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Center Gorjok Gak dislocated his shoulder in the offseason. He missed all of 2018-19.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Gak injury, rough defense make up current UF landscape

By River Wells | Oct. 15, 2019

Florida’s men’s basketball team is just 21 days away from its first game of the season against North Florida, and it has been busy acclimating its large roster of newcomers to the program. The Gators have high expectations coming into this season, but already they’ve faced two difficulties that they’ll need to overcome to start the season strong.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Gators take on South Carolina in midweek matchup

By Brendan Farrell | Oct. 15, 2019

Gators volleyball returns home to face unranked South Carolina on Wednesday. No. 13 Florida is coming off a successful weekend where it swept Arkansas on Friday and rallied in a five-set match to defeat Texas A&M on Sunday.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Fake outrage is not going to solve controversy between NBA and China

By Kyle Wood | Oct. 15, 2019

If something controversial happens and no one is around to tweet about it, did it still happen?

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Florida rallies to finish 5th at Stanford Intercollegiate

By Jack Braverman | Oct. 13, 2019

It was a tale of two rounds for the Gators women’s golf team this weekend in Northern California.

The Gators defense came up short against a strong LSU offense, as they allowed the Tigers to score 21 points in the second half, which was the most any team has notched against Florida so far this season.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Losing to LSU changes nothing

By Sam Campisano | Oct. 13, 2019

Realistically, what were the expectations for this Florida team going into the season?

Redshirt junior opposite attacker Holly Carlton (right) and sophomore setter Marlie Monserez (left) combined for 46 assists on Saturday against the Texas A&M Aggies.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Florida takes down Texas A&M in 5-set matchup

By Mari Faiello | Oct. 13, 2019

A smooth start and a rocky middle left an uncertain result for Florida’s volleyball team Sunday afternoon.

The Gators lead the SEC in sacks and turnovers, yet, they didn't add any to their resume following the 42-28 loss in Death Valley.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Florida's season isn't derailed by loss to Tigers

By Kyle Wood | Oct. 13, 2019

Adversity is nothing new to the Gators football team. The rash of injuries to key players on both sides of the ball has been well documented, but a loss is something Florida hasn’t swallowed in quite some time.

Freshman midfielder Laney Steed notched a game-tying goal in Florida’s 4-2 win over Kentucky, which marked the first goal of her collegiate career.

SPORTS | SOCCER

Florida bounces back with conference victory over Kentucky

By Bryan Matamoros | Oct. 13, 2019

Florida’s soccer team was in the midst of a six-game winning streak before Ole Miss came to Gainesville and took down the Gators on Thursday. It was UF’s first loss since Sept. 8 when it fell to Central Florida in the sixth fixture of the season.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE

Both No. 7 men and women dominate again, remain undefeated to start the season

By Dylan O'Shea | Oct. 12, 2019

The Gators men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both moved to 4-0 after a successful trip north to Minnesota.

Florida's defense only forced three punts against LSU.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

What happened to Florida’s defense against LSU?

By Sam Campisano | Oct. 12, 2019

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Florida defense went into Saturday night’s top-10 showdown with LSU leading the SEC in scoring defense (9.5 points per game), sacks (26) and interceptions (12).

Florida had its highest yardage output of the season against LSU.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Offensive play calling kept Florida in the game

By Dylan Rudolph and Heroes | Oct. 12, 2019

BATON ROUGE, La. — The game was close. Shocker. LSU won. Not too surprising. Florida’s offense kept it in the game, and the defense was the reason it lost it. Wait, what?

UF quarterback Kyle Trask had over 300 yards passing, but Florida still suffered its first loss of the season at LSU.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

LSU offense overpowers Gators in Death Valley

By Tyler Nettuno | Oct. 12, 2019

BATON ROUGE, La. — Kyle Trask picked an inopportune time for his biggest mistake of the season.

SPORTS | SOCCER

Florida bounces back with conference victory over Kentucky

By Bryan Matamoros | Oct. 12, 2019

Florida’s soccer team was in the midst of a six-game winning streak before Ole Miss came to Gainesville and took down the Gators on Thursday. It was UF’s first loss since Sept. 8 when it fell to Central Florida in the sixth fixture of the season.