Five games into the season and No. 5 Florida’s (5-1) defense has finally woken up.
The Gators, upbeat and alive at the start, grew more and more silent with each ring of baseball hell they managed to find themselves in Friday night.
For the first time in 2014, the Gators tasted defeat.
Nothing on Day 2 of the Indoor Southeastern Conference Championship received more of a spotlight than Cory McGee.
Media and fans flooded into the Ring Tennis complex late Friday afternoon to watch the Gators play their first nationally televised match of the season.
Defensive miscues almost resulted in No. 1 Florida dropping its first game of the season to No. 4 Oregon at the Diamond 9 Citrus Classic.
Pitching and defense are the keys to any good ballclub.
The Gators were disappointed after going scoreless against the Cardinal on Sunday, but their journey doesn’t get any easier with another top-10 squad on the schedule tonight.
Although Florida might not face a better starting rotation than it did against Miami, it held its own in its first road series this season — even though the team dropped the series.
Florida’s 2015 class has rapidly expanded in the last week.
Scottie Wilbekin couldn’t ice the game, Michael Frazier II couldn’t break out from behind the arc and Casey Prather couldn’t score during the game’s last 32 minutes.
The Gators dubbed their first loss of the season — a 4-2 upset at the hands of Northwestern, — a valuable learning experience.
After graduating 13 seniors in 2013, the No. 5 Gators (4-1) are quickly working to strengthen their depleted defense.
No. 1 always has a nice ring to it.
Prior to the Lipton Invitational, junior Briana Little did not have a start in 2014. Likewise, freshman Chelsea Herndon logged only one start through Florida’s first 12 contests.
CORAL GABLES — Karsten Whitson arrived at Florida as the crown jewel of Kevin O’Sullivan’s recruiting class four years ago. The 225-pound right-hander had the golden arm and the tree-trunk legs to match it. In basketball terms, he was a slam dunk.
Thirty-six straight holes did not faze the No. 16 Gators on Monday.
With about 400 meters to go in the final leg of the men’s 5,000-meter race, Mark Parrish knew he was capable of finishing his run on time.
The Gators picked up their fourth commitment to the 2015 class Monday afternoon. Tristan Payton, a wide receiver out of First Coast High in Jacksonville, took a visit to UF over the weekend for junior day.
The Gators traveled to Oxford, Miss., with the memory of Marshall Henderson’s Gator chomping spectacle on their minds.
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