The University of Florida basketball program has developed multiple NBA players whose seasons are now over as the NBA Finals approach. Here’s a recap of what some former Gators did this year:
The Florida baseball team had little time to celebrate after the NCAA field was announced on Monday.
Historic.
The Florida softball team had just won its second national championship in as many years. Robert Reed watched his freshman daughter, Megan, sprint from the dugout with the rest of the 2015 squad to join the celebratory dogpile. The moment for Robert was bittersweet. His daughter was now a national champion, but she was also no longer a softball player, a sport she’d been in for fifteen years.
It was an adventurous weekend for the Gators softball team.
Ashley Rogers released the 0-1 pitch, dropping a change-up just below the knees of UF right fielder Jaimie Hoover.
Hannah Adams stood just 60 feet away.
Aubrey Leach reached out desperately with her bat.
The final chapter of the Florida men’s tennis team’s season came to a close on Thursday night, as freshman Sam Riffice fell to Illinois junior Aleks Kovacevic in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Individual Championships.
Sam Riffice looked like he had been there before.
Following a trouble-free NCAA Regional that saw it cruise to three-consecutive shutout wins, the Gators softball team will enter familiar territory this weekend.
The Florida baseball team dropped a heartbreaker on Tuesday morning in Game 1 of the SEC Tournament against Texas A&M.
The Gators were two innings away from advancing past Texas A&M in Game 1 of the SEC Tournament and all but assuring themselves of a spot in next week's NCAA Tournament.
Sierra Brooks waited anxiously in the clubhouse after finishing the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championships in a tie for first with Arkansas’ Maria Fassi.
The Florida baseball team has made an appearance in the NCAA Tournament every year since coach Kevin O’Sullivan took over in 2008.
“He’s not as disruptive as he was four years ago, but he’s still a good player.”
There was no match for the Gators softball team.
Sierra Brooks pumped her fist and followed her ball as it maneuvered slightly from left to right and into the hole. The 15-foot putt on the ninth green put the junior at 4 under for the competition and in the outright lead for the NCAA individual title heading into the final day of the NCAA Championships.
Sophia Reynoso was the only player on the field that knew she was going home.
Florida's NCAA at-large hopes were on life support prior to Thursday night's game against Missouri.
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