition, Sunday's win marked the seventh time Florida has recorded 20 wins in SEC play. Meanwhile, UF's four losses in league play is tied with the Gators 2010 squad for the third fewest losses in conference play in school history.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2016 14:19:13 GMT -5
5.9.2016
2016 SEC Softball Tournament - On Thursday at 4PM CDT, UF will play the winner from the Wednesday game between Georgia and Ole Miss:
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2016 9:35:38 GMT -5
5.11.2016
Tim Walton should have been the SEC COY - back to back SEC & NCAA championships, won the SEC by 3 games while having every SEC team gunning for them, 52-4 while earning the #1 RPI while having every non-conference team on UF's schedule gunning for them, swept ACC champion FSU 2-0, and 21-4 against top 25 teams with an 8-0 win over second ranked Michigan on a neutral field. I just don't see why the SEC coaches didn't recognize the best coach in the SEC with a deserving award:
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After Florida won its sixth Southeastern Conference Championship this past weekend, SEC Freshman of the Year Amanda Lorenz headlines a group of seven Gator Softball players to receive All-SEC accolades. The awards were voted on by the conference's 13 head coaches and announced Tuesday by the league office.
UF opens play at the 2016 SEC Tournament on Thursday afternoon as the No. 1 seed against the winner of Wednesday's contest between No. 8 seed Georgia (40-16) and No. 9 seed Ole Miss (38-19).
Lorenz becomes the second Gator to be named SEC Freshman of the Year, and the first since Mandy Schuerman in 2002. In addition, the Moorpark, Calif. native is the first rookie in school history to be voted as a First Team All-SEC performer.
Junior Delanie Gourley (LHP) and sophomores Aleshia Ocasio (RHP) and Kayli Kvistad (DP/U) join Lorenz as First Team All-SEC selections, while outfielder Kirsti Merritt and catcher Aubree Munro earned spots on the Second Team All-SEC. In addition, rookie right-hander Kelly Barnhill was named to the All-Freshman team.
Although Florida has the top fielding percentage in the SEC and the second-best mark in the country, Munro was UF's lone student-athlete named to the SEC All-Defensive team.
Merritt (2015 First Team All-SEC; 2013 All-Freshman) and Ocasio (2015 All-Freshman) are the only two Gators who have previously garnered SEC accolades in their careers.
UF's four student-athletes named First Team All-SEC was the top mark in the conference, and Florida has seven All-SEC recipients for the first time since 2012.
Overall, Florida has now accumulated 47 All-SEC selections by 24 players in Walton's tenure and 71 all-conference honors in program history. The Gators have received 19 SEC All-Defensive accolades by 12 players since the league introduced the award in 2008. The Orange and Blue have had 29 Freshman All-SEC selections in the Walton era and 32 dating back to the accolade's inception in 2004.
Below is a look at the accomplishments of each of Florida's All-SEC performers:
Amanda Lorenz
SEC Freshman of the Year
First Team All-SEC
SEC All-Freshman •Ranks among league leaders in hitting (ninth, .401), hits (seventh, 65), runs scored (T-10th, 53), doubles (T-9th, 13), walks (fifth, 43) and on-base percentage (sixth, .526)
•Tied for the second-most hits (29) in SEC play and is tied for 10th in batting with a .377 mark
•Has started and hit second, third, fourth or fifth in every game this season for the Gators
•Hasn't committed an error in 43 chances in leftfield this season
•Named NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 25 Finalist
•Named SEC Freshman of the Week once (3/28)
Delanie Gourley
First Team All-SEC •Holds an 18-3 record with a team-high 202 strikeouts in 138.2 innings pitched
•Ranks among the conference's best in ERA (third, 0.76), victories (T-9th, 18), strikeouts (second, 202), saves (T-4th, 5) and opposing batting average (second, .142)
•Recorded her second no hitter of the season and third of her career against Mississippi State in late April
•Named SEC Pitcher of the Week once (4/25)
•Named USA Softball National Player of the Week once (4/19)
•Named USA Softball Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist
Aleshia Ocasio
First Team All-SEC •Holds a 19-1 record with a team-best 0.71 ERA in 128.0 innings pitched
•Ranks among the conference's best in ERA (second, 0.71), victories (seventh, 19), strikeouts (10th, 127), saves (T-1st, 6) and opposing batting average (sixth, .189)
•Earned two wins and one save in 10 shutout innings at LSU and recorded a pair of wins in Florida's SEC opening series at Auburn
•Named SEC Pitcher of the Week once (3/28)
•Named USA Softball Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist
Kayli Kvistad
First Team All-SEC •Ranks among league leaders in hitting (seventh, .408), slugging percentage (seventh, .708), home runs (T-15th, 11), RBI (fifth, 60) and on-base percentage (eighth, .524)
•One of eight hitters with an on base percentage above .500 in conference play and ranks third with 27 RBI during league games
•Has yet to play a defensive inning this season, as she has been Florida's DP throughout the entire season
•Recorded a five RBI performance in UF's series opener against Mississippi State
•During that contest, she recorded her third-career and second multi-home run game of the season
•With two outs in the 7th inning and the score tied in UF' series opener at No. 3 Auburn, she hit a go-ahead three-run home run to propel the Gators to victory
Kirsti Merritt
Second Team All-SEC •Tied for fifth in RBI (24), tied for eighth in home runs (six) and 15th in slugging percentage (.597) in conference games among all SEC players
•Holds the SEC Record for hit by pitches with 70... She passed Auburn's Myesha Finney who had 67 in her career
•Was Florida's top run-producer in UF's SEC opening series at Auburn, as she went three for nine with one double, two home runs, six RBI and four runs scored
•Has not committed an error in 44 chances this season in centerfield ◦Recorded seven outfield assists in 2016
Aubree Munro
Second Team All-SEC
All-Defensive (C) •Totaled the most defensive chances in the SEC this season (446) and has the most putouts as well (413) ◦Recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in SEC play
•Ranks second in the conference with two runners picked off
•Caught five runners stealing this season but only seven opposing baserunners have attempted a stolen base against the Brea, Calif. native
•Having her best offensive season as a collegian, as she's hitting .289 (39-for-135) with three home runs, six doubles, one triple, 28 RBI and 20 runs scored ◦In Florida's series-clinching win against Mississippi State, she hit her first-career grand slam to power UF past MSU, 6-3
Kelly Barnhill
All-Freshman •Holds a 15-0 record with a team-best .133 batting average against in 101.0 innings pitched
•Ranks among the conference's best in ERA (fifth, 1.32), victories (13th, 15), strikeouts (seventh, 157) and opposing batting average (first, .133)
•She recorded Florida's fourth no hitter of the season the first of her career last Sunday against Arkansas. ◦She joined Lindsay Littlejohn (Feb. 19, 2006, Longwood) and Delanie Gourley (May 16, 2014, Florida A&M) as the only freshmen in program history to throw a no hitter.
◦UF's rookie right-hander and Gator Great Stacey Nelson are the only two Gators to throw no hitters against the Razorbacks. Nelson no hit UA on April 26, 2009.
•Named SEC Freshman of the Week twice (3/21, 5/9)
•Named NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 25 Finalist
First Team All-SEC
P – Delanie Gourley, Florida
P – Aleshia Ocasio, Florida
P – Kelsey Nunley, Kentucky
IF – Kasey Cooper, Auburn
IF – Alyssa DiCarlo, Georgia
IF – Bianka Bell, LSU
IF – Meghan Gregg, Tennessee
IF – Tori Vidales, Texas A&M
OF – Haylie McCleney, Alabama
OF – Amanda Lorenz, Florida
OF – Sydni Emanuel, Georgia
OF – Emily Crane, Missouri
C – Ashley Walters, Texas A&M
DP/U – Kayli Kvistad, Florida
Second Team All-SEC
P – Sydney Littlejohn, Alabama
P – Chelsea Wilkinson, Georgia
P – Carley Hoover, LSU
IF – Leona Lafaele, Alabama
IF – Jade Rhodes, Auburn
IF – Alex Hugo, Georgia
IF – Tina Iosefa, Georgia
IF – Sami Fagan, Missouri
OF – Kirsti Merritt, Florida
OF – Cortni Emanuel, Georgia
OF – Taylor Gadbois, Missouri
OF – Keeli Milligan, Texas A&M
C – Aubree Munro, Florida
DP/U – Rainey Gaffin, Tennessee
Freshman All-SEC
P – Kelly Barnhill, Florida
P – Matty Moss, Tennessee
P – Samantha Show, Texas A&M
IF – Alyssa DiCarlo, Georgia
IF – Lacey Sumerlin, Georgia
IF – Hailey Lunderman, Ole Miss
IF – Aubrey Leach, Tennessee
IF – Kaitlyn Alderink, Texas A&M
OF – Amanda Lorenz, Florida
OF – Regan Nash, Missouri
OF – Brooke Vines, Tennessee
OF – Keeli Milligan, Texas A&M
C – Reagan Dykes, Alabama
DP/U – Abbey Cheek, Kentucky
SEC All-Defensive
P – Rainey Gaffin, Tennessee
C – Aubree Munro, Florida
1B – Leona Lafaele, Alabama
1B – Jade Rhodes, Auburn]
1B – Maisie Steed, Kentucky
1B – Tori Vidales, Texas A&M
2B – Emily Carosone, Auburn
SS – Christian Stokes, Kentucky
3B – Kasey Cooper, Auburn
LF – Kallie Case, Alabama
CF – Haylie McCleney, Alabama
RF – Emily Crane, Missouri
Player of the Year: Kasey Cooper, Auburn
Pitcher of the Year: Kelsey Nunley, Kentucky
Freshman of the Year: Amanda Lorenz, Florida
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Kasey Cooper, Auburn
Coach of the Year: Rachel Lawson, Kentucky Team All-SEC
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 8:13:48 GMT -5
5.12.2016
UF beat Ole Miss 1-0 in a snoozefest that had a 3+ hour rain delay. The Gators will play the winner of Alabama vs. Auburn at 5:30 EDT. All games in the SEC tournament are being televised by the SEC Network:
STARKVILLE, Miss. – The No. 1-ranked University of Florida (53-4) softball team shutout Ole Miss (39-20), 1-0, on Thursday evening at Nusz Park in a quarterfinal matchup at the SEC Tournament. The Gators scored the Thursday's only run on a passed ball in the fifth inning. In the circle, freshman Kelly Barnhill combined with sophomore Aleshia Ocasio (20-1) to throw seven shutout innings with nine strikeouts.
Following Thursday's shutout victory over the Rebels, Florida has not allowed a run in 24-straight innings and is just six frame's shy of its season-long mark of 30-consecutive scoreless innings. In addition, the Gators are now error-free in 26-straight innings following Thursday's contest.
After a pair of scoreless frames, Thursday's SEC Tournament Quarterfinal matchup entered a three hour and 15 minute weather delay in the top of the third inning.
After play resumed, the game remained a scoreless affair until the fifth inning.
In the top of that stanza, Ole Miss threatened to score after Kylan Becker led off the inning with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt.
With Becker on second base, UF Head Coach Tim Walton changed pitchers and brought Ocasio into the circle. After a walk and a wild pitch placed runners on first and third, Ocasio induced a 6-3 double play to get out of the inning without any damage.
Florida used that momentum in the bottom of the fifth as senior Kelsey Stewart ignited Florida's offense to grab its 1-0 lead.
After the Wichita, Kan. native recorded a leadoff double and advanced to third on an Ole Miss miscue, the senior speedster scored on a passed ball with one out in the inning. That would be the only insurance Ocasio would need, as she retired the Rebels final six hitters to secure the victory.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 21:57:40 GMT -5
Another snoozefest as UF lost 2-1 to Auburn. I don't know why UF bothered to go to the SEC tourney:
STARKVILLE, Miss. – The University of Florida softball team fell to Auburn, 2-1, on Friday in the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals at Nusz Park. Both teams began the day averaging more than six runs per game for the season, but the contest turned into a pitchers' duel as the Gators and Tigers combined for three runs and 11 hits.
UF (53-5) surrendered a pair of runs to Auburn (48-9) in the top of the first inning when AU's Carlee Wallace recorded two-out, two-run home run.
Rookie Kelly Barnhill (15-1) started and threw just two innings and allowed just those two runs on five hits, while recording one strikeout. Junior Delanie Gourley relieved Barnhill in the third and allowed just one hit in five shutout innings.
Florida missed an opportunity to score in the sixth when the Kelsey Stewart recorded an infield single and freshman Amanda Lorenz followed with a double into center to give Florida runners on second and third with no one out.
After Kayli Kvistad grounded out to first, Kirsti Merritt hit into an inning ending double play.
The Gators scored their lone run of the contest in the bottom of the seventh inning when Nicole DeWitt scored from second base on an Aleshia Ocasio single and an Auburn miscue.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2016 23:20:30 GMT -5
5.15.2016
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the 14th consecutive season, the University of Florida softball team will host an NCAA Regional at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The Southeastern Conference champion Gators earned the No. 1 national seed in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, marking the fourth time in the program history that UF has been seeded first (also: 2008, 2009, 2015). The Orange and Blue (53-5) will host squads from Alabama State (28-25), Florida Atlantic (50-7) and UCF (36-20).
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