Women look to continue winning streak at home
By JOSEPH R. HOLZER | Apr. 9, 2009With everything it has endured this spring, there is one constant: The No. 21 UF women's tennis team wins at home. Every time.
With everything it has endured this spring, there is one constant: The No. 21 UF women's tennis team wins at home. Every time.
Any remaining hope for the Gators to notch their first tournament victory was blown away on Tuesday.
It looks like winning could become a habit for the Gators.
This isn't exactly what the Gators envisioned when they took the course in Atlanta on Sunday to play in their last tournament before the postseason.
Jeff Demps got the baton to start the anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay - with UF already in the lead - and the race was over.
In its final home match of the regular season, the No. 10 UF men's tennis team put on a clinic in its 7-0 sweep of Arkansas on Sunday.
In its second-to-last home match of the regular season, the No. 10 UF men's tennis team defeated LSU 5-2.
This weekend the No. 10 UF men's tennis team is hosting its last two home matches of the season beginning at 3 p.m. today against LSU.
Home sweet home.
In golf, a sport that focuses on the individual, you don't often hear a coach begging for a stronger team effort.
The No. 14 Gators women's tennis team could open a kennel the way it's been taming Bulldogs in Southeastern Conference play.
Junior swimmer Shaune Fraser ended the season strong.
The rain and wind couldn't completely stop UF this weekend in Tallahassee.
It should be labeled "The Thriller at Linder."
A national title, NCAA, NCAA Meet and UF record from senior Bradley Ally in the 200-yard individual medley and five broken UF records highlighted day one of the 2009 NCAA Championships for the Gators. UF resides in fourth place (107 points) following the first day of competition from the Student Rec Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas. Texas (171), Auburn (141), Stanford (130), UF (107) and California (103) round out the top five teams after day one.
This weekend, when the UF men's track and field team competes for the first time since its second-place finish in the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 14, there will be a new yet familiar face looking to contribute on the track for UF: Jeff Demps.
In 2008, the Gators had national-championship aspirations while winning the Southeastern Conference, but after the season, the team, which was full of seniors, was dismantled.
Senior swimmer Rex Tullius has a positive mindset for the next three days.
Fast starts haven't been one of the Gators' strengths this season.
This week might prove to be a glimpse into the future for the Gators.