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Never in the history of Florida’s baseball program have the Gators gotten off to as poor of a start to conference play as 2025. After starting 0-8 against SEC opponents, UF took one game against Ole Miss before returning to its rough showings.
Felipe Zapata Velásquez, a 27-year-old food and resource economics third-year international student, is currently being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Pollen is in the air, an endless stream of team buses is rolling through the north side of campus, and the cacophonic sound of a starting gun is still ringing through the air. All of this means one thing: it’s track season in Gainesville.
In the top of the eighth inning in a contest between the No. 3/2 Florida Gators and the No. 12/13 Arkansas Razorbacks, chaos ensued as the game went into extra innings.
The streets bled orange and blue in the early hours of 5 a.m. on Saturday, as Gator fans marked their spots in line at The Swamp Restaurant for a chance to secure a table for the Gators’ Final Four match against Auburn at 6 p.m.
Riding the high of a dramatic comeback win and upset of No. 26 Georgia, Florida men’s tennis (13-9, 8-5 SEC) hosted No. 18 Tennessee, prepared to keep its momentum alive and knock off another ranked SEC rival.
Ten minutes. That’s all it took for UF head coach Kevin O’Sullivan to be ejected from Saturday’s midday meeting between the Florida Gators and Vanderbilt Commodores.
In San Antonio, Gators men’s basketball is gearing up to take on the Auburn Tigers on Saturday night. But back at home in Gainesville, Florida fans will have their eyes glued to the TV, whether that screen is at a bar, home or on campus.
For the first time in team history, Florida lacrosse hosted a Big 12 Conference matchup in Gainesville, as UF faced off against San Diego State. The result was the Gators’ most dominant performance of the season so far.
SAN ANTONIO — 134, 18 and one. Those are the numbers that sent Florida to the Final Four.
When Florida traveled to the plains of Alabama to play No. 1 Auburn Tigers on Feb. 8, the Gators were tasked with knocking off the best team in the best conference in college basketball without their second-leading scorer in senior guard Alijah Martin. In a shocking upset, Florida came away with the victory, and sophomore forward Thomas Haugh wasn’t shy to let the Auburn fans know about it.
SAN ANTONIO --- After leaving class on Friday afternoon, Hannah Skalicky and a couple friends darted to her dorm and began packing the 19-year-old mathematics freshman’s car. They had a 15-hour drive ahead of them to San Antonio, Texas.
Florida’s struggles in conference play have been well-documented. For most of its rough start against SEC opponents, the pitching has been the biggest issue. Whether it’s giving up late leads or being out-gunned in shootouts, the bats have not been the problem.
With creamsicle orange and cherry reds blending together with sky blue, it was a smattering of sunset colors on leotards for Florida competing on the mats in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Fitting as it was the dusk of some collegiate careers and the dawn of others.
The first inning proved to be detrimental for Florida in its second-straight game. Once again, it got off to a slow start in the circle.
In a match with few positives for Florida, senior Alicia Dudeney provided a spark, continuing her recent dominance in singles.
Florida (13-8, 8-4 SEC) was not happy having its four-game conference win streak ended by Mississippi State on Saturday. The Gators returned home to Gainesville with a vengeance to host another Bulldog team, the No. 26 Georgia Bulldogs (14-8, 7-4 SEC).
Facing a three-run deficit in the fifth inning, the top of Florida’s order looked to give the team a spark. Freshman right fielder Taylor Shumaker lined a single to left field, and junior catcher Jocelyn Erickson walked to put two runners on to start the inning.
When former Florida men’s basketball head coach Billy Donovan arrived in Gainesville in 1996, he was tasked with leading a program that had appeared in just five NCAA Tournaments throughout its 76-year history. By the time Donovan departed in 2015, he brought Florida into the national spotlight of the sport. The Gators reached the pinnacle of college hoops not once, but twice, with back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007.
When Christian singer-songwriter Jennifer Knapp came out as gay in 2010, she was confronted by a pastor on national television for her “sin.” The terrifying prospect of coming out in a faith-based environment made it seem nearly impossible for her to carry on with her music career. Yet, after realizing real faith knows no boundaries, she let go of the mold she so desperately once tried to fit into.
Solutions by The State News
