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SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Vogel, UF men's golf lead after Day 1; women eight strokes back

Feb. 27, 2012

One Florida star decided to shine in Hollywood on Monday.

Shortshop Nolan Fontana makes the most of a rain delay Sunday by pretending to be a deer. Teammates in a center-field TV tower bagged the 10-point buck before the game was called in the sixth inning with the Gators leading 5-3. UF swept the three-game series.

SPORTS | BASEBALL

Gators clinch series against William & Mary in rain-shortened win

Feb. 26, 2012

Kevin O’Sullivan and Frank Leoni walked toward one another and shook hands, officially concluding a day of tarp slip-and-slides, fake deer hunting and just more than five innings of baseball.

Coach Billy Donovan said he was disappointed with Erving Walker’s effort and leadership during Florida’s 76-62 loss at Georgia on Saturday.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

UF dumbfounded by lack of energy at Georgia

By JOHN BOOTHE | Feb. 26, 2012

On a weekend when the Southeastern Conference crowned Kentucky as its regular season champion, Billy Donovan wondered aloud in a back hallway of Georgia’s Stegeman Coliseum if his team noticed it still had something to play for.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Beal’s strong performance overshadows UF’s struggles

By GREG LUCA | Feb. 26, 2012

People jumped to a lot of conclusions after Saturday’s loss, but there’s only one thing that was proven beyond doubt.

Florida forward Jennifer George (32) recorded her SEC-leading 14th double-double in Sunday’s 75-59 loss to Tennessee, but it wasn’t enough as Vols forward Glory Johnson (25) scored 21 to propel UT.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Florida drops season finale, chance for quality win at Tennessee

By JOE MORGAN | Feb. 26, 2012

Florida had one final chance to boost its NCAA Tournament resume against No. 10 Tennessee on Sunday.

Distance runner Florence Ngetich won the SEC individual title in the 5000m, putting up a time of 16:12.64.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF women’s track team takes home SEC Indoor Championship

By KATIE AGOSTIN< | Feb. 26, 2012

Although it was the men’s team that came into this weekend’s meet as defending champions, it was the women who added yet another Southeastern Conference title to the school’s history books Sunday.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS LACROSSE

Dominant defense helps Florida lacrosse notch fourth straight victory

By JOSH JURNOVOY< | Feb. 26, 2012

The Gators’ offense followed Friday’s record-breaking performance with an equally dominant showing Sunday.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Florida women's golf seventh after tough first round at Allstate Sugar Bowl

Feb. 26, 2012

Andrea Watts tied a season-best mark, but the first round of the Allstate Sugar Bowl was bittersweet for Florida.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TRACK

UF men rank first, women second at SEC meet heading into final day; Horn, Postin, Dendy win individual titles

By KATIE AGOSTIN< | Feb. 25, 2012

After two days of competition, 1,000 meters is all that stood between senior Gray Horn and winning the 2012 Southeastern Conference Indoor Championship for the heptathlon. He entered the last event only 97 points ahead of Kevin Lazas from Arkansas, but 2:51.25 later, Horn was able to claim his second SEC heptathlon title.

Preston Tucker's solo home run in the third inning was his 215th career RBI, moving him ahead of Brad Wilkerson as UF's all-time leader.

SPORTS | BASEBALL

Tucker breaks RBI record in 5-1 win; Zunino injured late

By TOM GREEN | Feb. 25, 2012

As soon as the ball left his bat, Preston Tucker knew he was alone.

Georgia guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (1) shoots past Florida guard Bradley Beal (23) during the second half of Georgia's 76-62 win on Saturday.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Poor 3-point shooting sinks UF in loss to Georgia

By JOHN BOOTHE | Feb. 25, 2012

ATHENS, Ga. — After Florida lost Will Yeguete to a season-ending injury, Billy Donovan said he had a new vision of how his team would play in its last three regular season games heading into March.

SPORTS | GYMNASTICS

UF leans on Hunter, King to beat Georgia in Top-3 matchup

By LANDON WATNICK< | Feb. 24, 2012

On a night when the Gators loaded up the lineups with their four main all-arounders, Kytra Hunter dazzled the most.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TRACK

Horn, Harrell set UF records at first day of SEC indoor track meet

By KATIE AGOSTIN< | Feb. 24, 2012

On Monday, coach Mike Holloway talked about his disappointment with the women’s track and field team last season. This year, the Gators have been working to improve their image.

SPORTS | BASEBALL

Randall, Maddox shut down William & Mary in Florida win

Feb. 24, 2012

Daniel Pigott raced toward the left-field wall, jumped and caught a deep Tadd Bower shot that would have otherwise been a game-tying home run in the sixth inning.