Florida's women's swimming and diving teams had an outstanding weekend all around, dominating two separate meets and defeating seven opponents.
After beginning ITA Regional Championship play Friday with a combined 15 entrants, Allie Will on the women's side and the doubles team of Alex Lacroix and Antoine Benneteau on the men's have traversed difficult fields and still have a shot to win titles Monday.
The Florida men's and women's tennis teams will be returning to action today at the ITA Southeast Regional Championships, which will be held in Athens, Ga., for the men and Atlanta for the women.
The Florida men's golf team will travel to the Isleworth Invitational in Orlando for its last tournament of the fall season.
After spending countless hours of practice in the pool and accumulating their share of goggle-lines, a group of young athletes will get the opportunity to show just what they can do.
Reader Ben Volin continues to lead the way with a 6-1 record, but writer Mike McCall is only one game back.
Before the Pre-NCAA Invitational began Saturday, UF coach Todd Morgan knew the women's team had a chance to do something never done before at the event: finish in the top four.
The Florida women's golf team took a disappointing seventh place finish at the Mercedes-Benz Women's Collegiate Championship at the Fox Den Country Club in Knoxville, Tenn.
Florida is returning to Rocky Top after a yearlong hiatus.
Narrated by MIKE McCALL
The men's team wanted to bounce back from a disappointing finish at the Notre Dame Invitational and it did.
The UF men's and women's swimming teams began the season in fine fashion with road wins over Virginia. Both teams improved to 8-0 all-time against the Cavaliers.
Despite extremely impressive starts, none of the Gators were able to traverse the highly competitive fields and win a championship at the ITA All-American tournaments.
Despite having to face three ranked opponents in the previous two days, UF freshmen Allie Will and Lauren Embree looked as strong as ever in first-round wins at the ITA All American Championships.
When UF travels to Virginia for its season opener this weekend, the Gators will have two experienced seniors leading the way.
The UF runners are hoping to secure spots later in the season with a strong performance at the FSU Invitational on Saturday morning.
Narrated by MIKE DiFERDINANDO
While Johnny Hamui's attempt to get a second Gator into the men's main draw of the ITA All American Championships came to an unsuccessful end on Tuesday, freshman Lauren Embree was dominant in her first and second round of qualifying and still has a shot at joining Marrit Boonstra in the women's draw.
With injuries and inconsistency threatening to limit the number of UF entrants into the ITA All-American Tennis Championships to just one, junior Johnny Hamui is trying to make that two.
With both teams having wins under their belts, UF's men's and women's cross country squads are hoping to finish strong against nationally ranked teams at the Notre Dame Invitational, which begins today at 4:15 p.m.
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