Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. A trough of low pressure continues to produce a large area of disorganized cloudiness and showers over the Bay of Campeche. Slow development is possible over the next several days while the broad disturbance moves little, and a tropical depression could form in this area late in the week. Regardless of development, heavy rainfall will be possible over portions of Central America and southern Mexico during the next several days. Please consult products from your local meteorological service for more information. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.
Monthly Archives: June 2021
6/12 Tropical Update
Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. An area of cloudiness and showers has developed over the Bay of Campeche and the adjacent land areas. Slow development of this system is possible over the next several days as it moves slowly and erratically, and a tropical depression could form in this area by the middle of next week. Due to the slow motion, regardless of development, heavy rainfall is possible over portions of Central America and southern Mexico. Please consult products from your local meteorological service for more information. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.
Tropical Weather Outlook
200 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: An area of low pressure is expected to develop over the southwestern Caribbean Sea by Thursday or Friday. Some gradual development will be possible thereafter as the system moves slowly northwestward toward Central America. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
⚾️ Gator Season Ends ⚾️
The host Gators made a quick exit in the Gainesville Regional.
No. 3-seed South Alabama’s lineup made sure of that Saturday afternoon in a 19-1 win at Florida Ballpark to end Florida’s season. The Jaguars (34-22) pounded the Gators for 20 hits, including 10 in a row during a 10-run sixth inning that erased any doubt whether No. 1-seed Florida (38-22) had a rally left in its tank.
South Alabama, shut out Friday night by Miami, led the Gators 4-1 when the bottom of the sixth inning started. Franco Aleman, who came out of the bullpen, retired two of the first three batters in the inning when the hits started pouring from the sky. South Alabama sent 14 batters to the plate in the inning against Aleman and reliever Brandon Sproat, recording nine singles and a double in the frame.
The inning underscored a disappointing end to the 2021 season for the Gators, who opened the season as the consensus No. 1 team in the country but struggled with injuries and consistency. Florida’s 5-3 loss to South Florida on Friday dropped the Gators into the loser’s bracket.
The loss marked only the sixth time in program history the Gators have gone 0-2 in regional play and first time since 2014.
Signs surfaced early in Saturday’s loss that it might not be the Gators’ day. Starter Hunter Barco lasted only a 1/3 of an inning, falling behind 2-0 in the first inning before being replaced by Jack Leftwich. The Gators trimmed South Alabama’s lead to 2-1 in the top of the third on Mac Guscette’s RBI sacrifice fly.
The Sun Belt Conference Tournament-champion Jaguars struck back with a pair of runs in the fifth on Cameron Tissue’s two-run double. The next inning is when the floodgates opened, and to add to the Gators’ misery, a weather delay halted play for 2 hours, 18 minutes in the bottom of the seventh with South Alabama leading 19-1.
Jaguars first baseman Kaleb DeLaTorre had four hits, and leadoff hitter Santi Montiel added a team-high five RBI, including a three-run homer two batters prior to the weather delay that started at 3:10 p.m.
Gainesville Regional Details
The Gators will open the Gainesville Regional by taking on USF at noon on Friday. Learn about UF’s opponents and see what the Gators had to say about them in our regional preview.
Read more: https://www.gatorcountry.com/florida-gators-baseball/gainesville-regional-preview-2/
Welcome Coach Werskey
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida Track and Field and Cross Country Head Coach Mike Holloway announced Thursday the hiring of Eric Werskey as assistant coach (throws) for the Gators.
“We are very excited to add Eric to our staff” Holloway said. “He is a very passionate coach and a tireless recruiter who will bring excitement to our staff and team. I’m confident his work ethic and enthusiasm will excite future Gators. He has a lot of high-level experience in a short amount of time, and we look forward to having him be part of our Gators family.”
Werskey joins the Gators’ coaching staff after four seasons at Iowa (2018-21), two years at California State University Northridge (2016-17) and three years of professional training at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, where he took his first strides into coaching after working with some of the top throwers in the world.
“Being named the next throws coach at the University of Florida is a great honor and a privilege that I’m really excited about,” Werskey said. “I want to thank coach Holloway for trusting me to step into this position and for the opportunity to become part of a world-class staff and historical Gator nation. Coach Steve Lemke has left a big mark on this program, so I’m excited for the challenge and look forward to helping build the program’s already successful history further.”
Werskey helped the Hawkeyes to seven combined Big Ten top-3 finishes, including three conference titles. Additionally, Werskey coached Hawkeyes throwers to five Big Ten individual championships, one NCAA championship, seven combined All-America honors and eight school records during his tenure at Iowa.
Congrats Coach Mullen
Florida and Dan Mullen agreed to a contract extension that will keep the head coach on the Gators’ sideline until January 2027, the school confirmed Tuesday, according to Zach Abolverdi of Gator Sports.
“Dan has done a tremendous job in his three seasons at Florida, and we are fortunate to have someone with his obvious talents and head coaching experience leading our football program,” athletic director Scott Stricklin said in a statement.
The new deal is worth an additional $1.5 million annually, according to contracts Florida released via public records requests. Mullen is set to make $7.6 million this season, third among SEC head coaches behind Alabama’s Nick Saban and LSU’s Ed Orgeron.
Mullen is 29-9 since joining the Gators ahead of the 2018 season. The 49-year-old has led Florida to three bowl appearances, winning two of those games.