The second round of the Kiawah Island Intercollegiate in South Carolina on Monday gave the UF women's golf team a chance at instant redemption after a difficult first round Sunday.
Golf may be an individual sport, but the Gators are going to need a better team effort if they are going to succeed this season.
The No. 11 UF men's tennis team continued its dominance over in-state rivals with a 5-2 win against Miami on Sunday.
In a four-day 2009 SEC Championship meet that came down to the very last relay, the No. 5 UF women won their 17th SEC crown, the first since 2002, after edging out second-place finisher Auburn and third-place Georgia. The win for the Gators was the third-closest competition in SEC history, UF with 744 points, Auburn with 730.5 and Georgia with 725. On the men's side, the No. 8 Gators claimed second place (626) at the 2009 league meet for the eighth-consecutive year to the men's team from Auburn (880.5).
Much like a baby learning how to walk, the inexperienced UF women's golf team stumbled to the ground in its first event of the season.
There's no place like home.
It took until the third match of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Indoor Championships for the UF men's team to face the inevitable Southeastern Conference matchup.
The muffled melody of the UF fight song at the nearby softball game rang through the air as Toby Ragland attempted a birdie on the seventh hole of a playoff.
UF is peaking just in time for the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships.
Leaders come in two forms: those who are vocal - the Tim Tebows of the world - and those who choose to lead only by their examples.
Coming off its first loss of the season, the No. 7 UF men's tennis team will play in the first round of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Indoor Championships on Friday.
The UF men's golf team has no excuses.
After a long trip to California, the UF women's golf team will have a long trip back to Gainesville.
Tuesday was a step in the right direction for the UF women's golf team but also a step back.
For the UF men's tennis team, the first taste of indoors was bittersweet.
On its way to Chicago, the UF men's tennis team will make a pit stop in Champaign, Ill., for its first taste of indoor dual match play this season.
The day started out with wind and rain.
Conquer the fast greens, the elevation and the hills.
In professional wrestling there are 60-minute, falls-count-anywhere "ironman" bouts in which will and determination are tested.
In its last home dual match before heading north for indoor play, the UF men's tennis team improved to 5-0 on Thursday.
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