While all other UF sports have finished, track and field is gearing up for its final meet of the season.
While some sports fans know UF athletics only for basketball and football, there is another sport on campus hoping for championship glory.
The Gators entered the NCAA Championships full of confidence after a win at the Southwest Regional, but that quickly changed as a dismal first round left the team searching for its swagger.
After a nightmarish first day, the Gators drastically improved their performance in the second round but could only improve their position on the leaderboard by four spots.
After the then-unranked UF women's track and field team won the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships nearly two weeks ago, its focus shifted from an SEC title to an NCAA title.
No. 8 Marrit Boonstra made it all the way to the quarterfinals of the NCAA singles bracket and recorded her 50th career win before finally coming up short.
Despite the presence of a talented group of seniors gunning for their first national championship in their final season, UF's junior golfers might be feeling the most pressure heading into the final tournament of the season.
Hump day was not a good one for most of the Gators tennis players.
The No. 15 UF women's tennis team's season ended with a 4-2 loss to No. 2 Georgia in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tennis Championships on Friday.
UF took home a SEC track title last weekend, but the team's gender might be a surprise.
If the regionals were any indication, the Gators deal well with pressure.
The veteran-filled UF men's golf team is ignoring the issue completely.
Two former Gators have recently been called up to the big leagues.
For the first time since 1998, UF will host the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships beginning today at 2:30 p.m. and running until Sunday evening at Percy Beard Track in James G. Pressly Stadium.
It's almost poetic how the No. 15 women's tennis team will be facing a bitter rival in No. 2 Georgia in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tennis Championships on Friday. In a rubber match, no less.
A double fault.
The Seminole Twilight Invitational in Tallahassee proved to be just what UF needed this weekend as the Gators prepare for the upcoming Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships.
Jo Mather had only enough time to give a fist pump before being swarmed by the rest of the No. 15 UF women's tennis team after a 4-2 win against Florida State.
The UF women's golf season came to a disappointing end this weekend and took another turn Monday night when coach Jill Briles-Hinton announced her resignation.
It's only been 19 days since the end of spring classes, but UF sports teams were plenty busy during the intermission.
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