Special report on the Florida Gators softball team:
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Florida was announced as the 2019 Southeastern Conference preseason favorite Wednesday morning after votes from the 13 SEC head coaches were gathered and tallied by the league office.
The four-time defending SEC regular season champions and 2019 tournament champions received 10 first-place votes, while Georgia picked up two votes and Kentucky garnered one.
In 2018, the Gators recorded a 20-4 conference record on their way to capturing a league leading eighth regular season title and fourth overall tournament championship.
Florida begins its’ 2019 campaign at the USF Opening Weekend Invitational in Tampa against Illinois State (Feb.