2013 South Atlantic Regional Champions

(photo courtesy of Eric Curitore)

The Gators are headed to Tampa, FL from the 24th to the 30th to particpate in the NCBA World Series, after winning the South Atlantic regional tournament this past weekend!

The Gators lost a heartbreaking tournament opener 1-0 in 10 innings to the Georgia Bulldogs on Friday afternoon.  Andy Jones went all 9 and two thirds innings, letting up only 1 unearned run.  Landing in the loser's bracket and faced with 4 elimination games between them and the championship, the Gators reeled off wins against 10th ranked Clemson 8-2, 6th ranked Georgia 5-1, and 5th ranked UCF 8-3 on the arms of Andrew Stricklin, Sam Bergida, and Andy Jones again, to set up a decisive winner take all championship matchup with the Golden Knights.  Trailing 3-2 heading into the bottom of the 9th, consecutive hits by Lee Kinzel, Grayson Pylant, and Corey Graf tied the game at 3, then after an intentional walk the UCF closer plunked Brandon West to win the game for the Gators, and send them to Tampa in unusual fashion.  

Information on the NCBA World Series, and the bracket (when the seedings are released), can be found at http://clubbaseball.org/Championship.aspx.

The Gators are headed to the playoffs!  The UF club baseball team will square off in a 4 team double elimnation tournament against UCF, Georgia, and Clemson, in Columbus, Georgia.  To get to this point the Gators have a 10-8 overall record, but an 8-4 record in conference, where it really counts.  

Since the last update, the Gators lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes 5-3, and then 11-5, but quickly turned it around by sweeping FIT in the following series.  After taking a short trip to Tampa, the Gators knocked off Drexel to continue the winning streak.  The Gators were then off to Tallahassee to square off against the rival Seminoles.  The Gators lost the first game 2-0, but won the second game of the doubleheader 7-5 in dramatic fashion, scoring 6 runs in the last inning to erase a 5-1 deficit.  The Gators then cruised to a 13-5 victory the following day to take the series.  The Gators wrapped up the regular season at home, against the Miami Hurricanes, once again dropping the first game of the series, this time, 3-1.  But the Gators turned it aroung again, winning the second game 7-0, setting up a dramatic win or go home scenario in the rubber match, which the Gators won 9-3, securing a regional playoff berth for the second straight year.

The Gators will play either Georgia or Clemson in the first game of the double elimination tournament, starting Friday, May 10, in Columbus, Georgia.

The UF Club Baseball site is back!  Better late than never.  This site should be updated after every weekend series, so stay tuned to get updates on the team's season.

After wrapping up their second series of the season, the Gators have a record of 2-4.  The Gators couldn't get the bats going in their opening doubleheader at the University of Georgia, and were shutout in the first game, 5 to 0, and lost 4 to 3 in the second.  After a bit of controversy regarding the availability of a field for UGA, the Bulldogs had to forfeit the third game of the series, technically resulting in the Gators first win. 

This past weekend, the Gators once again dropped 2 of 3 games, in a series against the University of Central Florida.  It was the same story for the Gators during the Saturday doubleheader, with a lack of run support behind quality pitching performances.  The Gators dropped the first game 3 to 1, and the second, 4 to 3.  On Sunday, the Gators finally woke up and delivered just enough runs to edge out a 5 to 4 victory.

The Gators hope to carry some of that offense and momentum to March 10th, when they will play two nine inning games against the Ohio State Buckeyes, who are traveling south for spring break.

Right now, the statistics on this website are not updated, if you'd like to find them, they can be found here.