Five matches had passed in the 2012 season, and the Gators were undefeated. They had dropped only two out of 35 possible points and looked poised to make a run at another national title.
One point can be the difference in collegiate tennis.
Two days before they were due to share the same court, Florida’s players were already feeling the extra dose of physicality Marquette usually has in store for its opponents.
Countless hours of statistical analysis provide a realistic account of Florida's defensive performance this season with and without its best defender, Will Yeguete. Despite losing the lockdown forward, the Gators are playing their best defense of the year in the NCAA Tournament.
Florida’s trip last year to Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series continues to weigh on Preston Tucker’s mind for all the wrong reasons.
To say 2011 was a disappointment for Quinton Dunbar would be an understatement.
The crowd sees Hannah Rogers stare down batters with a steely, hardened gaze as she whips her arm back to crank a 65-mph fastball mere inches away from bare flesh and bones.
For the second time in coach Amanda Butler’s tenure, the nation’s top-ranked team has ended the Gators’ season.
For nearly a week, the West region of the NCAA Tournament was a tease.
Mike Gillislee remembers what it was like in practice during his freshman season.
For the first month of the season, Johnny Magliozzi wasn’t quite himself.
The last time the Gators welcomed a ranked opponent to Gainesville, Florida’s players experienced the closest game they have seen in their three years with the team.
Close, but no cigar.
Alaina Johnson has always been one of UF’s most talented athletes, but she is also its most physically fragile all-around competitor.
OMAHA, Neb. — In his 16 years at Florida, Billy Donovan has yet to find an end-all cure for a shooting slump.
Heading into the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the Gators feel like an afterthought.
When Marcus Roberson left Florida’s game against South Carolina on Nov. 12 with a neck injury, coach Will Muschamp said he thought the then-freshman cornerback would be sidelined for about a month with a neck strain.
It would be easy for the Gators to stretch their weekly Monday off day into Tuesday.
In the Gators’ biggest win of the season, coach Amanda O’Leary was bothered.
To be the best, you have to beat the best. Bob van Overbeek hasn’t quite done that yet.
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