With the Southeastern Conference Championship Tournament less than two weeks away, the Florida men’s golf team has one last chance to get back on track for competition after a strand of poor performances.
Florida finally got the monkey off its back.
Two wins against Vanderbilt on Friday kept all winning streaks intact heading into Sunday.
As a running back on the Florida football team, Jeff Demps is used to playing in front of 90,000 people, but this weekend, a crowd of 5,000 will be something special.
The No. 3 Florida women’s tennis team (16-2, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) has depended on a mix of high-level freshman talent and steady senior leadership to knock off ranked opponents like FSU, Duke, North Carolina and every SEC West school this spring.
Florida hasn’t won a conference game in its two tries this season.
Oregon scouted Florida well. It double-teamed Ashley Bruns and kept UF’s leading scorer scoreless for most of the first half, but it had no answer for midfielder Kitty Cullen.
Florida knows what it does wrong in losses, but the young team can’t seem to avoid making those mistakes.
For the second-straight year, the Florida men’s swimming and diving team placed fifth in the nation. But one Gator left on top.
Florida looked efficient on paper, but on the field, Ohio State had its way with the Gators.
Different setting, same results for the UF men’s and women’s track teams.
The Florida tennis teams finished sweeps of the Southeastern Conference West with wins against Mississippi on Sunday.
The Florida women’s golf team concluded the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic on Sunday, finishing with a tournament total of 944 (314-322-308, +80), good for an 18th-place finish.
The Gators looked efficient on paper, but on the field, Ohio State had its way with them.
The No. 4 Florida women’s tennis team (15-2, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) showed no signs of rust from a 12-day layoff in defeating No. 57 Mississippi State (9-6, 1-4 SEC) 7-0 on Friday.
Defense has led the Gators (6-3, 0-1 American Lacrosse Conference) to wins in their last three games, but they will have a tall order to fill when they visit Ohio State (5-3) on Saturday in their second conference game.
The UF men’s and women’s track and field teams return to Orlando this weekend for the UCF Invitational. After several younger members of the team competed at UCF last weekend, many of the participants from the NCAA Indoor Championships will compete for the first time in the outdoor season.
When the No. 6 Gators men’s tennis team (12-2, 4-0 SEC) faces No. 14 Mississippi (13-2, 4-1 SEC) at 2 p.m. on Sunday, three losses to the Rebels last spring, one at home and two at neutral sites, should serve as plenty of motivation for revenge.
The No. 10 Florida women’s golf team will compete in the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in Athens, Ga., hosted by the Georgia Bulldogs.
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Solutions by The State News
