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How to Watch: Florida baseball vs Vanderbilt Commodores in SEC Tournament

Take a look at everything you need to know about Thursday night’s Florida-Vanderbilt matchup in the 2023 SEC Tournament. 

Florida baseball won the opening game of its 2023 Southeastern Conference Tournament endeavor on Wednesday night, 7-6, in walk-off fashion after 11 innings of play. Now, the Gators face the Vanderbilt Commodores on Thursday, May 25, at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama, for the third round of college baseball action.

The Orange and Blue swept Vandy at home in a three-game weekend series from March 12-14, run-ruling the opposition in the opener while earning the victory in the next two by a 6-2 score. The ‘Dores, however, are the No. 4 seed in this tournament and still put together a solid regular-season run, so anything can happen.

Take a look below at everything you need to know about Thursday night’s Florida-Vanderbilt matchup in the 2023 SEC Tournament.

Game Preview: Florida and Vanderbilt set to square off in SEC Tournament

Florida swept Vanderbilt a couple of weeks ago, but can the Gators get the job done again at the SEC Tournament and earn another rest day on Friday.

Florida mounted a massive three-run comeback in the 11th inning Wednesday night to beat Alabama in the second round of the SEC Tournament, and now the Gators have Vanderbilt on the schedule in round three.

The middle rounds (2-4) are double elimination, so Florida won’t play Friday if it wins. A loss would mean a matchup with the winner of the Alabama and Auburn game.

Florida will throw Brandon Sproat, but he’ll likely be on a pitch count to keep his arm fresh for the NCAA Tournament. Vanderbilt is throwing an arm the Gators haven’t seen before, left-hander Hunter Owen.

First pitch is scheduled for 30 minutes after the finish of Arkansas–LSU (about 8:30 p.m. EDT).

Gators complete sweep of Vanderbilt on Senior Day

Sweeping Vanderbilt means that Florida controls its own destiny in the SEC East moving forward and has a shot at finishing on top of the entire conference.

After a few shaky weeks of SEC play, the Florida Gators swept the No. 5  Vanderbilt Commodores over the weekend, capping things off with a 6-2 win on Mother’s Day.

Wyatt Langford led the offense with two home runs, a double and four runs batted in. The future first-round draft pick is firing on all cylinders after missing some time earlier in the year with a groin injury. He even made a few leaping plays in the outfield over the weekend.

Jac Caglianone also had a multi-hit day, but he didn’t add to his program-record home run total this weekend as many expected. He did impress on the mound, striking out nine over 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball. Brandon Neely took over for Caglianone with two outs in the seventh but couldn’t prevent the run from scoring.

Vanderbilt scored again in the eighth when center fielder Michael Robertson misread a ball hit to him that ended up being a double. With just a handful of outs to go in the game, Florida gladly traded the run for an out at first. Neely closed things out with a flawless ninth and Florida now controls its own fate in the SEC East.

The Commodores entered the weekend up two games on the Gators, but now UF leads by one. The regular season comes to an end at the end of next week, following the conclusion of the Kentucky series. Then, it’s playoff time.

It also happened to be Senior Day at the ballpark, and the program said goodbye to seven members of the team.

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Men’s college golf spring-only Golfweek/Sagarin rankings for 2023

Teams can look drastically different when the calendar turns in the middle of the season.

College golf is a split-season, fall-and-spring sport.

Teams can look drastically different when the calendar turns in the middle of the season – and that’s in a normal year.

Using the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings for men’s college golf, this chart shows each team’s performance only in the spring 2023 season. The far right column rates strength of schedule.

The men’s NCAA regionals are set to begin Monday, May 15 and end Wednesday, May 17. From there, top teams will advance to the NCAA Championships, to be held at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the last time, from May 26-31

In the season-long rankings, Vanderbilt is No. 1, and using only spring results, Vanderbilt is still your top-ranked team. This makes the second consecutive year Vanderbilt has topped the spring only ratings.

Rank Team Rating
1 Vanderbilt 68.31
2 Illinois 68.32
3 Georgia Tech 68.54
4 Florida 68.76
5 North Carolina 68.79
6 Florida State 68.82
7 Pepperdine 68.97
8 Arizona State 69.02
9 Oklahoma 69.13
10 Texas 69.21
11 Texas Tech 69.31
12 Wake Forest 69.50
13 Texas A&M 69.50
14 Tennessee 69.63
15 Oregon 69.66
16 Stanford 69.71
17 Mississippi 69.73
18 Mississippi State 69.76
19 Arizona 69.78
20 East Tennessee State 69.79
21 Duke 69.79
22 Auburn 69.80
23 Alabama 69.83
24 Oklahoma State 69.89
25 Virginia 69.96
26 Louisville 70.03
27 Northwestern 70.06
28 Georgia Southern 70.13
29 San Diego State 70.13
30 Georgia 70.19
31 Colorado State 70.28
32 Arkansas 70.33
33 Ohio State 70.35
34 BYU 70.37
35 Chattanooga 70.39
36 Baylor 70.42
37 Liberty 70.44
38 NC State 70.45
39 Kansas State 70.46
40 Missouri 70.46
41 TCU 70.51
42 Washington 70.53
43 San Francisco 70.60
44 New Mexico 70.63
45 California 70.66
46 Purdue 70.72
47 North Florida 70.77
48 Houston 70.83
49 Cincinnati 70.84
50 San Diego 70.86
51 LSU 70.88
52 UCLA 70.96
53 Little Rock 71.02
54 Wisconsin 71.03
55 Sam Houston State 71.07
56 Long Beach State 71.09
57 UNCG 71.11
58 Iowa 71.13
59 UCF 71.13
60 Southern California 71.17
61 Furman 71.17
62 Oregon State 71.18
63 Kansas 71.20
64 UNLV 71.22
65 Notre Dame 71.25
66 Clemson 71.25
67 Middle Tennessee State 71.36
68 Indiana 71.40
69 Kentucky 71.46
70 Colorado 71.49
71 Loyola Marymount 71.50
72 Kent State 71.50
73 South Carolina 71.53
74 SMU 71.54
75 Cal State Fullerton 71.56
76 Utah 71.59
77 Wyoming 71.60
78 Troy 71.63
79 Fresno State 71.63
80 South Florida 71.65
81 Arkansas State 71.70
82 Rutgers 71.70
83 UNCW 71.73
84 North Texas 71.73
85 Michigan State 71.75
86 Santa Clara 71.78
87 San Jose State 71.78
88 Washington State 71.79
89 Augusta University 71.83
90 Marquette 71.84
91 Charlotte 71.87
92 Wright State 71.90
93 Memphis 71.90
94 Davidson 71.95
95 New Mexico State 72.04
96 Coastal Carolina 72.05
97 Ball State 72.06
98 Iowa State 72.09
99 Penn State 72.09
100 South Alabama 72.09
101 Grand Canyon 72.12
102 North Alabama 72.14
103 Florida Gulf Coast 72.15
104 Utah Valley 72.15
105 Virginia Tech 72.18
106 VCU 72.21
107 Stetson 72.23
108 Northern Illinois 72.24
109 Southern Mississippi 72.24
110 Seattle Univ. 72.31
111 Oral Roberts 72.33
112 Minnesota 72.36
113 Boston College 72.37
114 Charleston 72.37
115 Louisiana Tech 72.40
116 Lipscomb 72.42
117 West Virginia 72.43
118 UC Davis 72.43
119 Drexel 72.44
120 Texas State 72.45
121 Saint Mary’s-CA 72.45
122 Campbell 72.46
123 ULM 72.46
124 UAB 72.54
125 Florida Atlantic 72.54
126 Cal State Northridge 72.56
127 Illinois State 72.58
128 Kansas City 72.60
129 James Madison 72.60
130 Cal Poly 72.60
131 Toledo 72.61
132 Mercer 72.64
133 Texas-Arlington 72.72
134 ECU 72.74
135 Elon 72.74
136 Boise State 72.80
137 Jacksonville 72.80
138 Nebraska 72.80
139 Michigan 72.83
140 UTSA 72.85
141 Wofford 72.85
142 Jacksonville State 72.86
143 Miami-Ohio 72.98
144 New Orleans 73.00
145 UTEP 73.04
146 Loyola-Maryland 73.04
147 Nevada 73.05
148 North Dakota State 73.05
149 George Washington 73.08
150 Louisiana 73.08
151 Kennesaw State 73.11
152 Lamar 73.13
153 Valparaiso 73.15
154 Francis Marion 73.17
155 Rice 73.18
156 Hawaii 73.18
157 Richmond 73.19
158 Dayton 73.20
159 Western Kentucky 73.21
160 Denver 73.22
161 Wichita State 73.26
162 Pacific 73.27
163 SE Louisiana 73.34
164 Idaho 73.34
165 Butler 73.34
166 UC Irvine 73.40
167 Harvard 73.47
168 Gonzaga 73.48
169 Appalachian State 73.56
170 Princeton 73.58
171 Georgia State 73.58
172 Sacramento State 73.59
173 Northern Colorado 73.61
174 Utah State 73.63
175 Seton Hall 73.65
176 UC San Diego 73.67
177 Radford 73.69
178 Delaware 73.69
179 Long Island Univ. 73.70
180 Weber State 73.70
181 Creighton 73.73
182 Columbia 73.79
183 South Dakota State 73.80
184 Yale 73.83
185 Tarleton State 73.85
186 Western Carolina 73.86
187 Howard 73.88
188 Longwood 73.89
189 Connecticut 73.91
190 Samford 73.91
191 St. John’s 73.91
192 Queens Of Charlotte 73.92
193 Charleston Southern 73.92
194 Loyola-Chicago 73.94
195 DePaul 73.98
196 Marshall 74.01
197 William & Mary 74.01
198 High Point 74.01
199 Rhode Island 74.07
200 Abilene Christian 74.10
201 Southern Illinois 74.11
202 Oakland 74.11
203 Fort Wayne 74.12
204 Utah Tech 74.14
205 Villanova 74.20
206 Stephen F. Austin 74.20
207 Incarnate Word 74.25
208 Xavier 74.26
209 SIU Edwardsville 74.26
210 Old Dominion 74.29
211 Eastern Michigan 74.29
212 Lehigh 74.31
213 UC Santa Barbara 74.32
214 Nicholls 74.36
215 Bowling Green 74.39
216 Missouri State 74.40
217 California Baptist 74.43
218 Winthrop 74.45
219 Georgetown 74.46
220 UTRGV 74.47
221 Central Arkansas 74.47
222 Austin Peay 74.60
223 Colgate 74.62
224 Belmont 74.62
225 Texas A&M-Commerce 74.63
226 Temple 74.64
227 Southern Indiana 74.65
228 Drake 74.65
229 Northern Kentucky 74.68
230 Bellarmine 74.70
231 St. Thomas 74.72
232 Northern Iowa 74.72
233 Maryland 74.74
234 Pennsylvania 74.75
235 Bucknell 74.75
236 Towson 74.82
237 Fairfield 74.83
238 Bryant 74.83
239 Gardner-Webb 74.84
240 Rider 74.85
241 IUPUI 74.88
242 George Mason 74.92
243 La Salle 74.92
244 Omaha 74.96
245 Siena 74.96
246 Iona 74.96
247 Cleveland State 74.99
248 Navy 75.01
249 Ohio 75.01
250 Bradley 75.13
251 Holy Cross 75.27
252 Presbyterian College 75.29
253 Tennessee Tech 75.32
254 Cornell 75.37
255 South Dakota 75.38
256 Central Michigan 75.39
257 Dartmouth 75.42
258 Murray State 75.43
259 UC Riverside 75.45
260 Robert Morris 75.46
261 Houston Christian 75.50
262 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 75.51
263 USC Upstate 75.51
264 Mount St. Mary’s 75.52
265 Morehead State 75.55
266 Youngstown State 75.58
267 Tennessee-Martin 75.59
268 Lindenwood 75.61
269 Sacred Heart 75.72
270 Lafayette 75.73
271 Eastern Kentucky 75.76
272 Evansville 75.78
273 Fairleigh Dickinson 75.78
274 Army West Point 75.85
275 Air Force 75.95
276 Monmouth 75.97
277 St. Bonaventure 76.15
278 Florida A&M 76.36
279 Alabama State 76.38
280 Southern Utah 76.48
281 North Carolina A&T 76.52
282 Fordham 76.60
283 Saint Joseph’s 76.62
284 North Dakota 76.81
285 Wagner 76.98
286 Texas Southern 76.99
287 Hartford 77.03
288 Binghamton 77.12
289 Chicago State 77.33
290 St. Francis-PA 77.40
291 Saint Peter’s 77.44
292 Western Illinois 77.53
293 Detroit 77.74
294 Green Bay 77.78
295 Eastern Illinois 77.86
296 Prairie View A&M 78.03
297 Canisius 78.09
298 Alabama A&M 78.46
299 Niagara 78.52
300 Hofstra 78.56
301 Manhattan 78.66
302 Merrimack 79.46
303 MD Eastern Shore 79.69
304 NC Central 79.81
305 Tennessee State 80.04

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How to Watch: Florida baseball vs. Vanderbilt Commodores on Sunday

Check out how to follow Sunday afternoon’s Orange and Blue action as the Gators look for the sweep over Vanderbilt.

Florida baseball returns home to host the Vanderbilt Commodores this weekend on Sunday, May 13, at Condron Family Ballpark in Gainesville, Florida, for the third and final game of the penultimate series of the 2023 schedule, and if you’re wondering how you can watch the action live, you’ve come to the right place.

The Gators got off to a strong start in non-conference play before earning a series win over the Alabama Crimson Tide at home to open SEC competition. Florida then took a single midweek game from the Florida State Seminoles in Tallahassee before sweeping a doubleheader over the Ole Miss Rebels on the road, following that up with two out of three at home from the Auburn Tigers.

Florida prevailed over the visiting Bethune-Cookman Wildcats at home before taking two of three on the road against the Tennessee Volunteers. Then on Tuesday, the Gators prevailed over the Seminoles again before dropping the opener to the Georgia Bulldogs on Friday. They bounced back on Saturday, before clinching the series on Sunday. The Orange and Blue then mercy-ruled the Florida A&M Rattlers.

The Gators were then swept on the road by the South Carolina Gamecocks for their first series loss of the season buts bounced back with a win over the North Florida Ospreys during the week before sweeping the Missouri Tigers last weekend. Speaking of sweeps, UF took all three games from FSU this season on Tuesday night with a win as well.

The Orange and Blue took the opener of last weekend’s series at the Texas A&M Aggies on Friday night before the home team bounced back to earn the series win with two-straight victories. Florida earned a mercy-rule win in this weekend’s opener on Friday while taking the second game on Saturday night.

PHOTOS: Highlights from Florida’s Game 1 win vs Vanderbilt Commodores

Check out a few highlights from Florida baseball’s big win on Friday.

Florida baseball earned a win at home in Condron Family Ballpark on Friday afternoon to take the opener of the penultimate regular-season series against the visiting Vanderbilt Commodores. The fifth-ranked Gators run-ruled the fourth-ranked ‘Dores, 10-0, behind a strong effort by starting pitcher Brandon Sproat as well as a powerful day at the plate.

Deric Fabian led the way on offense in his first start of the spring, driving in a career-high four runs on a 2-for-3 effort that included a home run. Tyler Shelnut went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles while scoring two runs, and Cade Kurland went 3-for-3, reaching base in all five plate appearances for the first time in his career.

Take a look below at a handful of highlights from Florida baseball’s 38th win of the season, this one coming in SEC play against Vanderbilt on Friday.

 

How to Watch: Florida baseball vs. Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday

Check out how to follow Saturday’s SEC baseball action in Gainesville.

Florida baseball returns home to host the Vanderbilt Commodores this weekend on Saturday, May 13, at Condron Family Ballpark in Gainesville, Florida, for the second game of the penultimate series of the 2023 schedule, and if you’re wondering how you can watch the action live, you’ve come to the right place.

The Gators got off to a strong start in non-conference play before earning a series win over the Alabama Crimson Tide at home to open SEC competition. Florida then took a single midweek game from the Florida State Seminoles in Tallahassee before sweeping a doubleheader over the Ole Miss Rebels on the road, following that up with two out of three at home from the Auburn Tigers.

Florida prevailed over the visiting Bethune-Cookman Wildcats at home before taking two of three on the road against the Tennessee Volunteers. Then on Tuesday, the Gators prevailed over the Seminoles again before dropping the opener to the Georgia Bulldogs on Friday. They bounced back on Saturday, before clinching the series on Sunday. The Orange and Blue then mercy-ruled the Florida A&M Rattlers.

The Gators were then swept on the road by the South Carolina Gamecocks for their first series loss of the season buts bounced back with a win over the North Florida Ospreys during the week before sweeping the Missouri Tigers last weekend. Speaking of sweeps, UF took all three games from FSU this season on Tuesday night with a win as well.

The Orange and Blue took the opener of last weekend’s series at the Texas A&M Aggies on Friday night before the home team bounced back to earn the series win with two-straight victories. Florida earned a mercy-rule win in this weekend’s opener on Friday night.

How to Watch: Florida baseball vs. Vanderbilt Commodores on Friday

The Gators face off with the Commodores in the penultimate regular-season series. Here’s how to follow Friday night’s action.

Florida baseball returns home to host the Vanderbilt Commodores this weekend starting on Friday, May 12, at Condron Family Ballpark in Gainesville, Florida, for the penultimate series of the 2023 schedule, and if you’re wondering how you can watch the action live, you’ve come to the right place.

The Gators got off to a strong start in non-conference play before earning a series win over the Alabama Crimson Tide at home to open SEC competition. Florida then took a single midweek game from the Florida State Seminoles in Tallahassee before sweeping a doubleheader over the Ole Miss Rebels on the road, following that up with two out of three at home from the Auburn Tigers.

Florida prevailed over the visiting Bethune-Cookman Wildcats at home before taking two of three on the road against the Tennessee Volunteers. Then on Tuesday, the Gators prevailed over the Seminoles again before dropping the opener to the Georgia Bulldogs on Friday. They bounced back on Saturday, before clinching the series on Sunday. The Orange and Blue then mercy-ruled the Florida A&M Rattlers.

The Gators were then swept on the road by the South Carolina Gamecocks for their first series loss of the season buts bounced back with a win over the North Florida Ospreys during the week before sweeping the Missouri Tigers last weekend. Speaking of sweeps, UF took all three games from FSU this season on Tuesday night with a win as well.

The Orange and Blue took the opener of last weekend’s series at the Texas A&M Aggies on Friday night before the home team bounced back to earn the series win with two-straight victories.

Series Preview: Florida hosts Vanderbilt in final home series of 2023

Florida and Vanderbilt are battling for SEC East supremacy in the final weeks of the season. Will being at home help the Gators take the series this weekend?

The Florida Gators have lost two of their last three weekend series against SEC clubs, and No. 4 Vanderbilt is coming to town for a three-game set that could decide who wins the SEC East.

The Gators are ranked No. 5 in the nation by USA TODAY Sports and are 2.0 games back of the Commodores for the top spot in the East. A sweep would put Florida on top of the division, but anything less might make a first-place finish difficult.

At one point in the season, Florida looked like the best offensive team in the country. While that might still be true, opponents have put together their best pitching weekends of the season against the Gators over the past couple of series. Is it simply bad luck or is there something deeper going on causing the team’s woes?

Here’s a look at the club heading into the weekend series against Vanderbilt.

5 major takeaways following Florida’s series loss to Texas A&M

It was a rough weekend in College Station for the boys in Orange and Blue, and Florida needs to regroup fast before facing Vanderbilt.

It’s been a few weeks since Gators Wire has looked at the bigger picture regarding Florida’s baseball program, and what better time to revisit things than with two weeks left until the end of the regular season?

The Gators are 37-12 overall and 15-9 against the SEC following a series loss to Texas A&M that ended on a walk-off balk. South Carolina swept Florida two weeks ago, and a sweep against Missouri doesn’t save the Gators.

The best pieces of the pitching staff have looked overwhelmed lately, and the bats are quieting down as every conference foe has their best weekend on the mound against Florida. It’s a frustrating time to be a Gators fan in a vacuum, but things are okay overall.

Florida will still push to host a Super Regional and is widely accepted to be one of the top 10 teams in the country. The question is whether UF is in that top-5 conversation. That will be answered in a week after a series against Vanderbilt.

Here’s where the Gators stand heading into the weekend.