Florida junior Oliver Crawford had just earned match point and held a 5-4 lead over Auburn’s Tim Dollman after taking the first set.
Two fervent crowds in Gainesville made Sunday’s game seem more like a pep rally than a softball game.
There’s just something about that lucky number seven.
The Ragin’ Cajuns showed up red hot and ready for game two Saturday afternoon in Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
It had the makings of last weekend’s blowout loss at home against No. 5 Loyola-Maryland.
Leah Clapper’s reaction said it all.
To kick off SEC play this season, Florida traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to take on the Crimson Tide. This was the first time this season the Gators were playing as an unranked team after they fell out of the ITA rankings despite their dominant victory last week against Georgia State last weekend.
The Gators lost two straight doubles points coming into Friday’s match and were on the brink of losing a third.
Under the glow of the Friday-night lights, the stage was set at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium for Florida’s first top-10 bout at home. The air was cool, the competition was stiff and the crowd was electric.
With championship season approaching for the indoor track season, an SEC championship is the expectation this weekend for the Florida men’s team in College Station, Texas.
It was a week of highs and lows for the Gators.
This season has been an incredibly successful one for Florida.
The Sunshine State hasn’t lived up to its name for the Gators recently.
A different kind of March madness is set for this weekend in Gainesville.
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan stood alone with the ball at the top of the key.
It took 42 seconds for freshman attacker Kaala Puglisi to open today’s scoring.
The Gators dropped to eighth in the most recent Inside Lacrosse Maverik Women’s Division I Media Poll after their 17-6 drubbing at the hands of Loyola-Maryland Saturday at home.
The Gators will have to wait another 24 hours before their first game as the nation’s No. 1 team.
Josh Rivera has set up camp quickly out at shortstop.
Stripped of his socks and shoes, Florida’s men’s swimming coach Anthony Nesty stood on the pool deck in the James E. Martin Aquatics Center in Auburn, Alabama.
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