If Saturday’s doubleheader proved anything, it was that no lead is safe in the Southeastern Conference.
The Gators looked efficient on paper, but on the field, Ohio State had its way with them.
Just five days ago Austin Maddox came through to put the Gators on top with a three-run homer in the eighth inning.
The No. 4 Florida women’s tennis team (15-2, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) showed no signs of rust from a 12-day layoff in defeating No. 57 Mississippi State (9-6, 1-4 SEC) 7-0 on Friday.
After having the worst performance of her pitching career in their first meeting, Gators ace Stephanie Brombacher had without question her best Thursday night, throwing a perfect game in a victory over USF.
It was mid-February, and No. 4 Florida was hosting then-No. 7 Georgia, the five-time defending national champions.
Alex Panteliodis’ pitches died, and the stats lied.
It won’t exactly be a home meet for No. 4 Florida, but it will be a homecoming for freshman Ashanée Dickerson when the Gators travel to Jacksonville for the 2010 Southeastern Conference Championships.
Defense has led the Gators (6-3, 0-1 American Lacrosse Conference) to wins in their last three games, but they will have a tall order to fill when they visit Ohio State (5-3) on Saturday in their second conference game.
The UF men’s and women’s track and field teams return to Orlando this weekend for the UCF Invitational. After several younger members of the team competed at UCF last weekend, many of the participants from the NCAA Indoor Championships will compete for the first time in the outdoor season.
When the No. 6 Gators men’s tennis team (12-2, 4-0 SEC) faces No. 14 Mississippi (13-2, 4-1 SEC) at 2 p.m. on Sunday, three losses to the Rebels last spring, one at home and two at neutral sites, should serve as plenty of motivation for revenge.
The No. 10 Florida women’s golf team will compete in the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in Athens, Ga., hosted by the Georgia Bulldogs.
County officials investigated the Dove World Outreach Center after receiving an anonymous complaint the church was violating tax-exemption laws.
The Keira Grace Foundation is hosting a fundraiser at the Hippodrome State Theatre Saturday at 6:30 p.m. to raise money for children with cancer in the Dominican Republic.
More than 500 students hunted for apartments, condos and gifts at the off-campus housing fair Thursday on the Reitz Union Colonnade.
UF students took a ride on the dinosaur train Thursday night at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Music is a very important tool to measure what kind of mood you are in over an extended period of time. It can be difficult when your favorite band seems to betray all of its previous values in pursuit of a more mainstream sound, making it more aesthetically pleasing to the masses.
A UF student organization unwrapped the religion of Sikhism on Turlington Plaza Thursday afternoon.
No Southern Accent performed several different songs to a crowd of about 145 Thursday night.
The resolution for forming a Reitz Union Oversight Committee failed in a Senate vote with 23 votes for and 59 against.
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