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The Gators are 8-0 in SEC play this season, their best start since 2005 when they began 11-0 and won the SEC regular-season championship.

Sports

Gators extend winning streak to 10 with win over LSU

By Noah Ram | Mar. 29, 2019

The mood in the locker room after Florida’s match against LSU was mixed, feeling excited while also feeling relief.

Senior Johannes Ingildsen picked up his 100th win for Florida against USF on Sunday. The Copenhagen, Denmark native now ranks eighth in singles victory at UF.

Sports

Gators host weekend matches against LSU and Texas A&M

By Noah Ram | Mar. 29, 2019

The Florida men’s tennis team can get one step closer to clinching the SEC regular-season title this weekend.

UF women's tennis coach Roland Thornqvist said the team is continuing to improve. “I thought at the beginning of this season with the youth we have and the first time in this league that we were going to have a lot of growing pains, " he said. ". . . but it's getting better and that was our message in the (locker room).”

Sports

Florida prepares for final road-stretch against LSU and Texas A&M

By Victor Prieto | Mar. 29, 2019

The Gators women’s tennis team is amid one of its worst seasons in program history.

Gators women’s swimming team returns to the pool at this week’s NCAA Championships.

Sports

Gators in fifth after Day 2 of NCAA Championships

By Jack Braverman | Mar. 28, 2019

The Gators men’s swimming team entered the pool this week carrying with them one goal: to compete for a national championship.

Attackers Lindsey Ronbeck (pictured) and Shannon Kavanagh and midfielder Sydney Pirreca each scored three goals against Princeton. But the rest of the team only scored two goals in a 13-11 loss to the Princeton at Donald R. Dizney Stadium.

Sports

Gators shift focus to conference play, face Temple on the road

By Bryan Matamoros | Mar. 28, 2019

The start of the 2019 season has not been kind to Florida’s women’s lacrosse team.

Florida Sunday starter Tyler Dyson is averaging 4.78 innings per start this season. He holds a 3-1 record through six starts, has a 5.34 ERA and has recorded 21 strikeouts in 2019.

Sports

First to worst: UF’s pitching staff deserves share of blame for struggles

By Kyle Wood | Mar. 28, 2019

The Florida baseball team’s success in 2018 was consistent with recent expectations for the program.

Florida track and field coach Mike Holloway boasts the No. 2-best men’s team and the No. 6-best women’s team in the country.

Sports

Gators’ underclassmen compete in Day 1 of Florida Relays

By Graham Marsh | Mar. 28, 2019

The Pepsi Florida Relays was Cameron Mahorn’s first home meet.

Chris Cantrell, also known by his gamertag KontruL on Playstation, was drafted by Magic Gaming with the eighth pick in the inaugural 2018 NBA 2K League Draft.

News

KontruL: How Chris Cantrell paved a career in NBA 2K

By Dylan Rudolph | Mar. 28, 2019

Chris Cantrell’s love for playing began with innocent card games with his sister, Catelyn.

UF catcher Kendyl Lindaman had four home runs and nine RBIs over the weekend in two games against Mercer.

Sports

Gators travel to Ole Miss for weekend series

By Mark Stine | Mar. 28, 2019

The UF softball team has an important series with Ole Miss this weekend after its first two SEC series against Tennessee and LSU ended in defeat.

Burlesque performer Sally B. Dash performs her flying monkey routine during Sally B’s Noobie Reveal event Saturday night at the Hardback Cafe. The reveal showcased new performers, as well as longtime performer Dash, and about 50 people attended the performance.

News

Red lips, rhinestones and the risqué: The life of burlesque dancer Sally B. Dash

By Romy Ellenbogen | Mar. 28, 2019

“Sally B’s not my alter ego. She’s my ego.”

Florida center fielder Jud Fabian scored two runs during UF's 4-2 win over Florida State in Jacksonville on Tuesday.

Sports

Gators attempt to keep win streak alive against Alabama

By Kyle Wood | Mar. 28, 2019

Florida seniors Nelson Maldonado and Blake Reese were seniors in high school the last time Alabama bested the Gators on the diamond.

More than 200 people listen to six speakers Thursday on Plaza of the Americas during the vigil for the one-year anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting.

University

Florida universities react to deaths of MSD survivors

By Kyle Wood | Mar. 28, 2019

UF is home to 273 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School alumni

Bella, the emotional support dog killed by three pitbulls

Metro

Animal services to make changes after dog attacks

By Josephine Fuller | Mar. 28, 2019

An irresponsible owner clause may be imposed

Florida quarterback Feleipe Franks threw for 173 yards on 13-of-23 passing and a touchdown in UF's Peach Bowl win over Michigan in Atlanta on Dec. 29.

Sports

Scrimmage showcases quarterbacks, struggling O-line

By Jake Dreilinger | Mar. 28, 2019

Florida cornerback Brian Edwards braced himself as receiver Josh Hammond came near. Hammond caught a pass from quarterback Kyle Trask moments before meeting his defensive teammate near the end zone.

Audience members were offered free condoms, buttons and pizza Thursday during the No Es No: Dissecting Rape Culture on Campus event in Turlington Hall. About 75 students attended the event, which was presented by Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity and Sexual Trauma Interpersonal Violence Education by GatorWell.

University

‘No es No': Students dissect rape culture on college campuses

By Jordyn Kalman | Mar. 28, 2019

About 75 students attended the free event

Metro

Man accused of driving away from deputies, trading guns for drugs

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Mar. 28, 2019

He has a $656,000 bond

University

New music building, infrastructure updates: What UF is lobbying for

By Kelly Hayes | Mar. 28, 2019

UF requested $38.1 million for infrastructure and utilities improvements

Opinion

Darts and Laurels: March 29, 2019

Mar. 28, 2019

You sit anxiously in front of your laptop watching the tiny numbers at the edge of your screen. You are waiting for the hour mark to hit 8 a.m. Sheets of papers are strewn out in front of you with highlighted phrases slashed across each page. You do your best to organize your thoughts because it’s almost go time. It’s almost time to pick your classes. A virtual tug of war awaits. You know you are going to have to fight for the classes you want.

Opinion

When the system fails, we need to lean each other

Mar. 28, 2019

UF does its best with providing the services students need across a variety of issues. The Career Connections Center gives students a head start in preparing to enter the workforce. GatorWell helps spread awareness of student health to make sure students know what resources they may have. But the service that is vital for students in a world of growing anxiety, the UF Counseling and Wellness Center, isn’t keeping up with its monumental task: the maintenance of the mental health of UF’s students.

Opinion

Student Government: Lies, street lights and blue lights

Mar. 28, 2019

So there I was, reconsidering my life decisions at a 7 a.m. Senate Judiciary Committee meeting when the topic of blue lights came up. There was a resolution, specifically a “Resolution Recommending Installation of Emergency Blue Light Phones Along and Adjacent to Fraternity Drive.” Apparently, there are not many blue lights around Fraternity Row, which is slightly concerning because we all know what can happen around there.