Sunday Colleges: Florida Gators capture 12th straight SEC All-Sports Award

For the 12th consecutive academic year, Florida won the SEC All-Sports Award presented by GateHouse Media.

What was a close race turned into a rout when Florida won the SEC in baseball and men’s and women’s track and field on the same weekend. UF finished with a score of .76442 to second-place Georgia’s .68632.

Georgia kept Florida from sweeping all three awards by taking the women’s title. The Georgia women edged Florida by .0051.

But the UF men easily outdistanced the field, beating second-place Texas A&M .8152 to .6630.

In the overall standings, Texas A&M finished third, Arkansas fourth and South Carolina fifth. It wasn’t a good year for the “M’s” in the conference with Mississippi, Mississippi State and Missouri finishing in the last three spots.

Florida won six SEC titles this academic year — baseball, softball, men’s and women’s track and field, men’s swimming and diving and volleyball.

This is the fourth year GateHouse Media, which owns The News-Journal as well as dozens of other publications around the country, awards the overall, men's and women's SEC All-Sports trophies.

SOFTBALL

Florida 4, Ohio St. 0

Senior Aleshia Ocasio became the first Florida pitcher to throw a seven-inning no-hitter in the NCAA Tournament as the Gators (53-8) advanced out of the regional championship round with a win over Ohio State. Ocasio struck out a season-high 12 and had a pair of RBIs to help her cause.

The Gators were held hitless through five innings (and had just two for the ganme), but managed to scratch out a couple runs against OSU's Shelby McCombs by drawing 11 walks and with some good base-running.

Jaimie Hoover had a triple and SEC Player of the Year Amanda Lorenz and RBI double.

The Gators will host a Super Region against the Texas A&M-Baylor winner.

FSU 10, Jacksonville St. 0

Kylee Hanson carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and finished with 11 strikeouts as Florida State won the Tallahassee Regional with a win over Jacksonville State.

FSU, which scored five runs in the third inning, will host the LSU-Louisiana winner in a Super Regional.

Sydney Sherrill went 2 for 4 with a home run and a double, scored twice and had three RBIs.