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Thursday, June 04, 2026

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Deanne Rose.
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UCF spoils Florida’s home opener, 2-0

Florida’s soccer team began the 2019-20 campaign with five straight games on the road over a 16-day span. In that period, the Gators suffered three consecutive defeats to ranked opponents and lost junior forward Deanne Rose to a hamstring injury against then-No.5 Southern California on Aug. 29.


Emory Jones.
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Stop FBS-FCS games

After I got home from covering Florida football’s 45-0 throttling Tennessee-Martin, something much more entertaining popped up on my Twitter timeline.


UF receiver Kadarius Toney scored on a 66-yard pass against Miami.
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UF hosts UTM in home opener

The stakes for Florida’s home opener against Tennesse-Martin are drastically different from those surrounding its season opener two weeks ago. But the importance of what is essentially a tuneup game against an FCS opponent cannot be understated after the Gators’ blunders in their win over Miami.


Senior Sierra Brooks led the Gators in stroke average (72.59) last season and is projected to lead her team to a successful season.
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UF men's, women’s golf open seasons this weekend

Last season, then-junior Sierra Brooks torched the rest of the field on her way to a seven-stroke individual victory at the Cougar Classic. Rounds of 65 and 62 – the latter setting a course record – also led Florida to a team victory in its annual season opener in South Carolina.



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