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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2017 14:06:15 GMT -5
UF 5 inning run ruled Texas A&M in the CWS opening game:
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FLORIDA 8, TEXAS A&M 0
WHAT HAPPENED: The top-seeded Gators brought their offensive "A" game to the opening day of the Women's College World Series and easily rolled to victory over their fellow Southeastern Conference sisters at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. Janell Wheaton knocked in two runs with a base-loaded single in the first, Nicole DeWitt did the same in the second and Aleshia Ocasio smashed a three-run homer in the fourth to provide more than enough offense. Meanwhile, sophomore Kelly Barnhill hurled four shutout innings, then gave way to senior Delanie Gourley -- presumably to save Barnhill for some second-round work Friday -- for the final three outs to dispatch the No. 9-seed Aggies in the first meeting between the two league rivals this season. The game was stopped after five innings due to the eight-run "mercy" rule.
PLAY OF THE GAME: Given that Barnhill's ERA coming in was a NCAA-best 0.36, the 2-0 lead the Gators gave her in the first inning was a pretty good start. But when DeWitt rapped a two-out, bases loaded single in the second, UF's advantage swelled to 4-0. Only once this season had Barnhill given up more than one earned run (that was in a 3-1, 11-inning loss at Florida State). DeWitt came into the game having gone just three of her previous 25, though one of those hits was a huge two-run homer in UF's 2-0 regional clincher vs. Oklahoma State.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: The Florida bats were the stars of this show. Read on.
STAGGERING STATISTIC: With eight runs on eight hits, UF's offensive output marked just the second time the Gators had scored at least four runs in the previous 10 games against a high-major opponent, a run that began with a 5-1 loss in the final regular-season series at Tennessee on April 30. It was Florida's first run-rule outcome at Oklahoma City since Hannah Rogers and the Gators crushed Baylor 11-0 in Game 1 of the 2014 series on the way to their first national title.
UP NEXT: The Gators (56-8) advanced into the winner's bracket where they'll face the winner of Thursday's other early session game, either No. 5-seed UCLA (47-13) or No. 13 seed LSU (47-20), with the survivor of that one avoiding Saturday's brutal elimination day. That next game for UF will be Friday at 7 p.m. ET.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2017 6:46:07 GMT -5
UF is 3 consecutive wins away from winning its 3rd national championship in 4 years after advancing to the semifinal with a 7-0 win over LSU. The Gators are 1 win away from a national championship showdown with the Oklahoma Sooners who won the 16 national championship after Florida failed to advance to the WCWS:
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FLORIDA 7, LSU 0
WHAT HAPPENED: Sophomore Kelly Barnhill threw a complete-game shutout, but once again it was (the formerly maligned) Gators offense that rocked ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in leading top-seeded UF to a second shutout victory of a Southeastern Conference foe in as many days. Senior Chelsea Herndon smacked two-run double, junior Janell Wheaton had three RBI, including a solo home run, and junior Kayli Kvistad skied a two-run, put-away shot int the sixth to advance the Gators into the WCWS semifinals. A day after collecting eight hits, the Gators struck for nine against a trio of LSU pitchers. Meanwhile, Barnhill ran her record to 26-3 by limiting LSU to just two hits, fanning eight and lowering her nation-leading ERA to 0.34. For Florida, it was the 12th win in the last 13 games at the WCWS, dating to those 2014 and '15 NCAA championships, with six coming by shutout.
PLAY OF THE GAME: Herndon's double was incredibly clutch -- and incredibly due. Herndon, the senior who hit a grand slam here as a freshman in 2014, was a combined 0-for-12 with four strikeouts in NCAA play when she stepped into the batter's box after Aleshia Ocasio drew a leadoff walk and Jordan Roberts, with one out, was hit in the hand by LSU pitcher Carley Hoover. Herndon roped her double down the right field line, with Ocasio scoring easily and pinch-runner Alex Voss sliding safely home for the 2-0 lead. The Gators were off.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: The day before, Ocasio smashed a three-run homer to finish off Texas A&M courtesy of the eight-run mercy rule. In this one, she provided the Gators their first run of the game, thanks to her leadoff walk, but was absolutely stellar in the field. The UF third baseman made a diving, over-the-fence catch in foul territory in the second inning that helped hold an LSU runner at third with one out. In the sixth, when the Tigers got the lead runner on base, the next two batters hit hard grounders her way. Both times, Ocasio gloved them clean and fired to second base to nail the lead runner. Reminder: Last season, Ocasio finished No. 2 in the nation in ERA at 0.77.
STAGGERING STATISTIC: UF leadoff batter Amanda Lorenz went 3-for-4 with an RBI against the Tigers to run her NCAA Tournament numbers to 14-for-24 -- that's a .588 average -- and 22 total bases in 25 at-bats. Ridiculous.
UP NEXT: With a second victory in the winner's bracket, the Gators are in the WCWS semifinals. That means they'll have Saturday off while the loser's bracket cannibalizes itself and be back on the field Sunday at 1 p.m. to face an opponent to be determined during the elimination round. UF will use the day off to practice, but also be turned loose for a fun, to-be-determined team activity.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2017 15:40:34 GMT -5
2013 National Champion - Oklahoma
2014 National Champion - Florida
2015 National Champion - Florida
2016 National Champion - Oklahoma
2017 National Champion - Winner of Florida vs. Oklahoma/Oregon
Delanie Gourley had one bad pitch in the whole game coming after Kayli Kvistad made an error on what should have been the final out of the game. It's a shame Gourley didn't get the shutout she deserved even though the runs were unearned.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The University of Florida softball team secured a spot in the finals of the Women's College World Series with a 5-2 victory over Washington on Sunday at USA Hall of Fame Stadium. The Gators had seven hits on the day, while left-hander Delanie Gourley limited the Huskies to just two.
Overall, Florida is now 13-1 at the WCWS since 2014, which is the most wins in the country during that span.
Sophomore Kayli Kvistad wasted no time giving Florida the lead on Sunday as she mashed a one-out solo home run in the top of the first inning. The long ball was Kvistad's second in as many at-bats, as she hit one in the seventh inning against LSU on Friday.
Florida pushed its lead to four runs in the second, when the Gators scored three times on four hits.
Seniors Chelsea Herndon and Justine McLean got things going with a walk and an infield single, respectively. Sophomore Amanda Lorenz continued her impressive NCAA Tournament run with an RBI single up the middle.
After a UW miscue moved Lorenz and McLean to second and third, Kvistad drove both of them in with a single to right-center field.
UF added its fifth and final tally of the game in the fifth inning when Janell Wheaton recorded her fifth RBI of the College World Series. Nicole DeWitt scored on the play as she reached base on a bunt single and moved into scoring positon via a sacrifice bunt.
That cushion was more than enough for Gourley, as she allowed just two hits and one walk while she struck out 10 Huskies.
Washington's two runs, both unearned, came with two out in the bottom of the seventh after a Florida error that would have ended the game. UW's next batter, Julia DuPonte, followed with a two-run homer.
Sunday marked Gourley's first career start and fifth appearance in the WCWS. Overall, the Lakeside, Calif. native is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA and one save in Oklahoma City, as she has allowed just four hits in 11 innings pitched. In addition to today's win, her other victory came in the Gators national championship-clinching win in 2014 against Alabama and her save came in Game 1 of the 2015 Championship Series against Michigan.
Florida will make its fifth championship series appearance since 2009, which is the most in the country during that span.
NOTABLES
During Tim Walton's tenure as head coach, UF is 75-25 in NCAA play and 25-12 at the WCWS.
Amanda Lorenz is now 14-for-28 in NCAA Tournament (.500) with seven RBI
In addition, she's 5-for-10 at the College World Series
Kayli Kvistad is now 10-for 26 in the NCAA Tournament (.385) and has two home runs and five RBI in Oklahoma City.
Delanie Gourley has not allowed an earned run since April 15 at Kentucky.
Florida has scored more runs (20) in three WCWS games than it did in five of seven three-game SEC series this season.
UP NEXT
Florida will face Oklahoma or Oregon tomorrow night at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN for Game 1 of the NCAA WCWS Championship Series. Check FloridaGators.com for broadcast information and more details.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2017 18:12:21 GMT -5
It's Florida vs. Oklahoma in the championship series for the 2017 national championship starting Monday night at 7 PM ET on ESPN. Each team has played in 3 of the last 6 national championship series going 2-1. Florida also lost to Washington in the 09 national championship series. ESPN is trying to say the winner has the best dynasty, but I think the future is so bright for each program that saying one is better than the other doesn't have any value beyond ginning up the talking points.
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Post by oldgraylady on Jun 4, 2017 18:28:33 GMT -5
Kelly Barnhill named USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year: OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Sophomore pitcher Kelly Barnhill became only the second Florida softball player and second sophomore ever to earn the title of USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. The Amateur Softball Association of American (ASA) presented the award, which is considered the most prestigious honor in Division I women's softball, during the team celebration held at the OKC Farmer's Market. Barnhill and former Gator standout Lauren Haeger are now the only two Florida players to have earned the title of USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. Also, she is the fourth Gator to win a player of the year award this season, as she joins Alex McMurty (gymnastics), Caeleb Dressel (men's swimming) and KeAndre Bates (men's track & field). The Marietta, Ga. native has had a stellar sophomore campaign for the Gators. She currently leads the nation in ERA (0.36), hits allowed per seven innings (2.74) and strikeouts per seven innings (13.4) while also ranking third in shutouts (12) and sixth overall in total strikeouts (333). The 333 strikeouts are the third most in a single season by a Gators pitcher – only trails Stacey Nelson's (357 - 2009 & 363 - 2008). With the success in the circle this season, the awards have followed along the way with more potentially still to come. Season Awards USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-American SEC Pitcher of the Year All-SEC First Team NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team SEC Pitcher of the Week – 5x (2/20, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2) USA Softball Co-Player of the Week – (4/18) Louisville Slugger/NFCA Pitcher of the Week – (4/18) ESPNW Player of the Week – (4/18) Barnhill 2017 Top Performances & Highlights Pitched her second career no-hitter against Kentucky (4/16/17) Has 14 wins and nine shutouts over Top 25 opponents this season. Entered in the sixth inning of a scoreless game against then No. 1-ranked Florida State (4/12) and struck out three to shut the door on a 1-0 victory. Pitched a program single game record 10.1 innings and 21 strikeouts (10 looking) against Florida State (5/3/2017) Produced 18 games with 10 or more strikeouts and handed opponent season-highs to notable programs such as: Auburn (16), Georgia (14), Kentucky 2x (15), Ole Miss (16), Tennessee (12) and Florida State (21) First pitcher in Florida history to have earned five SEC Pitcher of the Week awards in the same season Struck out the side 48 times over 22 games this season Has thrown four one-hitters this season. USF (2/12), Northwestern State (2/18), Long Beach State (3/2) and Oklahoma State (5/20). Has only allowed opponents to reach third base in 17 innings out of the 173.2 innings pitched this season. Barnhill and the Gators will gear up to face SEC foe Texas A&M in the opening game of the 2017 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City at noon ET on ESPN Thursday, June 1. Well, Let's see  |
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Kelly Barnhill named USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year: OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Sophomore pitcher Kelly Barnhill became only the second Florida softball player and second sophomore ever to earn the title of USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. The Amateur Softball Association of American (ASA) presented the award, which is considered the most prestigious honor in Division I women's softball, during the team celebration held at the OKC Farmer's Market. Barnhill and former Gator standout Lauren Haeger are now the only two Florida players to have earned the title of USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. Also, she is the fourth Gator to win a player of the year award this season, as she joins Alex McMurty (gymnastics), Caeleb Dressel (men's swimming) and KeAndre Bates (men's track & field). The Marietta, Ga. native has had a stellar sophomore campaign for the Gators. She currently leads the nation in ERA (0.36), hits allowed per seven innings (2.74) and strikeouts per seven innings (13.4) while also ranking third in shutouts (12) and sixth overall in total strikeouts (333). The 333 strikeouts are the third most in a single season by a Gators pitcher – only trails Stacey Nelson's (357 - 2009 & 363 - 2008). With the success in the circle this season, the awards have followed along the way with more potentially still to come. Season Awards USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-American SEC Pitcher of the Year All-SEC First Team NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team SEC Pitcher of the Week – 5x (2/20, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2) USA Softball Co-Player of the Week – (4/18) Louisville Slugger/NFCA Pitcher of the Week – (4/18) ESPNW Player of the Week – (4/18) Barnhill 2017 Top Performances & Highlights Pitched her second career no-hitter against Kentucky (4/16/17) Has 14 wins and nine shutouts over Top 25 opponents this season. Entered in the sixth inning of a scoreless game against then No. 1-ranked Florida State (4/12) and struck out three to shut the door on a 1-0 victory. Pitched a program single game record 10.1 innings and 21 strikeouts (10 looking) against Florida State (5/3/2017) Produced 18 games with 10 or more strikeouts and handed opponent season-highs to notable programs such as: Auburn (16), Georgia (14), Kentucky 2x (15), Ole Miss (16), Tennessee (12) and Florida State (21) First pitcher in Florida history to have earned five SEC Pitcher of the Week awards in the same season Struck out the side 48 times over 22 games this season Has thrown four one-hitters this season. USF (2/12), Northwestern State (2/18), Long Beach State (3/2) and Oklahoma State (5/20). Has only allowed opponents to reach third base in 17 innings out of the 173.2 innings pitched this season. Barnhill and the Gators will gear up to face SEC foe Texas A&M in the opening game of the 2017 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City at noon ET on ESPN Thursday, June 1. Well, Let's see We'll see tomorrow night. I'm expecting Kelly Barnhill on Monday, Delanie Gourley on Tuesday, and Kelly Barnhill on Wednesday if needed. I think the winner Monday night is going to be the team that is the most disciplined at the plate. Florida batters will force Paige Parker to bring her rise ball closer to the strike zone or Parker is going to walk more than she is accustomed to walking. The Gators have hit their WCWS homers off rise balls in the strike zone about letters high. I doubt there will be much chasing above that level. The Gators have been good about staying down in the strike zone against rise ball pitchers like Parker all season long. Kelly Barnhill? She is just as effective staying down in the strike zone or using her spinning rise ball. I haven't seen that out of Paige Parker. It looks like she depends on over powering hitters getting them to chase her rise ball. Like you said, well, let's see. |
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Post by oujour76 on Jun 5, 2017 18:54:44 GMT -5
It's Florida vs. Oklahoma in the championship series for the 2017 national championship starting Monday night at 7 PM ET on ESPN. Each team has played in 3 of the last 6 national championship series going 2-1. Florida also lost to Washington in the 09 national championship series. ESPN is trying to say the winner has the best dynasty, but I think the future is so bright for each program that saying one is better than the other doesn't have any value beyond ginning up the talking points.
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Post by trnyerheadncough on Jun 6, 2017 7:43:41 GMT -5
Wow...helluva game last night. Both teams are probably exhausted.
I turned it off when Oklahoma hit that home run in the 11th or 12th to make it 4-2 thinking it was over. I come back an hour later, and it is 4-4 in the 16th.
Tough loss for the Gators. I'm not pulling for them, but I felt for them last night. Hope they can bounce back and deliver a good game tonight.
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Post by oldgraylady on Jun 6, 2017 7:53:03 GMT -5
Thrilling game that went on and on and on......
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 10:12:09 GMT -5
Round 1 to Oklahoma. OU coach Patty Gasso nailed it. It was like watching the ebb and flow of a heavy weight championship fight. Round 2? Something has to break. There is no way both teams can keep this up at such a high level of performance. If I'm Tim Walton, I'd put Alesia Ocasio in the circle as she has fuel in her tank after the marathon last night. Whatever Ocasio gives will help immensely. After last night, it's all pitchers on deck for another tough game. Fortunately, UF has a third championship level pitcher. Kelly Barnhill says she is ready to go, but Delanie Gourley was worn out after the 16th inning. I wouldn't have brought her out for the 17th. When Barnhill came back, I was telling Tim Walton to use Ocasio, but he didn't listen to me.  OGL, I almost told you on Sunday night that I thought Paige Lowery would be more effective against UF than Paige Parker. Last nights numbers confirmed what I was thinking. I saw Lowery at Mizzou when she got a win over UF. She's a heckuva pitcher to be considered to be the bullpen for Parker. Lowery and Parker are different, but both are power pitchers so them throwing close to 130 pitches last night will have to have taken a toll on their stamina for tonight. It looks like another tag team effort will be needed in game 2. Does OU have a third pitcher? OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma coach called it an "epic battle," then went on step further. "This was one of the greatest games in [Women's] College World Series history," Sooners coach Patty Gasso said. "Two heavyweight fighters throwing punch after punch." She was right. Some numbers: 17 innings 122 at-bats 496 pitches 19 runners left on base 5 hours, 28 minutes Of course, the only digits that mattered were the ones on the scoreboard after the final out, with the ninth-seeded Sooners outlasting the top-seeded Florida Gators 7-5, thanks to a monstrous two-out, two-strike, three-run homer in the top of the 17th by OU first baseman Shay Knighten off UF ace Kelly Barnhill. After playing the equivalent of two and a half games, both teams — players and coaches — trekked into the post-game interview room bearing looks of exhaustion that were worn in different ways. For Oklahoma, the defending national champion, it was exhaustion combined with relief. For Florida, it was exhaustion with maybe a hint of what might have been, were it for an extra hit here or better pitch there. But when a question about her thoughts over the course of such a lengthy game was lobbed at UF's Amanda Lorenz, the sophomore left fielder shot back an answer with the kind of enthusiasm that suggested she would have been good for five or six more innings. "It's all a blur, right now," Lorenz said. "All I know is we lost and that I'm really excited for [Tuesday]. I'm proud of our fight and excited to go to sleep and wake up for another day. We're still in the national championship. We have two more games left and I can't wait to see what we have [Tuesday] because we showed the softball world what kind of team we have." She left this for emphasis. "And we're not done yet." |
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Post by drjensen on Jun 6, 2017 10:48:14 GMT -5
Hell of a game, definitely the best two teams are in it. Gotta give the edge to Oklahoma after last nights battle. Those girls have to be mentally exhausted.
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Post by oldgraylady on Jun 6, 2017 14:35:47 GMT -5
ET,
Aside from Parker and Lowray, the only other pitchers are freshmen Mariah Lopez, Nicole Mendes, and Melanie Olmos.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 21:36:42 GMT -5
Congratulations Oklahoma. OU 5 UF 4, it was a great series.
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Post by oujour76 on Jun 6, 2017 21:42:10 GMT -5
Congratulations Oklahoma. OU 5 UF 4, it was a great series. |
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GAME 2: OKLAHOMA 5, FLORIDA 4
WHAT HAPPENED: OU's Shay Knighten ripped a two-out, bases-loaded double in the second inning off UF reliever Delanie Gourley, a blow that proved the crushing one in a 5-4 win in Game 2 of the WCWS title series and delivered the Sooners a second straight national championship Tuesday night at the expense of the top-seeded Gators. After Knighten, who hit a stunning three-run homer in the 17th inning of the marathon Game 1, Oklahoma got nothing else off Gourley, who relieved Aleshia Ocasio in the second after hurling 10 relief innings the night before. But Florida, in turn, struggled to solve the Sooners' four-headed pitching monster, including Paige Lowary, the winner of Game 1 and Game 2 closer with two innings of hitless ball, as the sold-out and pro-OU crowd went wild at USA Hall of Fame Stadium. The two teams scored all their runs through the first three innings, with the Gators erasing a 1-0 deficit with three runs in the second, then the Sooners returning the favor with four runs a half-inning later to go up 5-3. The score was 5-4 with two outs in the bottom of the sixth and the tying run, pinch-runner Alex Voss at second, when Lowary struck out Amanda Lorenz. Lowary then fanned the side in the bottom of the seventh to commence the OU dogpile.
PLAY OF THE GAME: In the bottom of the second, with one down, Ocasio, making her first start in more than a month, walked the No. 8 hitter Lea Wodach, who was hitting .162 on the season. Next, the Sooners' No. 9 hitter, Kelsey Arnold, reached first base on a 4-foot swinging bunt. Enter Gourley with the bases loaded. After striking out dangerous leadoff hitter Nicole Mendes, Gourley walked Caleigh Clifton to push home a run to make the score UF 3-2 with the bases still juiced. The next hitter was Knighten, who gapped her double to right center, emptied the bases and gave OU and that versatile, talented and ultra-deep pitching staff a 5-3 advantage. Game over.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Knighten and Lowery. First Knight, the OU first baseman, after winning the game with her dramatic homer Monday night, did the same Tuesday with her three-run double. She had six RBI over three at-bats spanning the two games, with the game-winning RBI in both. Lowary, meanwhile, threw 12 1/3 innings over the two games, surrendering just two hits, two earned runs and striking out 10.
STAGGERING STATISTIC: The UF pitching staff had a collective earned run average of 0.00 through the first three games, holding Texas A&M, LSU and Washington to just two runs, neither earned, through 20 innings. That ERA ballooned to 3.65 in 24 innings against the Sooners and their mighty bats. OU clubbed a combined four homers and eight extra-base hits in the two championship-series games.
UP NEXT: The Gators (58-10) will return to Gainesville Wednesday and have a few days to process a disappointing WCWS outcome, but eventually come to terms with yet another phenomenal season for the program. Like Coach Tim Walton says, every season that ends in Oklahoma City is a success. And though UF fell short of its ultimate goal, it's a double-success when a season ends in the WCWS championship series. OU (61-9), meanwhile, will roll 30 minutes south to Norman and have a heckuva a celebration -- for the second straight year.
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