Freshmen come up big for UF
May 25, 2008The final pitch of the season was thrown at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium on Saturday, marking the last time a game will be played in Gainesville this year.
The final pitch of the season was thrown at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium on Saturday, marking the last time a game will be played in Gainesville this year.
Stacey Nelson stood in the circle one pitch away from the Women's College World Series as more than 2,000 screaming fans rose to their feet.
After winning its first regional title since 1986, the UF women's golf team had national championship aspirations.
It has been three years since the Gators have made the NCAA's field of 64. In 2005, they were one of the last two teams standing in the College World Series. This year, the road to Omaha winds through the home of their rivals.
Tim Walton didn't need his peanut butter and jelly sandwich this time.
It would be hard to call anyone on the No. 1 ranked Gators (65-3) "weak" after everything they have accomplished this season.
Marreese Speights didn't hire an agent so he could have the possibility of returning to UF.
HOOVER, Ala. - The things that carried them through much of the season were the things that failed them in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
HOOVER, Ala. - It was a tournament to forget for the Orange and Blue.
While many recent UF graduates are entering the work force this summer, one alumnus is preparing himself for the most important 11 days of his swimming career.
Nestor Briceno isn't done yet.
That's more like what Jill Briles-Hinton was hoping for.
What would you say if I told you Tim Tebow is only the second most dominant athlete at UF?
Perhaps Brandon McArthur was being prophetic when he changed his batting music for this past weekend's series against then-No. 13 Vanderbilt.
For the first time all season, the road forked in front of the Gators.
After a 1-0 defeat against Central Florida - UF's first in more than two months - UF coach Tim Walton was caught off guard by the scene in the postgame locker room.
Jill Briles-Hinton saw this coming since last year.
Sometimes even your best just isn't good enough.
It's never easy when a successful season comes to a bitter end.
Recently, it's been the Gators who have crushed the championship hopes of the Bruins - twice defeating the cross-country foe in basketball Final Fours.