American college softball season
The 2020 Florida Gators softball team represents the University of Florida in the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season. The Gators play their home games at Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium .
The Gators finished the 2019 season 49–18 overall, and 12–12 in the SEC to finish in a tie for sixth in the conference. The Gators hosted a Regional and Super Regional during the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament and later advanced to the Women's College World Series . The Gators went 0–2 in the WCWS.
The SEC preseason poll was released on January 15, 2020.[ 2]
Media poll Predicted finish Team 1 Alabama 2 Tennessee 3 LSU 4 Kentucky 5 Florida 6 Georgia 7 Arkansas 8 Ole Miss 9 South Carolina 10 Missouri 11 Auburn 12 Mississippi State Texas A&M
Schedule and results [ edit ] 2020 Florida Gators Softball Game Log Regular season February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record February 7 vs. Illinois State No. 7 USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL W 4–1 N. Lugo (1–0) A. Fox (0–1) 1–0 February 8 vs. Fresno State No. 7 USF Softball Stadium W 6–4 E. Hightower (1–0) D. East (0–1) N. Lugo (1) 2–0 February 8 vs. No. 17 Michigan No. 7 USF Softball Stadium L 2–11 (6) A. Storako (1–0) N. Lugo (1–1) 2–1 February 9 vs. Georgia State No. 7 USF Softball Stadium W 10–0 (5) R. Trlicek (1–0) E. Buck (0–2) 3–1 February 9 at South Florida No. 7 USF Softball Stadium W 6–1 N. Lugo (2–1) C. Dolby (0–1) R. Trlicek (1) 1,639 4–1 February 11 USA National Team No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium Gainesville, FL L 3–5 M. Abbott N. Lugo SECN+ 1,935 February 12 North Florida No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium W 10–2 (5) R. Trlicek (2–0) H. Raulerson (0–2) SECN+ 1,124 5–1 February 14 North Dakota State No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium W 5–0 R. Trlicek (3–0) L. Lyle (0–2) 1,589 6–1 February 14 Longwood No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium W 9–0 N. Lugo (3–1) S. Backstrom (2–2) 1,589 7–1 February 15 North Dakota State No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium W 1–0 N. Lugo (4–1) P. Vargas (2–2) 1,579 8–1 February 15 Longwood No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium W 11–0 E. Hightower (2–0) A. Wood (0–2) 1,579 9–1 February 16 Southeastern Louisiana No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium W 13–1 R. Trlicek (4–0) S. Sitzman (0–1) 1,554 10–1 February 16 Florida A&M No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium W 2–1 E. Hightower (3–0) N. Zenteno (0–3) N. Lugo (2) 1,554 11–1 February 19 Jacksonville No. 7 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium W 8-0 N. Lugo (5-1) A. Bilodeau (4-2) SECN+ 12-1 February 21 vs. No. 5 Arizona Mary Nutter Classic No. 7 Big League DreamsCathedral City, CA W 3-2 R. Trlicek (5-0) A. Denham (4-1) N. Lugo (3) 13-1 February 21 vs. No. 25 Northwestern Mary Nutter Classic No. 7 Big League Dreams W 3-2 R. Trlicek (6-0) S. Supple 0-1 14-1 February 22 vs. No. 16 Arizona State Mary Nutter Classic No. 7 Big League Dreams W 4-1 R. Trlicek (7-0) M. Preston 4-1 15-1 February 22 vs. No. 1 UCLA Mary Nutter Classic No. 7 Big League Dreams L 4-5 M. Faraimo 9-0 R. Trlicek (7-1) 15-2 February 23 vs. Nebraska Mary Nutter Classic No. 7 Big League Dreams W 6-3 N. Lugo (6-1) O. Ferrell 2-4 16-2 February 28 No. 10 Louisiana No. 6 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium February 29 No. 10 Louisiana No. 6 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record March 1 No. 10 Louisiana No. 6 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium March 4 Florida Gulf Coast Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium March 6 Auburn Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium March 7 Auburn Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium March 8 Auburn Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium March 11 Florida State Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium March 13 Baylor Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium March 14 Baylor Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium March 15 Baylor Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium March 20 at Kentucky John Cropp StadiumLexington, KY March 21 at Kentucky John Cropp Stadium March 22 at Kentucky John Cropp Stadium March 25 Bethune–Cookman Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium March 28 Ole Miss Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium March 29 Ole Miss Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium March 30 Ole Miss Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record April 1 at UCF UCF Softball ComplexOrlando, FL April 3 at Tennessee Sherri Parker Lee Stadium Knoxville, TN April 4 at Tennessee Sherri Parker Lee Stadium April 5 at Tennessee Sherri Parker Lee Stadium April 9 Missouri Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium April 10 Missouri Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium April 11 Missouri Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium April 15 South Florida Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium April 18 at Arkansas Bogle Park Fayetteville, AR April 19 at Arkansas Bogle Park April 20 at Arkansas Bogle Park April 22 at Florida State JoAnne Graf Field Tallahassee, FL April 24 Georgia Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium April 25 Georgia Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium April 26 Georgia Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 1 at South Carolina Carolina Softball StadiumColumbia, SC May 2 at South Carolina Carolina Softball Stadium May 3 at South Carolina Carolina Softball Stadium
Post-season Legend: = Win = Loss = Cancelled Bold = Florida team member
Source: [ 3] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA poll.
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final NFCA / USA Today 7 8 7 6 7 7 Softball America[ 4] 11 14 11 10 8 7 ESPN.com/USA Softball 9 11 9 6 8 7 D1Softball 9 15 14 9 8 8
Venue Seasons National Championships in bold ; Women's College World Series appearances in italics