Errors cost Florida a victory despite solid pitching performance
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | Feb. 27, 2014Pitching and defense are the keys to any good ballclub.
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.
CORAL GABLES — Karsten Whitson is the perfect pitcher for this young Florida team — both are works in progress.
Beating a top-five team in its house is a tall order. Against No. 4 South Carolina, it was for Florida.
Although the Gators are no longer the same team of years past, one that lived and died by the three-point shot, they were forced to turn back the clocks Saturday and rely on perimeter shooting to pull out a four-point Southeastern Conference win on the road.
Florida’s lone home tournament of the season was cut short.
No. 7 Florida’s (4-1) offense prevailed against a sleepy Cincinnati (0-2) defense after a three-and-a-half-hour rain delay at Donald R. Dizney Stadium to win 19-6 on Sunday.
For the second consecutive year, the Southeastern Conference crown belongs to the top-ranked Gators men’s swimming and diving team.