The No. 1 Gators men’s swimming and diving team is second on the leaderboard after picking up two gold medals, two school records and an SEC record performance for Florida’s relay squads on Day 1 of the Southeastern Conference Championships and three gold medals and another school record on Day 2.
A chance encounter for Braden Mattson put the Texas-bred catcher on a one-way ticket to Gainesville. He played his freshman season at Texas Christian, where Chuck Jeroloman, the brother of former Gators catcher Brian Jeroloman, served as a volunteer assistant in 2011.
For an in-state rivalry that always draws a large crowd, Gators-Seminoles matches are rarely close.
After two successful years at the plate and in the pitcher’s circle, Lauren Haeger knows what is expected of her.
During the past two weeks, Scottie Wilbekin has been everything the No. 2 Gators have needed him to be — and then some.
The five-day Southeastern Conference Championships begin today as the nation’s top-ranked Gators men’s swimming and diving team (8-0, 5-0 SEC) and the No. 5 women’s team (5-3, 3-2 SEC) will each take on five of the top-25 teams in the country in Athens, Ga.
Florida struggled to score runs throughout the 2013 season, but in its opening series against Maryland, the bats showed that 2014 would not be a repeat.
Florida’s last four victories have come by way of the same starting five.
Florida has been traveling through some uncharted territory lately, and it is not somewhere it wants to be.
For No. 5 Florida, the easy part is over.
Throughout the Southeastern Conference schedule, Billy Donovan has coached two different teams: the first-half and second-half Gators.
Karsten Whitson waited nearly two years to get back on the mound, but his return did not last long.
Both times UF has played UGA, it has been U-G-L-Y.
The Gators had no trouble at the plate during the Easton Desert Classic.
Florida was eager to make a good impression in front of friends and family in its lone home tournament of the year at Mark Bostick Golf Course.
If No. 8 Florida (2-1) has depth anywhere, it is in the cage.
Florida’s run at the 2014 ITA National Men’s Team Indoor Championship was cut short Sunday after a quick 4-0 loss to Notre Dame.
Behind big nights from Casey Prather and Scottie Wilbekin, Florida left Lexington, Ky., with its first win in Rupp Arena since 2007.
It took the Florida bats five innings to wake up.
Entering the weekend with four meets on the agenda didn’t faze the UF track program.
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