2015 Florida Gators softball team

2015 Florida Gators softball
2015 Florida Gators softball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	East
Record	60-7 (19-5 SEC)
Head coach	Tim Walton;
Assistant coach	Kenny Gajewski, Jennifer Rocha
Home stadium	Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 ⊟

2015 Southeastern Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Florida ‍†‍‍^y	18	–	5	.783	50	–	6	.893
No. 4 Auburn ‍‍‡‍^y	18	–	6	.750	49	–	9	.845
No. 5 Alabama ‍‍‍^y	17	–	7	.708	42	–	12	.778
No. 8 LSU ‍‍‍^y	15	–	9	.625	44	–	11	.800
No. 10 Tennessee ‍‍‍^y	15	–	9	.625	42	–	14	.750
No. 14 Georgia ‍‍‍^y	14	–	9	.609	40	–	14	.741
No. 12 Missouri ‍‍‍^y	14	–	10	.583	39	–	14	.736
No. 24 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	12	–	12	.500	38	–	18	.679
South Carolina ‍‍‍^y	10	–	14	.417	37	–	20	.649
Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	10	–	14	.417	35	–	18	.660
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	6	–	18	.250	30	–	25	.545
Kentucky ‍‍‍^y	5	–	19	.208	29	–	24	.547
Arkansas ‍‍‍	1	–	23	.042	16	–	37	.302

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 12, 2015^[1] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

The 2015 Florida Gators softball team represented the University of Florida softball program during the 2015 NCAA Division I softball season. The Gators defeated Michigan in three games in the final of the 2015 Women's College World Series, clinching back-to-back titles for the program. Lauren Haeger was named Most Outstanding Player of the WCWS.

Roster

The 2015 Florida Gators softball team has 6 seniors, 5 juniors, 3 sophomores, and 6 freshmen.^[2]

#	Name	Position	Height	Year	Hometown
1	Aubree Munro	C	5-9	Jr	Brea, CA
4	Jessica Damico	UT	5-4	Sr	Gary Summit, MO
6	Kathlyn Medina	INF	5-4	Sr	Downey, CA
7	Kelsey Stewart	INF	5-6	Jr	Wichtia, KS
8	Aleshia Ocasio	UT	5-9	Fr	St. Cloud, FL
12	Taylore Fuller	UT	5-7	Jr	Trenton, FL
16	Becca Shipper	UT	5-5	Fr	Magnolia, DE
17	Lauren Haeger	RHP/1B	5-11	Sr	Peoria, AZ
19	Chelsea Herndon	UT	5-7	So	Carrollton, TX
20	Francesca Martinez	OF	5-5	Sr	Centreville, VA
21	Kayli Kavistad	UT	5-8	Fr	Lake City, FL
22	Megan Reed	OF	5-8	Fr	Seffner, FL
23	Nicole Dewitt	IF	5-6	Fr	Garden Grove, CA
24	Kirsti Merritt	OF	5-4	Jr	Lake Panasoffkee, FL
25	Janell Wheaton	C/1B	5-7	Fr	San Dimas, CA
33	Delanie Gourley	LHP	5-4	So	Lakeside, CA
49	Taylor Schwarz	1B	5-9	Jr	Palm Beach Gardens, FL
52	Justine McLean	OF	5-3	So	Rancho Cucamonga, CA
55	Briana Little	UT	5-4	Sr	Middleburg, FL
88	Bailey Castro	INF	5-17	Sr	Pembroke Pines, FL

Schedule

Legend
	Florida win
	Florida loss
	Postponement
Bold	Florida team member

Regular season

Regular season
Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
February 6, 2015	Hampton	#1	USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL	17–0	Haeger (1–0)	Jackson (0–2)	None	459	1–0	–
February 7, 2015	#8 Michigan	#1	USF Softball Stadium	2–1	Ocasio (1–0)	Wagner (0–1)	None	1,167	2–0	–
February 7, 2015	Illinois State	#1	USF Softball Stadium	8–0	Gourley (1–0)	Vissering (0–1)	None	867	3–0	–
February 8, 2015	Jacksonville	#1	USF Softball Stadium	9–0	Haeger (2–0)	Rossman (1–1)	None	1,033	4–0	–
February 8, 2015	at USF	#1	USF Softball Stadium	10–5	Ocasio (2–0)	Nunn (1–1)	None	1,687	5–0	–
February 11, 2015	at Jacksonville	#1	The Debbie & Fred Pruitt Softball Complex Jacksonville, FL	16–1	Haeger (3–0)	Brown (1–3)	None	633	6–0	–
February 13, 2015	NC State	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	1–0	Ocasio (3–0)	Weiman (1–3)	None	630	7–0	–
February 14, 2015	NC State	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	5–3	Gourley (2–0)	Mirabella (1–2)	Ocasio (1)	1,565	8–0	–
February 14, 2015	Iowa	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	8–0	Haeger (4–0)	Yoways (1–2)	None		9–0	–
February 15, 2015	Iowa	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	8–0	Gourley (3–0)	Starkenburg (2–3)	None	450	10–0	–
February 15, 2015	NC State	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	3–0	Haeger (5–0)				11–0	–
February 20, 2015	Liberty	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	11–0	Haeger (6–0)				12–0	–
February 21, 2015	Illinois State	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	4–1	Ocasio (4–0)				13–0	–
February 21, 2015	Kansas	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	7–1	Haeger (7–0)				14–0	–
February 22, 2015	Mercer	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	20–3	Gourley (4–0)	Stevens (3–5)	None	630	15–0	–
February 22, 2015	Mercer	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	10–3	Haeger (8–0)				16–0	–
February 25, 2015	#15 UCF	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	2–1	Ocasio (5–0)				17–0	–
February 27, 2015	#2 Oregon	#1	SDSU Softball Stadium San Diego, CA	3–0	Gourley (5–0)				18–0	–
February 27, 2015	Cal Poly	#1	SDSU Softball Stadium	6–1	Haeger (9–0)				19–0	–
February 28, 2015	UC Davis	#1	USD Softball Complex San Diego, CA	9–0	Gourley (6–0)				20–0	–
February 28, 2015	at San Diego	#1	USD Softball Complex	8–0	Ocasio (6–0)	Von Sprecken (7–3)	None	384	21–0	–
March 2015	at San Diego State				Canceled (rain)				–	–
March 2015	Long Beach State	#1	49er Softball Complex Long Beach, CA	10–1					22–0	–
March 2015	#3 Michigan	#1	Anderson Family Field Fullerton, CA	7–4					23–0	–
March 2015	San Jose State	#1	Anderson Family Field	9–1					24–0	–
March 2015	#13 Arizona	#1	Anderson Family Field	10–0					25–0	–
March 2015	#2 Oregon	#1	Anderson Family Field	5–1					26–0	–
March 2015	Fresno State	#1	Anderson Family Field	4–1					27–0	–
March 2015	#3 LSU	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	4–3					28–0	1–0
March 2015	#3 LSU	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	10–14					28–1	1–1
March 2015	#3 LSU	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	3–10					28–2	1–2
March 2015	at #4 Alabama	#2	Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	1–0					29–2	2–2
March 2015	at #4 Alabama	#2	Rhoads Stadium	4–1					30–2	3–2
March 2015	at #4 Alabama	#2	Rhoads Stadium	1–5					30–3	3–3
March 2015	at Mississippi State	#2	Mississippi State Softball Field Starkville, MS	3–2					31–3	4–3
March 2015	at Mississippi State	#2	Mississippi State Softball Field	16–2					32–3	5–3
March 2015	at Mississippi State	#2	Mississippi State Softball Field	3–5					32–4	5–4
April 2015	North Florida	#3	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	2–1					33–4	5–4
April 2015	South Carolina	#3	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	10–2					34–4	6–4
April 2015	South Carolina	#3	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	19–0					35–4	7–4
April 2015	South Carolina	#3	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	16–3					36–4	8–4
April 2015	at #8 Florida State	#3	JoAnne Graf Field Tallahassee, FL	5–1					37–4	8–4
April 2015	#13 Kentucky	#3	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	1–0					38–4	9–4
April 2015	#13 Kentucky	#3	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	6–3					39–4	10–4
April 2015	#13 Kentucky	#3	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	2–0					40–4	11–4
April 2015	South Florida	#2	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	7–0					41–4	11–4
April 2015	at #11 Georgia	#2	Jack Turner Stadium Athens, GA	8–4					42–4	12–4
April 2015	at #11 Georgia	#2	Jack Turner Stadium	4–3					43–4	13–4
April 2015	at Georgia				Canceled (rain)				–	–
April 2015	#10 Florida State	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	5–0					44–4	13–4
April 2015	#25 Texas A&M	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	7–3					45–4	14–4
April 2015	#25 Texas A&M	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	9–5					46–4	15–4
April 2015	#25 Texas A&M	#1	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	9–1					47–4	16–4
May 1, 2015	at #11 Missouri	#1	University Field Columbia, MO	7–6	Gourley (10–1)	Finucane (18–7)	None	1,807	48–4	17–4
May 2, 2015	at #11 Missouri	#1	University Field	9–6	Ocasio (16–3)	Finucane (18–8)	Gourley (4)	2,325	49–4	18–4
May 3, 2015	at #11 Missouri	#1	University Field	2–3	Lowary (18–4)	Gourley (10–2)	None	1,702	49–5	18–5

Postseason

Postseason
Tournament	Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
2015 SEC softball tournament	May 2015	South Carolina	#2 (1)	Tiger Park Baton Rouge, LA	10–1	Haeger (24–0)	Sarratt (17–12)	None		50–5	1–0
2015 SEC softball tournament	May 2015	#11 Tennessee	#2 (1)	Tiger Park	1–2	Gabriel (15–6)	Haeger (24–1)	Gaffin (2)	1,769	50–6	1–1
2015 NCAA Division I softball tournament	May 15, 2015	Florida A&M	#2 (1)	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	6-0	Ocasio (17–3)	Burse (3–19)	None	1,630	51–6	1–0
	May 16, 2015	Hofstra	#2 (1)	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	7-0	Haeger (25–1)	Pirone (19–11)	None	1,224	52–6	2–0
	May 17, 2015	Florida Atlantic	#2 (1)	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	1-0	Haeger (26–1)	Wilson (8–5)	None	1,404	53–6	3–0
	May 23, 2015	#25 Kentucky	#1 (1)	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	7-0	Haeger (27–1)	Nunley (14–15)	None	1,739	54–6	1–0
	May 24, 2015	#25 Kentucky	#1 (1)	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium	1-0	Haeger (28–1)	Nunley (14–16)	None	1,939	55–6	2–0
2015 Women's College World Series	May 28, 2015	#8 (8) Tennessee	#1 (1)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	7–2	Haeger (29–1)	Gaffin (17–4)	None		56–6	1–0
	May 29, 2015	#5 (5) LSU	#1 (1)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium	4–0	Haeger (30–1)	Hoover (18–6)	None		57–6	2–0
	May 31, 2015	#4 (4) Auburn	#1 (1)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium	3–2	Haeger (31–1)	Davis (26–3)	None		58–6	3–0
	June 1, 2015	#3 (3) Michigan	#1 (1)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium	3–2	Ocasio (18–3)	Betsa (31–5)	Gourley	8,329	59–6	4–0
	June 2, 2015	#3 (3) Michigan	#1 (1)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium	0–1	Wagner (25–2)	Haeger (31–2)	None	8,254	59–7	4–1
	June 3, 2015	#3 (3) Michigan	#1 (1)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium	4–1	Haeger (32–2)	Wagner (25–3)	None	7,680	60–7	5–1

Ranking movement

Poll	Last	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
NFCA^[3]	1*	1	1	1	1	1	1*	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1*
USA Softball^[4]	1*	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	1	1*
* Indicates unanimous selection.

References

^ "Softball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
^ 2015 Softball Roster
^ NFCA Poll
^ USA Softball Poll

[1] "Softball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2015.

[2] 2015 Softball Roster

[3] NFCA Poll

[4] USA Softball Poll

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v t e Florida Gators softball
Venue	Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium (1997–present)
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National Championships in bold; Women's College World Series appearances in italics

v t e Florida Gators 2015 Women's College World Series Champions
1 Aubree Munro 7 Kelsey Stewart 8 Aleshia Ocasio 17 Lauren Haeger 33 Delanie Gourley
Head coach Tim Walton Assistant coach Kenny Gajewski Assistant coach Jennifer Rocha
Regular season NCAA tournament Women's College World Series