After jumping to an 8-4 lead against No. 12 Loyola in the second half, the second-ranked Gators found themselves on their heels.
Mike Alford dropped his racket and threw his fists in the air as he celebrated the Gators’ first victory in five matches.
With less than 7 minutes remaining, No. 2 Florida led No. 5 Syracuse 14-10 on Saturday evening, but it was a scenario that was all too familiar for the Gators.
Junior mid-distance runner Sean Obinwa set a season-best for himself in the men’s 800m Saturday at the Alex Wilson Invitational in South Bend, Ind.
Distance runners Mark Parrish and Josh Izewski turned in solid performances in the men’s 5000m at the Alex Wilson Invitational in South Bend, Ind., on Friday.
The Gators men’s tennis team dropped 25 spots in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings during February and now sits at No. 35.
After Florida’s men were crowned as kings of swimming and diving in the Southeastern Conference last week, the Gators will now head to Georgia for the Bulldog Last Chance Meet. The meet will be a final opportunity for swimmers to qualify for the NCAA Championships toward the end of March.
Lauren Embree knows how to use her racket.
The Florida men’s and women’s golf teams both failed to live up to expectations in rain-shortened tournaments.
Both the Florida women’s and men’s golf teams returned to action on Sunday with the women taking place in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Invitational in New Orleans, La., and the men competing in the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational in Ponte Vedra, Fla.
On the fifth and final day of the 2013 Southeastern Conference Swimming and Diving Championships, the men started the day in the lead while the women sat in third.
Florida’s men began day for of the Southeastern Conference championships ahead of Auburn for the fist time in the five-day event. The women, after surpassing Texas A&M on day three, set out to overtake Georgia for first place.
Florida had Friday night’s game all but clinched prior to halftime.
Sophomore Taylor Burke hopes to continue her torrid pace heading into the 2013 Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships this weekend in Fayetteville, Ark.
Bob van Overbeek’s serve is so powerful that he snapped a net strap this past weekend in the ITA Indoor Championships.
Alexandra Cercone brings patience and confidence to a high-ranked Florida team this spring season.
After a Stony Brook narrowed Florida’s lead to 12-8, coach Amanda O’Leary took a timeout with 19:37 left in the second half.
The Gators are trying to get over the hump.
After Olivia Janowicz and Danielle Collins dropped the first doubles match to Duke’s Monica Turewicz and Hanna Mar 8-4, Florida could not get back on track.
Tampa 2 is a defensive football strategy created by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1990s. Mixing his lacrosse and football background, Nick Williams formed a deviation of the Tampa 2 to incorporate in lacrosse.
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