Gator Baseball Announces Fall Practice Schedule
Thursday, September 30, 2010 | Baseball
The University of Florida baseball team will open its fall practice session on Friday, Oct. 1, at McKethan Stadium. The entire squad will have workouts, including several scrimmages, between Oct. 1 and Nov. 7. The fall practice will conclude with a pair of nine-inning games, in which the Gators are split into two teams, on Saturday, Nov. 6, and Sunday, Nov. 7.
The team has been conducting individual workouts and conditioning drills since the beginning of the fall semester. Head coach Kevin O'Sullivan begins his fourth season at the helm and is joined by assistant coaches Craig Bell, Brad Weitzel and Don Norris.
"We are all excited about getting on the field again,” O'Sullivan said. “The Fall will allow us to evaluate our players and determine roles for the pitching staff. We have a very good core of players returning a talented group of newcomers that should make the fall practice competitive.”
Practices during the week will be held Tuesday and Wednesday at 3 p.m., Thursday at 2:15 p.m., Friday at 3 p.m., Saturday at 11 a.m. and Sunday at noon. The schedule can be subject to change depending on weather or other events held on campus.
The Gators will begin their 2011 campaign next February at McKethan Stadium. Last season, Florida was 47-17 overall and claimed the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division and regular-season titles with a program-best 22-8 league mark. The Orange and Blue then swept through both the NCAA Gainesville Regional and Super Regional rounds on its way to a berth in the 2010 NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb. UF returns 22 letterwinners, including eight position starters and 11 pitchers, and welcomes another top-five recruiting class.
