Blog Post 11: Florida Reaches Championship

On Sunday May 31, 2015 the Florida Lady Gators faced off Auburn in the College Women World Softball Championship semi-finals, this game ended up going into nine innings. The players and coaches were ecstatic of there extra innings win as portrayed in the article. The quthors purpose is to capture how the Lady Gators beat Auburn in the semi-finals to get one step closer to the National Title. The author uses great quotes from the players and coaches that participated in the down-to-the-wire game. He also captures the key plays during the game that helped pulled the win out for the Gators, like "Nicole DeWitt's single in the bottom of the ninth scored Justine McLean for the game winner, Florida's eighth walk-off victory of the year. McLean had advanced to second on a wild pitch before DeWitt's hit off Auburn reliever Marcy Harper.". The message of this article is to show the top contenders in the woman collegiate softball championship. The audience that the author had in mind is fans and people who are interested with the woman softball tournament. The author uses many different types of styles to enhance his writing.