All eyes on him. Johannes Ingildsen is behind 5-2 of the third set in the final match with the team score tied at 3-3. A firmly hit forehand forces his opponent, Texas A&M’s Arthur Rinderknech, to desperately dive to return the ball and put him out of position.
Two quadruple bogeys, two triple bogeys, five double bogeys, 14 bogeys, 10 birdies and the rest pars.
A historic season for the Gators lacrosse team came to an end on Saturday, as a late run wasn’t enough to topple No. 4 James Madison. Florida was held to single-digit goals for the first time this season as they fell to the Dukes 11-8 in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Sierra Brooks, as usual, led the UF women’s golf team into battle on Friday at the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
McClain Kessler had only moments to realize what had happened before his teammates piled on top of him. A double fault by Ole Miss’s Zvonimir Babic ended a dream run for the Rebels and advanced the Gators to the quarterfinals. Kessler threw his hat in the air with joy and relief, Babic threw his at the wall with anger and frustration.
History was set on the final day of the NCAA Kissimmee Regional.
The Florida men’s tennis team returns to play after nearly a week off to compete in the Round of 16 of the NCAA Tournament and will meet Ole Miss in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Friday at 7 p.m.
If the Gators men’s golf team’s performance on Monday at the NCAA Kissimmee Regional was any indication, then Florida plays better on the back nine then it does on the front.
Before donning their gray SEC Champions shirts, members of Florida’s track and field teams wore t-shirts with two large, blue words scribbled across the front.
When the Florida men’s tennis team stepped onto the court for the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, it looked a little younger than its opponents. Where experience trumped all for other teams, talent in the young core prevailed for the Gators.
Faced with over an hour of rain delays at the Watson Course at Reunion Resort, the Florida men’s golf team didn’t allow the weather affect its postseason aspirations.
It came down to the final competition.
Like he’d done all day, junior Alfredo Perez sent a powerful forehand over the net that his opponent could not handle. One last stretch, but it was out of reach.
It had been 1,101 days since UF last won an NCAA Tournament game, and early in its second-round game against Colorado at Donald R. Dizney Stadium, it appeared that drought would continue for another 360-some-odd days. But behind an eight-goal run and seven combined goals from the Pirreca sisters, Florida stymied the Buffaloes for a 13-9 victory.
When freshman Katie Kubicz’s final shot went just a little too wide, the Florida Gators NCAA Tournament run sailed away with it.
Execute.
The Florida Gators stepped onto a blazing court that registered up to 100 degrees and into their 28th consecutive NCAA Tournament.
It was throw number five of the men’s hammer throw final.
Only when senior Peggy Porter swung her racket a final time in her clinching victory did the Gators let up their relentless assault against their first opponent at the NCAA Tournament.
The young and the old showed up today for the Florida women’s golf team, as the Gators finished in a tie for third out of the 18-team field to advance to the NCAA Championship.
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