In a hostile environment at College Station, Texas, the underdog Gators tuned out the noise.
Florida senior Lauren Embree was the No. 1 recruit coming out of high school, won two Southeastern Conference Player of the Year awards and secured the Gators’ national championship with a comeback victory in 2011.
As Ziva Recek goes, so do the Gators — for better or for worse.
Florida Gator Lauren Embree advanced to the round of 16 last season in the Riviera/ITA All-American Tournament before losing out to 35th-ranked Petra Niedermayerova of Kansas State, 6-1, 6-4. But this year, she has come back with a vengeance.
Although Friday night might have started off with a kill for redshirt senior Betsy Smith, but it was her blocking that dominated the match.
On Wednesday night, living rooms across the country hosted two heavyweights fighting it out for supremacy. As expected, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney traded jabs and zingers, trying to win over as many voters as possible. But the real battle begins on Saturday.
When Madison Monserez first sees Arkansas send a ball over the net on Friday at 7 p.m. in the O’Connell Center, her mind will be shut off.
For Jordan Reed, the journey to success didn’t begin with long days on the football field.
After four seasons with an offense reliant on the power running game, LSU finally has a quarterback capable of leading a downfield passing attack.
After Chloe Mann dominated last season, coach Mary Wise knew the middle blocker would be at the top of every opponent’s watch list.
Florida junior Sofie Oyen and freshman Danielle Collins traveled different roads to get to the qualifying round of the Riviera/ITA All-American Tournament in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
On Saturday, LSU defensive ends Barkevious Mingo and Sam Montgomery will go after Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel. Which Gators offensive lineman will protect Driskel's blind side has yet to be determined. Either injured senior Xavier Nixon or freshman D.J. Humphries is expected to start at left tackle.
As the Gators lined up for serving practice in the Lemerand Center, Simone Antwi imagined she was somewhere else.
Following Floridaís season opener, coach Mary Wise talked about the intensity of the crowd.
Florida's matchup against LSU on Saturday naturally evokes memories of last season's 41-11 beatdown, but this isnít the same Tigers team.
Florida junior Olivia Janowicz is off to the best start of her career, and she doesn’t look to be slowing down. In her first six matches, she is undefeated.
Freshman Danielle Collins and junior Olivia Janowicz have still not faced the taste of defeat after going a combined 4-0 in their respective matches in the pre-qualifying round of the Riviera/ITA All-American Championship. After Saturday, both players are 5-0 in singles matches this season.
On the second day of the All Florida Invitational, the Gators used 15 victories in the pool to maintain its first place position.
Florida sophomore Phil Duncan and Florida junior Shelby Hayes each notched their best collegiate-times en route to the Gators team victories on Saturday morning at the Saint Leo Cross Country Fall Invitational.
Havana Solaun has a knack for scoring goals against Ole Miss.
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