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Thursday, May 22, 2025

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UF catcher Janell Wheaton was part of a controversial call in the fourth inning that allowed UCLA to card five runs in the frame.
SPORTS  |  SOFTBALL

Tigers spoil UF Senior Day with 3-0 victory

The seniors on the UF softball team ‒ pitcher Aleshia Ocasio, first baseman Kayli Kvistad, third baseman Nicole DeWitt and catcher Janell Wheaton ‒ were honored during their second game of the series against No. 13 LSU on Saturday.  Their numbers adorned Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium and were traced behind home plate, planted next to their positions and embroidered into the outfield.


Sophomore Andy Zhang finally broke through and won his first individual championship in 2018.
SPORTS  |  OTHER SPORTS GOLF

A bolt from the blue: Zhang wins individual SEC championship

On the third playoff hole of the SEC Championship, UF sophomore Andy Zhang had a chance at individual victory over Ole Miss’ Cecil Wegener with a putt just a couple feet away from the hole. He calmly sank the putt, pumped his fist, shook Wegener’s hand and embraced his coach, J.C. Deacon. “You got it, you won,” Deacon said in between Zhang’s “Oh my God.”


Third baseman Jonathan India slugged a two-run home run in Florida 3-1 victory over Auburn on Thursday. 
SPORTS  |  BASEBALL

Gators outlast Auburn in pitcher’s duel

Gators third baseman Jonathan India hadn’t been himself recently.Well, relatively speaking. Since having his 24-game hitting streak interrupted in UF’s series against Kentucky, he’d gone 3-of-11 from the plate with a pair of RBIs and one home run.


SPORTS  |  COLUMNS

Seek out your own Alligator experience

I have an Alligator ‘a’ tattooed on my right forearm, and many of my friends and family thought it was a terrible idea. But it’s been about a year and a half since I got that bulky black ‘a’ sewn into my skin forever, and just yesterday, I looked down at it while showering and thought, “Man, this was a great idea.”



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