Although softball should have been the only thing on the Gators’ minds this past weekend, it wasn’t.
For the third straight year, the Gators are one win away from a national title.
The Gators had a chance to clinch their third straight Southeastern Conference title, but the opportunity slipped away in their regular-season finale.
The Gators proved to be one big tease up until their final at bat.
They took the hard way, but made it look easy.
For a minute, the Gators hopes at continuing on to the NCAA Championships looked like they were going to be crushed. The men’s golf team finished day one of the NCAA East Regional on Thursday at +11, putting them 16 strokes behind the leader in 10th place.
After two games at Auburn, Florida has 16 runs, 22 hits and two wins.
If Hannah Rogers could take two pitches back, the Gators would not be on the verge of elimination from the NCAA Tournament.
Though rain delayed their match for more than two hours, the Gators’ momentum was not dampened.
After four years of rewriting record books and racking up awards, Michelle Moultrie is now only missing her Hollywood ending. And there’s nothing that would beat riding off in the sunset with a championship trophy in hand.
All it took for No. 3 Florida’s offense to come alive was a midweek trip to Samford. Unfortunately for UF, the trek to Alabama knocked its strong pitching down a notch.
For sprinter Leonardo Seymore, change is nothing new. The junior’s first taste came when he transferred to Florida from Rend Lake College last year.
The Gators know they are on the cusp of making school history and are ready to take on the challenge.
No. 2 Florida is ready to defend its NCAA title.
Florida's bats finally came alive against Samford, but the offensive surge was not enough to overcome a rough day for the pitching staff.
For the third straight year, the Gators are in the Sweet 16.
Florida defensive tackle Leon Orr was charged with a second-degree misdemeanor after violating the terms of his deferred prosecution agreement by knowingly driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license according to Alachua County court records.
Mike Zunino’s solo home run against Mississippi State in the eighth inning on Sunday was more than just another game-winning hit for Florida. It provided a sense of relief.
When Florida won its second consecutive men’s basketball national title in 2007, the Gators were riding high.
Although the Gators didn’t win the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships, they didn’t leave Baton Rouge, La., empty handed. Between the men and women, Florida claimed a dozen individual titles throughout the weekend.
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