Florida softball regional prediction: Who has the edge in NCAA Gainesville Regional?

A lot has changed for Florida softball since it last played at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. On April 28, the Gators beat rival Florida State at home for the first time in five years. Momentum, fresh off the program’s best win in a month, was high.

It’s been crashing down in the two weeks since. Florida lost two of three in Athens to fellow rival Georgia, hung on to defeat under . 500 Auburn and then were run-ruled by Alabama in the SEC Tournament.

The NCAA Softball Tournament selection committee still awarded Florida the No. 6 overall seed and hosting in regionals and supers, but it isn’t the way anyone wanted to depart into the last few weeks of the season However, if there’s any team that can refocus and lock in for the postseason, it’s UF and legendary coach Tim Walton. That’s what history shows.

Florida hasn’t lost a regional at home since 2012 and hasn’t even lost a home game since 2017. The Gators seem to have a knack for playing best when it matters most. Will this regional be more of that, or will Texas State, Georgia Tech or Florida A&M upend the mighty Orange and Blue.