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Florida left fielder Austin Langworthy hit an RBI double and a home run during Florida's 6-3 win over Alabama on Sunday at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium.

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Gators sweep Alabama behind dominant pitching

By Evan Lepak | Mar. 31, 2019

Florida left fielder Austin Langworthy had arguably his best game of the season on Sunday afternoon.

The doubles team of Victoria Emma (pictured) and McCartney Kessler topped reigning NCAA doubles champions Eden Richardson and Jessica Golovin 6-3 in Friday's win over LSU

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Emma, Zein triumph in three-set thrillers to propel Florida over Aggies

By Victor Prieto | Mar. 31, 2019

Different players for Florida’s women’s tennis team have had their moments in the spotlight.

UF junior Grant Holloway ran the 60-meter hurdles in 7.43 seconds at the Tyson Invitational. The time was one millisecond off of his personal record.

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UF leaves Florida Relays with fixable mistakes

By Graham Marsh | Mar. 31, 2019

Sophomore Hakim Sani Brown was seemingly passive in his handoff to junior Grant Holloway. He was not aggressive enough in actually getting the baton in Holloway’s hands to continue the race.

"Everybody believed. Everybody trusted," coach Mike Holloway said.

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David extends NCAA lead in triple jump in last meet in Gainesville

By Graham Marsh | Mar. 30, 2019

Senior Yanis David’s mom and grandma watched her jump in person for the first time in the United States. They watched her extend her national No.1 ranking to 37 centimeters in the triple jump with a jump of 14.05 meters.

Florida designated hitter Nelson Maldonado went 5 for 11 during UF's weekend series against Mississippi State.

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Florida outmuscles Alabama, wins first SEC series of season

By Evan Lepak | Mar. 30, 2019

An offensive explosion by way of the long ball highlighted the game on Saturday night.

Senior attacker Lindsey Ronbeck scored six goals against Brown on Tuesday.

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Gators surge past Temple to win first AAC game

By Bryan Matamoros | Mar. 30, 2019

Senior attacker Lindsey Ronbeck came into her 70th career game with 198 goals for Florida’s women’s lacrosse team.

Pitcher Kelly Barnhill held the Tigers hitless in the first four innings on Saturday, struck out 14 batters combined in her two starts and only allowed five earned runs in 13.1 innings of work.

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Gators drop game 2 against Ole Miss on walk-off grand slam

By Brendan Farrell | Mar. 30, 2019

Pitcher Kelly Barnhill started moving as soon as she heard the ping of the bat.

Tommy Mace allowed seven hits and four runs against Vanderbilt on Thursday.

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UF upends Alabama behind Mace's complete game

By Evan Lepak | Mar. 30, 2019

Florida starter Tommy Mace broke the spirits of the Alabama hitters on Friday night.

Senior Gordon Neale finished at 7 over, tied for 50th place, in the Southern Highlands Invitational.

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Nido helps Florida climb leaderboard in California

By Victor Prieto | Mar. 29, 2019

Manuel Girona and Blake Dyer both slipped in eagles during a busy Round 2 in Palo Alto, California, in Stanford’s The Goodwin tournament.

Victoria Emma (pictured) fell to Vanderbilt’s Georgia Drummy 6-0, 6-3 on Sunday in Florida’s 4-3 loss to the Commodores.

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Zein clinches key road victory over No. 23 LSU

By Victor Prieto | Mar. 29, 2019

Freshman Marlee Zein had the victory in her sight.

Kendyl Lindaman leads the team with 34 RBIs this season.

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Gators take Game 1 against Rebels in 15-inning marathon

By Brendan Farrell | Mar. 29, 2019

It was getting late.

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Barnett, distance runners impress on Day 2 of Florida Relays

By Graham Marsh | Mar. 29, 2019

Grant Holloway was in first place running the curve of the 200-meter dash at the Florida Relays on Friday. But Akeem Sirleaf from North Carolina A&T caught up to him during the straightaway.

The Gators are 8-0 in SEC play this season, their best start since 2005 when they began 11-0 and won the SEC regular-season championship.

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Gators extend winning streak to 10 with win over LSU

By Noah Ram | Mar. 29, 2019

The mood in the locker room after Florida’s match against LSU was mixed, feeling excited while also feeling relief.

Senior Johannes Ingildsen picked up his 100th win for Florida against USF on Sunday. The Copenhagen, Denmark native now ranks eighth in singles victory at UF.

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Gators host weekend matches against LSU and Texas A&M

By Noah Ram | Mar. 29, 2019

The Florida men’s tennis team can get one step closer to clinching the SEC regular-season title this weekend.

UF women's tennis coach Roland Thornqvist said the team is continuing to improve. “I thought at the beginning of this season with the youth we have and the first time in this league that we were going to have a lot of growing pains, " he said. ". . . but it's getting better and that was our message in the (locker room).”

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Florida prepares for final road-stretch against LSU and Texas A&M

By Victor Prieto | Mar. 29, 2019

The Gators women’s tennis team is amid one of its worst seasons in program history.

Gators women’s swimming team returns to the pool at this week’s NCAA Championships.

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Gators in fifth after Day 2 of NCAA Championships

By Jack Braverman | Mar. 28, 2019

The Gators men’s swimming team entered the pool this week carrying with them one goal: to compete for a national championship.

Attackers Lindsey Ronbeck (pictured) and Shannon Kavanagh and midfielder Sydney Pirreca each scored three goals against Princeton. But the rest of the team only scored two goals in a 13-11 loss to the Princeton at Donald R. Dizney Stadium.

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Gators shift focus to conference play, face Temple on the road

By Bryan Matamoros | Mar. 28, 2019

The start of the 2019 season has not been kind to Florida’s women’s lacrosse team.

Florida Sunday starter Tyler Dyson is averaging 4.78 innings per start this season. He holds a 3-1 record through six starts, has a 5.34 ERA and has recorded 21 strikeouts in 2019.

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First to worst: UF’s pitching staff deserves share of blame for struggles

By Kyle Wood | Mar. 28, 2019

The Florida baseball team’s success in 2018 was consistent with recent expectations for the program.

Florida track and field coach Mike Holloway boasts the No. 2-best men’s team and the No. 6-best women’s team in the country.

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Gators’ underclassmen compete in Day 1 of Florida Relays

By Graham Marsh | Mar. 28, 2019

The Pepsi Florida Relays was Cameron Mahorn’s first home meet.

UF catcher Kendyl Lindaman had four home runs and nine RBIs over the weekend in two games against Mercer.

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Gators travel to Ole Miss for weekend series

By Mark Stine | Mar. 28, 2019

The UF softball team has an important series with Ole Miss this weekend after its first two SEC series against Tennessee and LSU ended in defeat.