It was considered a stroke of luck that freshman first baseman Austin Maddox enrolled at Florida last summer. He brought home that point once again during Florida’s 8-0 victory over Illinois State Wednesday night at McKethan Stadium.
In a great year for freshmen shortstop, FR SS Nolan Fontana (Florida) has been the best: 3-4, 2 SB, 2 R. He’s now hitting .400/.486/.567 through 9 games, easily Florida’s best hitter in the early going.
By now, most fans of the University of Florida baseball team are well-aware the Gators were the darling of the national media heading into the 2010 season. An incredibly deep stable of talented young pitchers would be cited by many preseason publications as the primary reason for including Florida among the top-ten college baseball programs in the country heading into the season.
The Gator offense was paced by SO 1B Preston Tucker (2-3, 2 2B, 2 BB, R), JR 3B Bryson Smith (2-4, HR, SB, 3 RBI, R), and, a player very quickly growing on me, FR SS Nolan Fontana (3-4, 3B, R). FR CF Zeke DeVoss (Miami), …
Freshman Nolan Fontana (Winter Garden, Fla.) went 7-for-11 (.636) with four runs, two stolen bases and boasted a perfect fielding percentage in 11 chances at shortstop and was later named as the SEC Freshman of the Week. …
Nolan Fontana • Florida SS • Winter Garden, Fla.
MIAMI — The Gators got all the offense they needed when Bryson Smith launched a three-run homer in the fourth inning and Tommy Toledo and Kevin Chapman combined to limit Miami to four hits and just one earned run as the Gators took the weekend series from the Hurricanes with a 4-2 win Sunday afternoon at Alex Rodriguez Stadium. It was only the fifth time in school history that the Gators have won a series in Miami.
Smith’s three-run shot brings in Dan Pigott (reaches on E5) and Nolan Fontana (single right).
CORAL GABLES – No. 10 Miami scored three unearned runs in the fifth to turn a one-run deficit into a lead it would not relinquish during a 9-6 victory over No.
And what else can you say about Nolan Fontana ? The guy has ice flowing through his veins.
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