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Lindaman blasts homer against former team, leads Gators to 2-0 victory

March 21, 2019 by Dan Holm

Florida’s Kendyl Lindaman swings at a pitch during a recent game. Lindaman hit a two-run homer on Wednesday to lead the Gators to a 2-0 victory over Minnesota, her former team. (Photo courtesy of University of Florida Athletics Communications)

Kendyl Lindaman knew what pitch to expect from Minnesota’s Amber Fiser.

And she didn’t miss it.

Lindaman slugged a two-run homer in the first inning to provide the game’s only runs as sixth-ranked Florida defeated the No. 20 Gophers, 2-0, in a top-25 softball showdown on Wednesday at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium in Gainesville.

Lindaman, a former Ankeny Centennial star, played two seasons at Minnesota before transferring to Florida after the fall semester. She took advantage of a new rule that allows collegiate softball players to transfer without having to sit out a year.

“It does feel good. I mean, it was a good moment,” Lindaman said in a Florida press release. “You know, I’m still close to some of those girls, but I’ve put in a lot of hard work lately and I think it’s really paid off—not only just in this game, but this past week.”

Lindaman, a junior catcher, is very familiar with Fiser’s pitching tendencies.

“I wasn’t really looking. I would say [that] after catching her for two and half years, I know her pretty well,” Lindaman said. “And just having a bunch of live at-bats, obviously, these past two years off of her, I know what she pitches me and what she wants to do. …she is a great pitcher, but I was expecting a pitch—it was a hitter’s count at that point—so I was expecting a good pitch.”

Lindaman was a two-time Big Ten Player of the Year and a two-time all-American at Minnesota, leading the Gophers to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. She broke the Gophers’ single-season home run record with 20 as a freshman, then matched that total during her sophomore year.

Lindaman is off to a great start with the Gators after recovering from a knee injury last fall that required surgery. She is batting .363 with six homers and 25 RBIs.

Florida raised its record to 25-6 with Wednesday’s victory. Kelly Barnhill tossed a three-hit shutout and recorded her 1,000th career strikeout for the Gators.

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