The No. 5/6 Gators Softball Team currently sits at 3-0, with the Bubly Invitational up next on the schedule. Though Tim Walton’s squad is only three games into 2021, there are plenty of positives, as well as areas to improve upon heading into this five-game weekend.
Early promise and areas to improve
Here are two big positives for Florida: through three games they scored 22 runs and only allowed three.
The Florida Gators Softball Team celebrates with Hannah Adams following her walk-off double against Jacksonville. (Kyle Fansler/ESPN Gainesville)
Players like the SEC Player of the Week for opening weekend, Charla Echols, walk-off provider Hannah Adams and Preseason All-SEC selection Kendyl Lindaman provide enough firepower to get the Gators going early in games. In their first three games of the season, the Gators managed to get the bases loaded in the first inning.
4 Tigers named to Preseason All-SEC Softball Team LSU Softball (Source: Josh Auzenne) By Josh Auzenne | February 4, 2021 at 4:37 PM CST - Updated February 4 at 4:37 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The SEC announced on Thursday, Feb. 4, that LSUâs Aliyah Andrews, Ali Kilponen, Shelbi Sunseri, and Shelby Wickersham have all made the Preseason All-SEC Softball Team.
It is the most players from one university to make the squad.
Andrews finished 2020 with a .408 batting average and led the Tigers in runs scored with 24. She also led the team in stolen bases with 18 and hits with 29.
Kilponen had a 0.58 ERA in 2020, which was good enough for second on the team. She led all LSU pitchers in strikeouts with 49. She had a 6-1 record.
Alabama has three players on the 2021 Preseason All-SEC Softball Team. Two of three are also on the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List.
Jacob Pavilack February 4, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas redshirt senior infielder Braxton Burnside, redshirt junior outfielder Hannah McEwen and redshirt senior pitcher Autumn Storms have been named to the 14th annual Preseason All-SEC Softball Team. Alongside LSU (4) and Alabama (3), the Razorbacks are one of only three squads with three or more players appearing on the team.
After sitting out 2019 due to NCAA transfer regulations, Burnside made a splash on The Hill, hitting .392 with a team-leading 31 hits while starting all 25 games at shortstop in the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season. The Paragould, Ark. native slugged a team-best .620 with three doubles, five home runs and 20 RBI and reached base at a .467 clip. She also collected 49 total bases, 17th most in the SEC. Her 11 multi-hit games and nine-game hitting streak were both team bests.
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