GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida softball team enters its final weekend of tournament play with the Judi Garman Classic scheduled for March 2-4, in Fullerton, Calif. at the Anderson Family Complex.

While at the Judi Garman Classic, the Gators (15-1) will face Iowa, Long Beach State, Cal, UCLA and Northwestern over the three-day span. The tournament in its entirety is scheduled to be streamed live on FloSoftball.com along with a live radio broadcast on WGGG (92.1 FM/1230 AM) & WMOP (100.1 FM/900 AM) featuring play-by-play from Daniel Gillman and color commentary from former Florida standout Kelsey Horton.

Notables:

• The duo of Kelly Barnhill and Delanie Gourley tossed the Gators sixth one-hitter of the season against Lehigh this past weekend. It is also the sixth shutout over the last seven games. The combined one-hitter is the first of the season and 22^nd in program history with the last occurring on May 20, 2016 against Alabama State in NCAA Regional play.
• The Gators have not allowed an earned run in regulation play since Maryland Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Aquafina Invitational. Since then Florida has outscored opponents 39-1 over the last seven games. The lone run came in extra innings, top of the ninth, against Liberty.
• Barnhill upped her scoreless inning streak to 34.0 innings after allowing zero hits and one walk with 11 strikeouts in the win over Lehigh.
  • It's the longest career scoreless inning streak for Barnhill and longest career streak among active pitchers on the roster.
• Amanda Lorenz and Kayli Kvistad have extended their reached base streak to 16 games as the duo has reached safely in every game for the Gators this season. Sophia Reynoso is close behind with a 14 game reached base streak and also is riding a seven-game hitting streak.

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Florida vs. Judi Garman Classic Opponents

Iowa

Iowa		4-1
Home: 3-0	Away: N/A	Neutral: 1-1
Date	Location	W/L	Score
3/7/97	Tampa, Fla.	L	8-0
3/11/00	Tampa, Fla.	W	5-2
3/19/08	Gainesville, Fla.	W	7-2
2/14/15	Gainesville, Fla.	W	8-0 (5)
2/15/15	Gainesville, Fla.	W	8-0 (5)

Last Meeting: Florida jumped out to an early lead against Iowa as Lauren Haeger walked and advanced on an illegal pitch before Bailey Castro homered to left-center to put Florida ahead 2-0.  During a five-run third, the Arizona native drew a leadoff walk and scored on a single up the middle by Kayli Kvistad. Castro followed Haeger with a four-pitch free pass, coming around to score on Taylore Fuller's base hit down the left-field line to increase the Gators lead to 4-0. Aubree Munro then launched a three-run home run off the left-field scoreboard, plating Kvistad and Fuller.

Haegar threw a two-hit shutout against the Hawkeyes in the contest.

Feb 15, 2015 at Gainesville, Fla.
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Iowa    000 00 -  0  3  0      (3-5)
Florida    303   1 1 -  8   9  1      (10-0)
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WP-Delanie Gourley (3-0)  LP-Starkenburg (2-3)  

Time - 1:38;  Attendance - 450

HR UF - Taylore Fuller (3)

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Long Beach State

Long Beach State		3-1
Home: N/A	Away: 2-1	Neutral: 1-0
Date	Location	W/L	Score
3/12/05	Long Beach, Calif.	W	5-0
3/2/07	Los Angeles, Calif.	W	3-2
2/27/08	Long Beach, Calif.	L	2-1 (10)
3/4/15	Long Beach, Calif.	W	10-1

Last Meeting: The No. 1-ranked University of Florida softball team defeated Long Beach State, 10-1, to earn its 22nd consecutive win to open the 2015 season. Freshman right-hander Aleshia Ocasio improved to 7-0 on the year, while Kelsey Stewart and Lauren Haeger both had multiple RBI for the Gators.

UF started quickly with three runs in the top of the first. Stewart led off with a double to right before walks to Haeger and Bailey Castro loaded the bases. Taylore Fuller then walked to force in Stewart for the game's first run before Haeger scored on a wild pitch to Taylor Schwarz. Aubree Munro singled through the middle to bring in Castro for the Gators' third run, but Fuller was thrown out at home on the play to end the inning.

Mar 04, 2015 at Long Beach, Calif.
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Florida    310 004 2 - 10  6  1      (22-0)
Long Beach State    100 000 0 -  1  4  3      (10-11)
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WP-Aleshia Ocasio (7-0)  LP-Clermont (4-3)  
Time - 2:09; Attendance - 283

HR UF - Lauren Haeger (7)

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California

California		7-3
Home: 4-0	Away: N/A	Neutral: 3-3
Date	Location	W/L	Score
2/27/98	Columbus, Ga.	W	3-2 (8)
2/25/00	Las Cruces, N.M.	L	6-1 (8)
5/18/00	Fresno, Calif.	L	2-0
5/21/00	Fresno, Calif.	L	2-1
5/23/08	Gainesville, Fla.	W	4-2
5/24/08	Gainesville, Fla.	W	4-2 (9)
5/24/09	Gainesville, Fla.	W	2-0
5/24/09	Gainesville, Fla.	W	2-1
6/4/11	Oklahoma City	W	5-2
2/9/13	Tempe, Ariz.	W	7-4

Last Meeting: In a thrilling back-and-forth offensive battle with No. 3 California in the second of UF's two games Saturday, the Gators got the best of the Bears, 7-4, for Florida's sixth-straight victory over Cal since 2008.

UF put up seven runs on eight hits – two each in the first, fourth, fifth and one in the seventh – and relied on junior ace Hannah Rogers (Lake Wales, Fla.) to do work in the circle for her second top-five victory of the weekend. Rogers fanned six with no walks and gave up just her first four runs of the season.

Feb 09, 2013 at Tempe, Ariz.
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Florida    200 220 1 -  7  8  1      (4-0)
California    003 100 0 -  4  6  1      (1-2)
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WP-Hannah Rogers (2-0)  LP-Henderson, J (0-2)  
Time - 1:50; Attendance - 203

HR UF - Taylor Schwarz

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UCLA

UCLA		5-4
Home: 2-1	Away: 0-2	Neutral: 3-1
Date	Location	W/L	Score
3/3/02	Los Angeles, Calif.	L	11-1 (5)
3/3/07	Los Angeles, Calif.	L	10-2 (6)
5/31/08	Oklahoma City	W	2-0
6/3/10	Oklahoma City	L	16-3 (6)
2/25/11	Palm Springs, Ca.	W	4-1
5/21/11	Gainesville, Fla.	W	4-2
5/22/11	Gainesville, Fla.	L	3-2
5/23/11	Gainesville, Fla.	W	11-3
2/25/16	Palm Springs, Calif.	W	2-1

Last Meeting: The No. 1-ranked University of Florida softball team picked up two wins on Thursday at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. UF defeated No. 10 UCLA in the first game by a 2-1 score.
   
In the circle, junior Delanie Gourley (5-0) tossed six solid innings against the No. 10 team in the country. After recording five strikeouts and allowing her first run of the season in the sixth inning, Gourley was relieved by sophomore Aleshia Ocasio who tossed a 1-2-3 seventh inning and earned her second save of the season.

Kelsey Stewart and Amanda Lorenz recorded the RBIs in the win.

Feb 25, 2016 at Palm Springs, Calif.
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Florida    0 10 100 0 -  2  9  0    (12-0)
UCLA    000 001 0 -  1  7  1      (7-4)
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WP-Delanie Gourley (5-0)  Save-Aleshia Ocasio(2)  LP-Ta'amilo (6-2)  
Time - 2:32; Attendance - 879

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Northwestern 

Northwestern		3-2
Home: 3-2	Away: N/A	Neutral: N/A
Date	Location	W/L	Score
2/14/97	Gainesville, Fla.	W	3-0
2/14/97	Gainesville, Fla.	L	4-3 (8)
2/13/98	Gainesville, Fla.	W	3-0
2/18/00	Gainesville, Fla.	L	2-0
2/18/00	Gainesville, Fla.	W	5-4 (9)

Last Meeting: The Florida softball team came back from a three-run deficit to defeat Northwestern 5-4 in nine innings after suffering a two-run shutout loss in the first half of a doubleheader in the GRU Softball Classic on Friday night.

Sophomore Andrea Zimbardi scored the winning run when the Wildcats' catcher Brin Jancic overthrew to third base in a rundown. It was the Gators third overtime win in as many chances.

After falling behind 3-0 the Gators went ahead in the fourth inning on a Nicole Kreipl double. But, Northwestern got one right back, forcing extra innings after three more scoreless frames.

Feb 18, 2000 at Gainesville, FL
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Florida    003 100 001  -   5  7  2      (7-1)
Northwestern    300 100 000  -  4  4  1      (4-4)
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WP-Renise Landry (4-0)  LP-Schwendimann, Laur (0-3)  
Time - 2:18; Attendance - 212

HR NW - Barnes, Gretchen (1)