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UF junior Grant Holloway ran the 60-meter hurdles in 7.43 seconds at the Tyson Invitational. The time was one millisecond off of his personal record.

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Holloway gets two golds, men win SEC Indoor Championship

By Graham Marsh | Feb. 24, 2019

The championship was already locked up.

Florida midfielder Sydney Pirreca scored six goals against Maryland last season. The Gators play the Terrapins on Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Florida falls to Loyola for second-straight loss

By Bryan Matamoros | Feb. 23, 2019

Florida’s women’s lacrosse team dejectedly walked off the field after the final whistle blew at the Ridley Athletic Complex in Baltimore, Maryland.

Sophomore Grant Holloway and the No. 1 men's track team will join the No. 6 women's track team on a road trip to a pair of meets over the weekend.

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David wins first gold, Holloway takes second long jump on first day of SECs

By Graham Marsh | Feb. 23, 2019

Yanis David finally got her first gold.

Sophomore Victoria Emma (pictured) and her doubles partner, junior Tsveta Dimitrova, lost narrowly (8-7) to the tournament's No. 1 seed of Southern California's Angela Kulikov and Rianna Valdes, eliminating them from the ITA All-American Championships. Emma later took victory in the tournament's singles back draw.

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Florida defeats No. 28 Oklahoma at home

By Victor Prieto | Feb. 22, 2019

Ida Jarlskog frustrated her opponent all match long.

UF women's tennis coach Roland Thornqvist: I think we have a lot of talent. On some courts we have more talent than we know what to do with.

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Florida’s slow start won’t keep it down

By Victor Prieto | Feb. 22, 2019

The Florida women’s tennis team has endured a lot through five matches.

Florida lacrosse coach Amanda O'Leary recorded her 300th career victory on Saturday in UF's 16-11 win over Georgetown.

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Florida prepares for road game against ranked Loyola

By Bryan Matamoros | Feb. 22, 2019

Florida’s women’s lacrosse team will not have the benefit of playing at home for the next month.

Sierra Brooks is tied for 40th place at +6 after the first round of the Northrop Gumman Regional Challenge.

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Baggarly ties for first, Florida finishes in top 5

By Bryan Matamoros | Feb. 19, 2019

How much can change in a year?

Florida coach Roland Thornqvist and the Gators are ranked No. 11 heading into the spring despite being mostly composed of freshmen and sophomores.

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Florida drops rivalry match against FSU

By Victor Prieto | Feb. 19, 2019

The Florida State women’s tennis team came to Gainesville with just one win in program history under the lights of the Ring Tennis Complex.

The UF swimming teams will compete in Athens, Georgia, at the SEC Championships this week. The men’s team heads into the championships ranked No. 6 in the nation.

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UF returns to Athens for conference championships

By Jack Braverman | Feb. 19, 2019

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams return to Athens, Georgia, for the first time since their seemingly effortless victories over the Bulldogs last October.

Gordon Neale finished the Sea Best Invitational tied for second.

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Florida finishes second in Gators Invitational for second-straight year

By Bryan Matamoros | Feb. 18, 2019

Florida’s men’s golf team was tied for fourth place in the Florida Gators Invitational after two rounds on Saturday, seven strokes behind first-place Vanderbilt.

Senior McClain Kessler fell in the second round of singles play at the ITA All-American Championships as well as in the second round of doubles play with partner Sam Riffice.

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Gators finish 1-2 in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships

By Noah Ram | Feb. 18, 2019

The UF men’s tennis team experienced something on Friday that it hadn’t experienced since last May.

Senior attacker Lindsey Ronbeck scored four goals in the Gators' 16-9 win over Colorado.

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Florida dominates Scotland in exhibition game

By Bryan Matamoros | Feb. 16, 2019

The Gators played their second game in under 48 hours, but that didn’t seem to affect them.

UF lacrosse will match up against Kennesaw State for the second time in program history.

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Florida comes up short in home opener against Maryland

By Bryan Matamoros | Feb. 14, 2019

Senior goalkeeper Haley Hicklen reached into the back of her net to retrieve the ball for a fifth time in the opening 10 minutes of the game.

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Senior class gets one last shot against Maryland

By Bryan Matamoros | Feb. 12, 2019

Seniors on the Florida lacrosse team have played Maryland three times throughout their collegiate careers.

Florida's men's and women's diving teams had three top-five finishes and two top-ten finishes on Day 1 of the Auburn Invitational.

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Gators peaking in the pool ahead of SEC Championships

By Jack Braverman | Feb. 10, 2019

The Florida men’s and women’s swimming teams traveled to Auburn, Alabama, this weekend for the second time in three weeks, as they both competed in the Auburn Invitational.

UF men’s tennis sophomore Oliver Crawford is the No. 9-ranked collegiate player. He is one of three Gators ranked in the top 50.

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Gators complete massive comeback, beat TCU in Fort Worth

By Noah Ram | Feb. 10, 2019

Oliver Crawford won his singles match to help the Gators men's tennis team to a 4-3 win over TCU on Sunday.

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Holloway, 4x4 teams continue to update the record books

By Graham Marsh | Feb. 10, 2019

Florida attacker Lindsey Ronbeck scored four goals during UF’s 16-9 road win over Colorado.

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Florida’s win over Colorado serves as blueprint for success

By Bryan Matamoros | Feb. 10, 2019

The Gators’ lacrosse team is experiencing déjà vu heading into its second game of the 2019 campaign.

Senior Lindsey Ronbeck was named the American Athletic Conference’s Preseason Attacker of the Year. She’s fourth on UF’s career goals list with 159.

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Fast offensive start leads Florida over Colorado

By Bryan Matamoros | Feb. 9, 2019

It took only 65 seconds for Florida’s lacrosse team to score its first goal of the 2019 season.

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UF Track and Field split up for weekend meets

By Graham Marsh | Feb. 7, 2019

Just like on the track, UF’s the long-distance runners have much farther to travel this weekend for their meet than everyone else.