Pitchers, freshmen carry Florida softball to doubleheader sweep in Tampa
By Luis Torres | Feb. 7, 2015Aleshia Ocasio couldn’t have asked for a better start to her Florida career.
Aleshia Ocasio couldn’t have asked for a better start to her Florida career.
Senior thrower Stipe Zunic began Saturday’s events for the Florida men’s and women’s track and field teams in record-breaking fashion at the Virginia Tech Elite.
For the second straight year, North Carolina was able to upend Florida in the Gators’ season opener. This time, however, Florida can take with it a bit more confidence heading into the regular season than in years past.
The Florida men’s and women’s track and field teams kicked off the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite with a trio of throwers competing in the men’s and women’s weight throw.
Florida softball was firing on all cylinders in its season opener against Hampton as the Gators run ruled the Lady Pirates by a score of 17-0 in five innings Friday afternoon in Tampa at the USF Softball Classic.
The Gators notched their first conference road win Friday night without relying on their usual stars.
ESPN College Gameday’s Seth Greenberg has experience with Florida’s Dorian Finney-Smith. The Gators most consistent scorer was once a member of Greenberg’s Virginia Tech Hokies team, averaging 6.3 points per game starting in 30 of 33 games and earning Atlantic Coast Conference All-Freshman Team honors in 2012.
Two people were arrested early Thursday for reported insurance fraud and are being investigated in possible connection with a fire at a Gainesville apartment complex.
The state of Florida is saying mooooove over for sea cows, which swarmed a state spring on Monday.
Two Santa Fe College professors recently received a $5,000 grant from Google for a new computer programming course aimed at making computer science interesting and inclusive to more students.
Six chunks of rock rise from the ground on Southeast Depot Avenue near the Rail-Trail Bike Path, each embedded with the remains of six smashed bicycles involved in a fatal accident almost two decades ago.
The No.1/2 Florida men’s and women’s track and field teams have been able to find success across the board thus far in the 2015 indoor season, but the athletes that are catching the most eyes throughout the country are Florida’s jumpers.
Although the surrounding monkey walkways hang no more than 5 feet above the ground, Kari Bagnall doesn’t have to duck. Mud splatters from her rain boots as she weaves her way through a maze of cages, trees and hanging metal walkways.
Every once in a while, there is an athlete who goes into a program and becomes an impact player from the get-go.
After last weekend, the Florida men’s tennis team made it clear that a ranking is just a number.
In sports, the beginning of a season is refreshing for a team.
Following Florida’s 67-61 loss to a Vanderbilt team that had lost seven straight Southeastern Conference games, Michael Frazier II said that the team "didn’t come out with any passion or energy."
When the Gators need awe-inspiring, they rely on Kytra Hunter.
Terrell Williams’ time in Gainesville didn’t last long.
Known to roam, the Travelocity Gnome set his sights on The Gator Nation.