I know it doesn't show in the W/L column... but you can start to see womens basketball starting to turn the corner some.
On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 8:24 AM, Shane Ford <goufgator...@gmail.com> wrote: > UF Roundup: No. 2 softball team finishes tourney undefeated > By > gatorsports <http://www.gatorsports.com/author/gatorsports/> (Gainesville > Sun ) > - > February 11, 2018 > 0 > <http://www.gatorsports.com/2018/02/uf-roundup-no-2-softball-team-finishes-tourney-undefeated/#respond> > 133 > > <https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gatorsports.com%2F2018%2F02%2Fuf-roundup-no-2-softball-team-finishes-tourney-undefeated%2F> > > TAMPA – After Florida opened the season with four consecutive shutout wins > at the USF Wilson-DeMarini Tournament, host South Florida was able to score > three runs Sunday, but it wasn’t enough against the No. 2-ranked Gator > softball team. > > The Gators (5-0) opened the day with a 6-0 win over UAB behind the > combined pitching of Katie Chronister (1-0) and Kelly Barnhill. Chronister > struck out five and only allowed three hits in her five innings. Barnhill > didn’t allow a hit in her two innings and struck out three. > > Hannah Adams and Amanda Lorenz had run-scoring doubles to support the > pitching. > > In the second game, UF trailed for the first time this weekend when the > Bulls scored a run in the second inning, the first against the Gators. But > Florida scored eight runs in the third to take the lead for good. > > Jordan Matthews had three hits, including a three-run home run, and Jaimie > Hoover had two hits, including a home run, to drive in three runs for > Florida. > > The Gators open the home schedule at 6 p.m. Wednesday against North > Florida. > > *Women’s basketball: *At Columbia, S.C., National Player of the Year > candidate A’ja Wilson scored 22 points as seventh-ranked South Carolina > survived a scare from Florida. > > Sitting on the bench for the first half of the second quarter as coach > Dawn Staley elected to give her some rest, Wilson watched her undermanned > teammates give up a 15-0 Gators run. Trailing by 10 at home, Wilson > re-entered the game and led a burst to tie the game at halftime. South > Carolina went on to a 64-57 win Sunday. > > Funda Nakkasoglu stroked five 3-pointers among her 21 points to keep > Florida close, but South Carolina received 18 points from Ty Harris to > claim a 20-win season for the seventh straight year. > > Down to nine players for the season when Lindsey Spann was lost for the > year, the Gamecocks (20-5, 9-3 SEC) traded punches with Florida before > trading runs at the end of the second quarter. The Gamecocks quickly > spurted ahead by 10 points out of the halftime locker room, but Florida > closed it to four with seven minutes to play. > > Doniyah Cliney hit two free throws and Harris scored five straight points > to keep the Gators (10-15, 2-10) at bay. It’s the second Top-25 win Florida > nearly nabbed in three games. > > “I thought we did a terrific job making them uncomfortable,” UF coach > Cameron Newbauer said. “Hats off to them and Ty Harris for making some big, > big shots when they had to.” > > *Men’s tennis: *At Columbus, Ohio, the Gators ended the road trip on the > losing end following Sunday’s 5-2 loss to No. 2 Ohio State. > > Florida fell behind early in doubles when the fifth-ranked pair of Duarte > Vale-McClain Kessler lost 6-1 to the 25th-ranked duo of Mikael > Torpegaard-Martin Joyce. On the second court, Alredo Perez-Oliver Crawford > earned their first doubles win after a 6-4 decision over JJ Wolf-John > McNally. The doubles point came down to court three, but Johannes Ingildsen > and Chase Perez-Blanco were unable to get the win, falling 7-5. > > The Gators knew the odds were stacked against them heading into singles > trailing by a point and playing indoors, against an indoor team. Like their > match against Michigan, Florida fell behind early in the first set of > singles, however this time it proved costly. Florida found themselves > trailing 3-0 in the match after Perez fell on court one 6-2, 6-2 and then > on court three when Vale lost 6-3, 6-2. Ohio State clinched the match on > court six when Kessler fell to Alex Kobelt 6-4, 6-4. > > *Women’s golf: *At Palos Verdes, Calif., after winning the Northrop > Grumman Regional Challenge last year, senior Taylor Tomlinson started out > hot at the 2018 tournament. At one point in her opening round, Tomlinson > had a share of the lead at 2-under par. She would eventually turn in a > first round score of 71 (E) and sit four back of the leader, Olivia > Mehaffey of Arizona State. > > Carlotta Ricolfi is just one stroke behind Tomlinson at a team-best five > birdies on day one helped her card a 72 (+1). She in a tied for 14th > heading into round two today. > > In a field that includes 12 ranked teams, the Gators sit in eighth at > 12-over par which is one stroke better than No. 2 Duke and No. 25 > Washington. > > *Women’s tennis: *At Madison, Wisconsin, in an added match, Florida lost > 4-2 to No. 7 Georgia Tech. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel > (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gatornews+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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