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About 50 Gainesville residents and elected officials gathered to honor the victims of Sunday's mass shooting in Jacksonville

NEWS | CAMPUS

Candlelight vigil held on UF campus for Thousand Oaks victims

By Angela DiMichele | Nov. 11, 2018

It was the second vigil on campus this month

Associate head coach Dave Balogh said he was pleased with the way his players performed Saturday at FSU. "“We played the big points extremely well and won four of five deuce points," he said in a release.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

Dimitrova and Zein win doubles title on Day 2 in Tallahassee

By Brendan Farrell | Nov. 10, 2018

Hall-of-Fame catcher Yogi Berra once said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” He was referring to when Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle would hit consecutive home runs, but decades later, the same can be said about UF’s women’s tennis team at the Seminole All-Conference Showdown.

South Carolina tight end Kyle Markway caught a 19-yard touchdown in the first quarter at Florida on Saturday thanks to a blown assignment.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Sidebar: Defense an issue during most of Florida’s win against South Carolina

By Jake Dreilinger | Nov. 10, 2018

The only way Kyle Markway would have been more open was if the Gators’ defense was off the field.

Quarterback Feleipe Franks shushes the home crowd at The Swamp after his second rushing touchdown against South Carolina on Saturday.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Gators lean on the run in comeback win

By Mark Stine | Nov. 10, 2018

Lamical Perine made a jump-cut with elite quickness. The junior running back juked against the grain of his blocking and burst through the line 23 yards from the South Carolina goal line. He zig-zagged past defenders and blockers and juked again. Burgundy helmets and white jerseys flew past his body. Then, nobody stood between Perine and the end zone. Touchdown.

Nestor Garcia, a 21-year-old industrial engineer major, attends the early voting session on Oct. 22, 2018, at the J. Wayne Reitz Union to vote for the first time.

METRO

Officially Unofficial: Alachua County Supervisor of Elections ready for recount of Florida’s top races

By Alyssa Ramos | Nov. 10, 2018

Gubernatorial, Senate and agricultural commission races will be recounted by machine.

Junior Tsveta Dimitrova (pictured) and her doubles partner, freshman Marlee Zein, advanced to the Flight A Championship match in the doubles bracket of the Seminole All-Conference Showdown.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

Gators’ doubles play highlights Day 1 at the Seminole All-Conference Showdown

By Brendan Farrell | Nov. 10, 2018

The doubles court highlighted the Seminole All-Conference Showdown for the Gators, which helped to offset a lackluster day of singles play.

Guard KeVaughn Allen led UF in scoring Friday night in its home opener against Charleston Southern. He had 14 points on 6-for-11 shooting.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Allen leads Florida to first win of season

By Tyler Nettuno | Nov. 9, 2018

KeVaughn Allen clearly doesn’t like being held off the scoreboard.

Freshman setter Marlie Monserez (21) celebrates with libero Allie Gregory after a Florida point on Sept. 15 against Army.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Gators take on Auburn Tigers Sunday afternoon on the road

By Mari Faiello | Nov. 9, 2018

There’s a lot you can do on a 5.5-hour bus ride to Auburn, Alabama. You could read a short novel. You could catch up on missed sleep. You might be able to finish half a game of “Monopoly.”

Junior Jessica Pascoe (middle) led the Gator women to a second-place finish at the NCAA South Regional in Tallahassee, Florida, with the second-fastest overall time in the women's 6k.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS CROSS COUNTRY

UF cross country completes NCAA South Regional, women advance to NCAA Championships

By Evan Lepak | Nov. 9, 2018

A surprising and impressive season for UF cross country's women continued on Friday as they finished second at the NCAA South Regional in Tallahassee.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Picks Column Week 11

Nov. 9, 2018

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

"It will be a great challenge for us this week," coach Dan Mullen said of Saturday's upcoming South Carolina game.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Trask’s injury is sad, but he was never going to start

By Jake Dreilinger and Jake's on a Plane | Nov. 9, 2018

It wouldn’t take a genius to figure out what the first question any Florida football beat reporter would ask head coach Dan Mullen throughout the week.

Sophomore Ida Jarlskog nearly completed an improbable comeback Thursday. She lost to Vanderbilt's Fernanda Contreras, 6-1, 0-6, 6-4 in the round of 16 at the ITA Fall National Championships.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

Jarlskog, Kessler both eliminated from ITA Fall Nationals

By Brendan Farrell | Nov. 9, 2018

Ida Jarlskog was outgunned on paper entering the match. She was taking on the singles draw’s top-seeded player in Vanderbilt’s Fernanda Contreras. The Swede immediately looked out of sorts after losing the first set 1-6.