More than 1,000 elementary school kids come to the O’Connell Center once a year to watch Florida Women’s basketball on field trip day. And this year, they’ll watch an undefeated Gators team for the first time since the 2016-17 season, when Florida began 4-0.
Coach Mary Wise stood up on the sidelines and emphatically extended her arms in and out, portfolio in hand.
The Florida soccer team’s 2019 campaign came to an anticlimactic end Friday night in front of its home crowd at Donald R. Dizney Stadium.
The Florida football team did its part to keep its slim SEC Championship hopes alive Saturday afternoon.
Keyontae Johnson had the look.
Florida guard Ariel Johnson baited Samford’s Charity Brown. The Bulldogs point guard thought she had an easy chest pass to fellow guard Sarah Myers. But she was wrong.
Quarterback Kyle Trask has an array of weapons to get the ball to. Receivers Trevon Grimes, Van Jefferson and Tyrie Cleveland are all lengthy, athletic targets. They run crisp routes and have good ball skills.
With cold in the air and snow on the sidelines, many predicted Florida to come out pounding the ball on the ground, using the run game to penetrate the Missouri defense.
The weather outside was almost as frightful as the Florida defense.
Legend has it, Vandy is still trying to score a point.
After scoring just 23 goals in 21 games last season, Florida’s soccer team needed a player to revitalize its offense.
Sophomore Thayer Hall took her position behind the service line, bounced the ball a few times and served.
Editor’s Note: Quotes from assistant coach Chris Solinsky were received via text message from the team’s SID Carroll Rich on Friday after the meet.
When former goalie Kaylan Marckese left for the National Women’s Soccer League, coach Becky Burleigh faced a tough decision heading into the 2019-20 campaign.
It wasn’t too long ago that Florida’s volleyball team sat around then-3-year-old Sophia Murrillo and officially welcomed her into their family with her very own jersey.
There were less than 15 minutes to play in the Players Development Academy (PDA) league’s New Jersey Cup Semifinal. Vanessa Kara — forward for the PDA Force — already had two goals. This was her shot at a third.
On paper, Florida should win its SEC finale at Missouri tomorrow.
Florida will compete in what may be its final meet of the season in Tallahassee on Friday at 8:30 a.m. when Florida State hosts the NCAA South Regional Championships.
For Florida, Thursday night’s game was supposed to produce a get back-on-track type of performance at the O’Connell Center.
Nearly 50 years ago, former Jacksonville University basketball player Artis Gilmore, along with the rest of the JU basketball team walked into a restaurant for a team dinner following a hard-fought game. Restaurant management said the team could be seated. Their only condition: African American players on the team had to eat in the kitchen.
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