The season didn’t end the way Mike Zunino wanted it to, but the Florida catcher added to his list of additional honors this week. Zunino was named the College Player of the Year by Baseball America, becoming the first Florida player to receive the honor, after Florida was eliminated from the College World Series. Zunino [...]
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Category: Gators News | 0 Comments »Shortstop Nolana Fontana became the fourth Gators baseball player to sign a pro contract this week when he inked a deal with the Houston Astros. LHP/DH Brian Johnson (Boston), OF Daniel Pigott (Cincinnati) and RHP Greg Larson (Boston) all signed this week. Fontana, a Winter Garden native, was selected with the first pick in the [...]
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Category: Gators News | 0 Comments »Florida swept through the Regional and Super Regional rounds of the NCAA Tournament, but can it get through its bracket to advance to the College World Series Championship Series? (Photo by Rob Foldy, US Presswire) Florida’s baseball team arrived in Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series on Wednesday and I am en route as [...]
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Category: Gators News | 0 Comments »With a loss to Auburn on Sunday, Florida missed a chance to split the SEC regular season title. LSU topped South Carolina on Sunday, giving the Tigers at least a share of the title, but the Gators couldn’t complete the sweep. The loss gave Florida a No. 3 seed in the SEC Tournament, which begins [...]
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Category: Gators News | 0 Comments »Florida dropped its first weekend series in three weeks on Sunday, falling to Arkansas after losing 3-1 in 10 innings in the deciding game. The series loss to the Razorbacks – which came after UF won the first game, 3-2, and lost the second one, 5-1 – dropped Florida two spots to No. 7 in [...]
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Category: Gators News | 0 Comments »RHP Hudson Randall was the Gators' Friday starter in 2011 and returns with the rest of the weekend rotation this season. (Photo by Bruce Thorson, US Presswire) For the second year in a row – and second time in school history – Florida enters the season at No. 1 in Baseball America’s rankings. The Gators [...]
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Category: Gators News | 0 Comments »For the first time ever, attendance at SEC baseball stadiums topped 2 million this year, and Florida was a part of some of the biggest games. The conference’s three NCAA Regionals this weekend – at Florida, South Carolina and Vanderbilt – helped it reach the milestone. Those three schools will all host Super Regionals this [...]
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Category: Gators News | 0 Comments »Hudson Randall Kelsey Bruder Florida’s baseball and softball teams each had a player earn weekly honors from the SEC. Sophomore right-hander Hudson Randall was named SEC Pitcher of the Week after helping No. 1 Florida clinch a series victory at No. 5 LSU. He pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings on Saturday as Florida (18-2) won [...]
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Category: Gators News | 0 Comments »Guess who’s back, back again. Shady’s back, tell a friend. Guess who’s back, guess who’s back, guess who’s back, guess who’s back…Ok enough of that. It was a big weekend for Gators’ sports, which was topped off with a win by the SEC East leading Gators over Tennessee. The men’s hoops team is playing with [...]
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Category: Gators News | 0 Comments »The top-ranked Florida baseball team will be featured in 12 SEC games as part of the conference’s 15-year contract with ESPN. As part of the deal, 54 SEC games will air on several channels. The television package is derived from broadcasts on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, FSN, SportSouth, CSS and CST. In addition, ESPN3 will also [...]
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