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  UF wins series at South Carolina
  Mar 24, 2012 at 4:14 PM
  Nolan Fontana hit a two-run triple in the ninth inning Saturday to lead top-ranked Florida to a 5-4 win over No. 8 South Carolina.
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nolan Fontana hit a two-run triple in the ninth inning Saturday to lead top-ranked Florida to a 5-4 win over No. 8 South Carolina.
  Florida (22-2, 5-1 SEC) won the series over the two-time defending national champions (17-7, 1-5) by taking the last two games of the three-game set. It was a little bit of revenge for the Gators, who lost in the national championship series to the Gamecocks last summer.
  The Gators broke open a 3-3 tie after two were out in the ninth inning. Vickash Ramjit walked and Cody Dent was hit by a pitch from South Carolina reliever Matt Price (3-2) to set the stage for Fontana's triple to right-center field that put UF up 5-3.
  Relief pitcher Austin Maddox (2-0) gave up a one-out solo home run to USC's LB Dantzler in the bottom of the ninth inning but closed it out from there.
  Florida jumped to a 3-0 lead with a run in the first inning and two in the third. In the first, Fontana singled, advanced to third on Preston Tucker's single and scored on Mike Zunino's sacrifice fly to right.
  Zunino and Daniel Pigott hit home runs in the third inning.
  South Carolina tied it with two unearned runs in the fourth inning and a run in the fifth.
  Florida's injury list grew Friday when freshman third baseman Josh Tobias broke his hand in the first inning. The Gators had lost starting center fielder Tyler Thompson to a season-ending knee injury last week.