Gators men's golf struggles at Isleworth Collegiate Invitational
By CHARLES KINGSBURY | Oct. 21, 2012Florida’s final tournament of the fall has proven to be the toughest.
Florida’s final tournament of the fall has proven to be the toughest.
The time to be critical is over. Let’s put to bed all of the questions about whether Florida’s success is sustainable. It just doesn’t matter.
After struggling to get on the board early in games this season, Florida’s offense took a 7-0 lead less than a minute into Saturday’s contest, and it had a defensive back to thank for it.
The Gators needed 140 minutes to score this weekend. But when senior midfielder Erika Tymrak sent a shot from the left side into the far post netting, the floodgates opened.
For the second time in five matches, Florida fell behind 2-0. And, for the second time in five matches, Chloe Mann was at the center of the Gators’ come-from-behind win.
Despite positing a 66-19 career singles record, Florida junior Alexander Cercone has hasn’t duplicated that kind of success in her junior season.
The Gators came into Friday night’s match against Alabama on a nine-game winning streak and having never lost to Alabama before.
The Taylor Unroe of the past was nowhere to be found Friday night when the No. 11 Gators took on Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Florida men’s tennis coach Bryan Shelton will be attending the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional Championships for the 14th straight season this weekend, but the 2012 tournament will be a little different from his 13 previous seasons.
The crowd at the O’Connell Center jeered and yelled, but Madison Monserez, mouth agape, couldn’t eke out a word.
Jo Dragotta’s past nine games have been what statistics majors would call an outlier.
Hunter Joyer didn’t mind stepping out of the spotlight.
The No. 10 Florida swimming and diving team is coming off a first place showing in the third-annual All Florida Invitational.
When Will Muschamp thinks of legendary coaches in the Southeastern Conference, he thinks of headgear. Specifically, a houndstooth hat and a visor.
As the fourth quarter wore on, Jon Halapio could see the fatigue creeping across LSU defensive tackle Josh Downs’ face.
After finishing No. 113 in the NCAA with a minus-12 turnover margin last season, Florida ranks 14th nationally with a plus-seven margin so far in 2012.
South Carolina plays the same brand of smash-mouth football that Florida has begun to master.
Offensive linemen Jonotthan Harrison and Xavier Nixon returned to practice on Wednesday. Harrison (right arm) and Nixon (upper-body injury) both left during No. 3 Florida’s 31-17 win against Vanderbilt on Saturday.
As soon as the Southeastern Conference released statistics following last weekend’s games, the outcry was inevitable.
Damontre Harris knew he would have to sit out the season when he transferred to Florida from South Carolina in May, but he hoped he could at least help the team during practice.