Florida coach Mary Wise said after practice on Wednesday that the one-two combo of outside hitters Thayer Hall and T’ara Ceasar could, in time, prove to be a deadly one.
After coming to Florida’s rescue many times this season, goal-keeper Susi Espinoza footed much of the blame on Friday night, as her costly 27th minute error led to the opening goal in UF’s 2-1 loss to Tennessee.
The first meet of the season ended in tough losses for both Florida swimming and diving programs against Georgia.
What most would consider a difficult season came to an end for Florida as the SEC Championships, the fourth and final meet of the season, took place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Friday.
On the heels of a 4-2 drubbing at the hands of South Carolina, Florida will play at Donald R. Dizney stadium for the final time this season Friday against a Tennessee program in similarly dire straits.
There were multiple instances in the past few months that Florida coach Mary Wise didn’t think Florida’s home opener on Friday against Alabama would happen.
The Florida men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will both hit the pool deck for the first time this season on Friday at Georgia’s Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens.
The Gators women’s golf team wrapped up its fall schedule with a third-place finish at the East Lake Cup.
The Florida men’s and women’s cross country teams will travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to compete in the SEC Championships at the LSU Cross Country Course Friday morning. This is the fourth time that LSU will host the championship meet.
The Gators men’s golf team tied for fourth place in its second tournament of the fall, the Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate.
The South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the Gators women’s golf team in the semifinal match play round of the East Lake Cup.
The Gators men’s golf team recorded a season-low round Monday, shooting a collective 11-under-par. Still, they shot up four spots on the leaderboard to fourth place, sitting 14 strokes behind the leaders Vanderbilt.
The Gators women’s golf team completed the first round of the East Lake Cup Monday, shooting a collective 5-over-par. The team is currently in third place, trailing the leader Ole Miss by 10 strokes.
The Gators have returned to practice following their team-wide COVID-19 outbreak that included 31 positive cases in the month of October. Florida has five days to prepare for Missouri after athletic activities have been at a standstill since Oct. 13.
The Gators men’s tennis managed 20 wins across 27 matches in Columbia, South Carolina, despite a rain delay that ultimately cut their competition short. The Gamecock Fall SEC Shootout was the team’s second event of the season.
The Gators women’s golf team heads to Atlanta to compete in the East Lake Cup this week.
The Gators men’s golf team is in striking distance of the lead after the first round of competition.
An already difficult matchup at No. 11 South Carolina was even tougher for Florida with the absence of coach Becky Burleigh, who stayed back in Gainesville due to COVID-19 contact tracing. A shorthanded Gators team proved no match for the Gamecocks, who came away with a comfortable 4-2 victory at Stone Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, on Sunday.
Lisa Shelton has always seen her son as a vivacious child, someone who spent a majority of his time outside.
Granted, this season’s schedule includes fixtures only against SEC opponents due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But Florida’s heartbreaking loss to Vanderbilt in double overtime last weekend marked the first time since 2018 that coach Becky Burleigh’s team dropped back-to-back conference games.
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