Japan, UNF Added to 2019 Home Schedule
Monday, December 10, 2018 | Softball
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Head Coach Tim Walton and the Florida softball program announced Monday afternoon the addition of two games to the upcoming 2019 schedule that will be played at the newly renovated Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
Florida has added an exhibition game against the Japanese Women's National Team that is scheduled to take place Feb. 12, and will now host UNF Feb. 13, instead of traveling to play in Jacksonville. The pair of games will be the first opportunity for fans to watch the Gators live against outside competition in the revamped stadium.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for our program," Walton said. "Being able to play a world-ranked opponent like Team Japan at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium for the first time since the renovation is going to deliver an experience like none other for our student-athletes and our fans. We look forward to welcoming Team Japan to Gainesville and being able to provide a championship caliber experience for all."
The exhibition against Team Japan will be the first time in program history that the Gators will compete against a country's national team.
Also, with the addition of the two home games to the 2019 schedule, UF is now set to host 27 contests at KSP Stadium.
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Florida has added an exhibition game against the Japanese Women's National Team that is scheduled to take place Feb. 12, and will now host UNF Feb. 13, instead of traveling to play in Jacksonville. The pair of games will be the first opportunity for fans to watch the Gators live against outside competition in the revamped stadium.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for our program," Walton said. "Being able to play a world-ranked opponent like Team Japan at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium for the first time since the renovation is going to deliver an experience like none other for our student-athletes and our fans. We look forward to welcoming Team Japan to Gainesville and being able to provide a championship caliber experience for all."
The exhibition against Team Japan will be the first time in program history that the Gators will compete against a country's national team.
Also, with the addition of the two home games to the 2019 schedule, UF is now set to host 27 contests at KSP Stadium.
Full 2019 Florida Softball Schedule
2019 Schedule Notes
- The Japanese Women's National Team is the defending Gold Medal winners of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
- Japan is currently ranked second in the world behind Team USA according to the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) rankings.
- Also, secured a silver medal at the 2018 WBSC Softball World Championships.
- The Gators will face five 2018 Women's College World Series participants, including last year's national champions, in seven games throughout the regular season.
- UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Arizona State and Florida State.
- The program also takes on 19 teams that received bits to the 2018 NCAA tournament, 11 of which who went on to the Super Regional round.
- This will be the sixth consecutive season that Florida will open the year at the USF Wilson-DeMarini Tournament.
- UF will travel to Tempe, Ariz. to compete in a tournament hosted by Arizona State for the first time since 2013.
- However, the last time the Gators and the Sun Devils squared off was in the 2011 WCWS Championship Series in Oklahoma City.
- The team is schedule to travel over 16,387 miles during the course of the regular season.
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