Does it tell you anything that Pat Dooley is writing about softball? This is a great sport and these are great athletes playing in it. If you're not watching Gator softball you're missing something.
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: May 26, 2013, 11:10:16 PM CDT > To: GatorNEWS <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Florida softball advances to College World Series > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Florida softball advances to College World Series > By Pat Dooley > Gainesville Sun Staff writer > Published: Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 2:36 p.m. > Last Modified: Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 4:42 p.m. > All week, it was forbidden. > > Facts > Up next > What: Women’s College World Series > Who: Florida (57-7) vs. Tennessee (49-10) > When: Thursday at 2:30 p.m. > TV: ESPN2 > Radio: 104.9 FM > Where: ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, Oklahoma City > But when the dust settled at home plate Sunday, the members of the Florida > softball team could scream it at the top of their lungs. > > Oklahoma City, here they come. > > Again. > > For the fifth time in six years, UF coach Tim Walton is taking a team to the > Women's College World Series. This one came in dramatic fashion when freshman > second baseman Kelsey Stewart threw out the tying run at home plate to end > the game and give Florida the 1-0 win over Alabama-Birmingham (40-19). > > Although pinch-runner Hailey Glynn was out easily, it could have been a close > play had Stewart not realized that Glynn was trying to score from second base. > > “I was just hoping she didn't throw the ball to first base,” Walton said. > > Stewart laid out for the grounder up the middle off the bat of Lauren Webster > but didn't look at first. Instead, she got to her knees and fired a perfect > strike to catcher Aubree Munro, a defensive substitute in the seventh inning. > > “Every day in practice, we go through game-winners,” Stewart said. “Right > before the play (shortstop) Katie (Medina) and I said, ‘Game-winner.' > > “I was just laying my body out there. She thought I would go to first. I > would have (thought that) too.” > > The final out preserved a shutout for Florida starter Hannah Rogers, who was > masterful in the circle in a game with little margin for error. In running > her record to 33-5, Rogers allowed only four hits and struck out seven. > > “She was really good,” Walton said of his pitcher. “She had real command of > her pitches. Don't forget about defense. She made a couple of really nice > plays.” > > One of them came to start the seventh when Rogers was able to snag a bouncer > that went over her head to get Kristen McGrath out at first. > > But Anna Kimbrell followed with a double that smacked high off the wall in > left-center. Chandler Orr's popped out to second to set up the dramatic > finish and the celebration was on. > > Gainesville was Dogpile City again. > > “It's a completely different feeling,” Walton said. “Even though we're the > Florida Gators, we've played as an underdog all season. It's a very special > feeling. > > “They don't understand what they've accomplished in a short period of time.” > > Florida had little trouble getting runners into scoring position during the > game, but struggled at the plate once they were there. After a 1-2-3 first > inning, UF put runners on second or third in the next five innings but went > 1-for-11, wasting several opportunities. > > It was Taylor Schwarz who came up with the one RBI of the game for the Gators > when she roped a double to left field off the wall to score pinch-runner > Ensley Gammel from second in the fourth inning. > > “We didn't talk about (Oklahoma City) once this week,” Schwarz said. “It's > been forbidden. But now that we're going, it's really surreal to me.” > > The Gators are now 57-7 and face Tennessee on Thursday in Oklahoma City. The > two teams played three games earlier in the season in Gainesville with UF > winning two. All three went extra innings. > > “They were my preseason pick to win the SEC,” Walton said. “They are one of > the best teams in the country. It's no surprise that they are there.” > > But it is something of a surprise that Florida, with a team full of freshman > starters, is going back to Bricktown after a year's absence. > > “We're going to the Women's College World Series,” Stewart said. “It does > seem surreal.” > > Except that it's real. > > Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at [email protected]. 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