Sophomore Hunter shines in loss to LSU
By CHUCK KINGSBURY< | Jan. 13, 2013Florida’s gymnastics team waited patiently for the final team scores Friday evening in Baton Rouge, La.
Florida’s gymnastics team waited patiently for the final team scores Friday evening in Baton Rouge, La.
Josh: This year’s Florida lacrosse team has a chance to be dominant. The Gators lost just one player from last year’s squad, which made it to the national semifinals. No Florida team that finished one game short of the finals the previous season has returned as high of a percentage of its lineup since the last men’s basketball championship run in 2006-07. If the Gators aren’t hoisting the championship trophy in Philadelphia on Memorial Day weekend, it will be legitimately shocking, and you can’t say that about any other team.
With Erik Murphy suffering from a broken rib and Will Yeguete nursing tendinitis in his right knee, Florida needed a frontcourt player to step up against Georgia.
After a slow start to begin the season, junior Jaterra Bonds rose to the occasion in the Gators’ first two games to open Southeastern Conference play.
Rebounding has been an issue for center Patric Young and forward Erik Murphy this season. Both players’ production on the glass has dropped from last season.
Kayla Lewis and Carlie Needles watched from the bench last season as Florida earned its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2009.
When Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban raised the crystal football above his head, the Southeastern Conference made history.
Florida freshman Bridget Sloan wasn’t awestruck by the O’Connell Center lights during Friday’s season opener against Ball State. She has been on a bigger stage before.
In a contentious Southeastern Conference, every game is a battle for a youthful Florida squad. That’s when the Gators turn to their floor general, Jaterra Bonds.
Josh: It’s no secret the Florida offense was the team’s weakness throughout the 2012 season. Some might think it was detrimental to the Gators’ 2013 campaign that leading receiver Jordan Reed declared for the NFL Draft last weekend.
The Gators’ list of early departures continues to grow.
With football season in the rear-view mirror and a two-month nonconference slate out of the way, Florida basketball is finally ready to step into the spotlight.
If there was any doubt that Jeff Driskel was Florida’s quarterback of the future following his shaky Sugar Bowl performance, it was erased on Sunday.
At 5-foot-6, Carlie Needles is the shortest player on Florida’s roster. But Needles came up huge in the waning moments of the Gators’ victory on Sunday.
Florida may have left Sunrise with a 78-61 win against Air Force in the Orange Bowl Classic, but coach Billy Donovan still knew the Gators could have performed better on defense.
As a team primed to return to the NCAA Tournament with hopes of finishing beyond the Super Six, No. 3 Florida kicked off its regular season on a high note.
Gators junior Jaterra Bonds was deadly from the floor Thursday night, scoring a season- and game-best 21 points, including making each of her 11 attempts from the free throw line.
NEW ORLEANS — The Gators walked off the field on Wednesday — many of them for the final time — experiencing a range of emotions.
NEW ORLEANS— Linebacker Daniel Brown doused coach Charlie Strong with a cooler of yellow Gatorade.
NEW ORLEANS — Louisville wanted to be here.