FLORIDA GYMNASTICS REPEATS
By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Apr. 20, 2014For the second year in a row, Florida hoisted the NCAA Championship trophy at the podium and celebrated a successful result at the Super Six.
For the second year in a row, Florida hoisted the NCAA Championship trophy at the podium and celebrated a successful result at the Super Six.
After winning its first two games against No. 21 Texas A&M on Friday and Saturday, No. 5 Florida looked to earn its second straight Southeastern Conference sweep.
Entering the season with only two seniors left and 11 freshmen dominating the roster, UF had something to prove.
For the first time this outdoor season, the field athletes outperformed the track stars.
After a long run, Florida (15-9, 8-4 Southeastern Conference) fell 4-2 in the SEC Tournament championship game to Texas A&M (24-6, 10-2 SEC).
Internships, Summer courses and vacations aren’t the only ways UF students are spending their summers.
UF is sending the largest group ever to the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.
Instagram-savvy Gators may be able to win prizes for their campus-themed snaps.
Logan Shore was not the ace he has become against Georgia. He left his changeups up. He gave up two two-out RBI singles. Yet, he earned the win.
Florida hit five home runs in its five inning, 17-4 thumping of Texas A&M on Saturday, but one stood out more than the others.
When Kyle Strawn sets to throw the hammer, he usually improves from his first throw on, but that wasn’t the case as he threw a career-best on his last attempt.
For the first time in twenty-seven years, the Gators were knocked out prior to the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament.
Stephanie Tofft just needed one pitch to lift Florida over Texas A&M in the teams’ series opener on Friday.
Mackenzie Caquatto, commonly known as “Macko,” is one of 12 names on the University of Florida’s 2014 roster. But sometimes the 22-year-old feels like she’s the only one.
Gators hoping to run in next week’s Midnight Fun Run may be left standing still.
Hitting coach Brad Weitzel tossed baseballs about 45 feet from home plate to a group of Gators that included Casey Turgeon, Justin Shafer and Richie Martin. The three players played through a sub-.500 season in 2013 that had Florida and coach Kevin O’Sullivan on the fringe of missing postseason play.
The first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Columbia, Mo., kicked off on Wednesday, but UF will play its first match of the tournament later today.
UF picked up its sixth commitment for the 2015 recruiting class Thursday afternoon when Marcus Lewis, a defensive back out of Washington (D.C.) Gonzaga College High, verbally committed to Florida, as first reported by Rivals.com.
With their last days in Gator uniforms quickly approaching, seniors Mike Alford and Florent Diep hope to meet the high expectations their teammates and coach have set for them.
When it comes to freshmen, all people think about are young, naïve and green rookies who need to learn the ropes, but that isn’t the case for Rebekah Greene and Andres Arroyo.