By the time Florida’s defense realized Jake Bentley still had the ball in his hands, there was nothing any of its players could do.
Rachael Kramer, 6-foot-8, and Shainah Joseph, 6-foot-1, jumped in unison in front of the net, both hands in the air. Their teammate, freshman Paige Hammons, set her feet in the backcourt, bracing for Pilar Victoria’s attack, should it pass through the outstretched arms of Kramer and Joseph.
Freshman Madison Alexander waited patiently inside the South Alabama box as midfielders Gabby Seiler and Sarah Troccoli traded passes. Seiler found space on the left flank and served a cross towards the six-yard box. Alexander jumped all over Seiler’s ball, placing it past goalkeeper Justice Stanford to open the scoring in the 34th minute.
The Gators men’s and women's cross country teams ended their season at the NCAA South Regional Championship Friday.
Here’s a statement that goes without saying: Football can be an extremely brutal sport to play.
Gators defensive tackle Taven Bryan smirked, realizing he still had Will Muschamp’s old playbook.
Becky Burleigh knows not to overlook South Alabama.
Coach Cameron Newbauer runs practices in the same manner he wants to run his in-game offense: fast. Players are expected to hustle to and from every exercise. On fast-break drills, ball handlers make one quick pass to the outside and position themselves for a potential rebound.
Two hours, seventeen minutes and a grueling five sets later, the Gators got the win.
About two weeks ago, during Randy Shannon’s first day as interim coach of the Florida Gators, he began to explain how he would — and would not — be approaching the remainder of UF’s season.
Ten days after the firing of former Florida coach Jim McElwian, the Gators have their first decommitment.
Jack Rogers is fast.
She’s an athlete.
In her three seasons at UF, Haley Lorenzen has seen improvements in her scoring, developed a three-point shot and been accepted into graduate school, studying in the sports management program.
Former Florida Gator Bradley Beal’s biggest moment so far this season came with the clock stopped. On Oct. 27, whistles sounded as players and referees charged toward the action underneath the basket.
Nobody who had ever seen a soccer match would mistake young Samantha Chung for a great player. She wasn’t even average.
As interim coach Randy Shannon ended Florida’s practice Tuesday and walked to the south end zone of UF’s indoor practice facility, he made one request.
Nine weeks into the NFL season, several former Gators are having success at the professional level:
Randy Shannon may not have gotten the offensive output he wanted in his first game as Florida’s interim head coach, but that hasn’t affected his plan at quarterback heading into this weekend’s matchup with South Carolina.
Something unusual happened on Saturday after Florida’s train-derailment of a loss in Missouri. For one of the first times I can recall this season, a Florida player looked at the atrocity that is this team right now and was — gasp — honest.
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