Current Overall Record: 41-12
Conference Record: 20-7
Winning/Losing Streak: Lost 1
Last Week (Games Monday-Sunday):Â 3-1
W 11-8 vs. USF
W 7-6 vs. #15 Georgia
W 9-3 vs. #15 Georgia
L 1-4 vs. #15 Georgia
This Week's Games:
Thursday at Mississippi State (7:30 p.m. – SEC Network+)
Friday at Mississippi State (7 p.m. – ESPNU)
Saturday at Mississippi State (4:30 p.m. – ESPNU)
KEY NOTES OF WEEK:
Florida clinched its second-straight Southeastern Conference title with a series win against No. 15 Georgia over the weekend…The SEC title is the 15th in program history and the fifth under head coach
Kevin O'Sullivan; his five titles ties for fourth-most in SEC history by a single coach behind Tilden Campbell (9), Skip Bertman (6) and Ron Polk (5)…Florida also extended its streak of regular-season series wins to 19 dating back to last season…The Gators won 7-6 on Friday night and 9-3 on Saturday to ensure its second league title in a row…Georgia won Sunday's series finale 4-1…UF also won a midweek 11-8 against USF, a game in which it overcame a 6-0 deficit, its largest comeback since 2010…
JJ Schwarz led the offense with a .533 average (8-for-15) with two home runs and four RBI…
Nelson Maldonado and
Blake Reese led the team with 6 RBI last week…On the mound,
Brady Singer (7.0 IP, 1 ER) and
Jackson Kowar (7.0 IP, 1 R, 0 ER) led the way once again…
Michael Byrne picked up his 12th save of the year and went 5.0 scoreless innings in three appearances on the week.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JJ Schwarz – Sr. – C – Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
4 GP/GS, .533 (8-15), .588 OBP, 1.067 SLG, 2 HR, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R
- Led the team with a .533 average in four games as the Gators clinched the SEC title
- Was even better against No. 15 Georgia, going 6-for-11 (.545) with two home runs and four RBI
- 3-for-4 in game one against Georgia with a game-tying two run double in the sixth inning
- 3-for-3 in the second game against UGA, including a solo home run that tied the game at one in the fourth inning
- On Sunday, he made his 260th career start – the most ever by a UF player; he surpassed Preston Tucker's 259 career starts
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Jackson Kowar – Jr. – RHP – Charlotte, N.C.
1 GP/GS, 7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 9 K, 1 BB
- Kowar scattered six hits over 7.0 innings with one unearned run allowed
- He improved to 9-2 on the season
- At one point in the game, he struck out six batters in a row
- He retired 11 batters in a row after giving up back-to-back singles in the second inning
