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UF heads through Enchanted Forest slate for Bubly Invitational

By Payton Titus | Feb. 13, 2020

Lions, Bison and mares, oh my!

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Florida run-rules UNF in first home game of regular season

By Graham Marsh | Feb. 12, 2020

It was a senior versus a freshman.

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UF falls to USWNT, welcomes back alumni

By Payton Titus | Feb. 11, 2020

Three former Gators made the trip back to Gainesville last night in a different uniform.

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Rollercoaster opening weekend ends with four wins for Florida

By Payton Titus | Feb. 9, 2020

If the USF-Rawlings Invitational were a rollercoaster, Saturday would have been the sudden, heart-wrenching drop for the Gators.

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Gators start strong, finish slowly on day 2 of USF-Rawlings Invitational

By Graham Marsh | Feb. 8, 2020

A strong start to the day was quickly halted for Florida softball.

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Gators best Redbirds in season opener

By Payton Titus | Feb. 7, 2020

For seven months, all of college softball’s eyes have been on the Gators. What would they do without an All-American in the circle? How could a winning program revamp its style of play and expect to contend at that same elite level as it did before?

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Previewing the 2020 Florida season, which begins tonight

By Payton Titus | Feb. 6, 2020

What were once commanding voices of leadership in the locker room, bullpen and dugout have now vacated Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The echoes of all-time athletes like Kelly Barnhill, Amanda Lorenz and Alex Voss interfere with loud whispers of doubt from the rest of college softball, generating feedback in Gainesville.

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Florida opening weekend objectives

By Payton Titus | Feb. 4, 2020

Five games. Three days. One reinvented team.

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New decade, new look for Florida Softball

By Payton Titus | Jan. 28, 2020

As the 2020 season approaches, lots of questions surround Florida’s softball team. One glaring question, in particular, looms hauntingly over Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium: Who will stand in the circle for the Gators?

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UF ranked 5th in Preseason Coaches' Poll

By Payton Titus | Jan. 16, 2020

The Southeastern Conference announced the 2020 Preseason Coaches’ Poll, which surveys all 13 head coaches in the league, on Wednesday. Of those 13 teams, the defending SEC Tournament-champion Gators were ranked fifth.

Forward Vanessa Kara (27) has scored six times in her last five appearances.

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Shorthanded Florida welcomes 12th-ranked Texas A&M

By Bryan Matamoros | Oct. 4, 2019

Florida’s soccer team won’t have two prominent players for its conference bout against No. 12 Texas A&M this weekend.

Vanessa Kara notched two goals in Florida's shutout win.

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UF bests FGCU 4-0, breaks losing streak

By Graham Marsh | Sep. 13, 2019

Florida’s soccer team is now one game away from getting back to .500.

Stellar pitching from Kelly Barnhill and consistent hitting from Amanda Lorenz led UF to a WCWS berth.

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Gators celebrate Barnhill and Lorenz, look ahead to future

By Jack Braverman | June 3, 2019

There are many positives to take away from this year’s Florida softball team despite Saturday’s season-ending loss to Alabama.

Kelly Barnhill struggled on Saturday as UF's season came to an end.

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Gators’ season ends in emotional defeat to Alabama

By Jack Braverman | June 1, 2019

Kelly Barnhill stood alone in the circle, poised and prepared to pick apart an Alabama offense she has defeated countless times in her celebrated career as a Gator.