Nineteen games into the season, Roland Thornqvist doesn’t have his lineup figured out.
Usually the NBA’s annual MVP race is fairly clear cut.
There was nothing Alicia Boren could do but watch.
In the late 1980s, Jim McElwain was starting to get his feet wet by coaching as an assistant at Eastern Washington. Around the same time, he was approached with an opportunity that could have altered the course of his career.
The Gators women’s golf team finished the second round of the Clemson Invitational in a tie for second place at 7 under on Saturday. The only thing to change between then and the end of the final round on Sunday was a lower placement.
Florida was trailing Alabama going into the final round on Saturday night. But on Sunday, the Gators rolled past the Tide to win the Mason Rudolph Championship by one stroke.
Florida hadn’t led the entire race.
After a week with very little practice and two players sick with the flu, the Gators women’s tennis team could’ve played slow. Instead, they dominated.
Arkansas shouldn’t have been surprised.
As soon as Rachel Slocum stuck her landing on vault, she couldn’t contain her excitement.
Jackson Kowar watched and hoped. He needed the bunt to roll foul. He waited for it to roll foul. But it teetered right up against the third-base line and ended up fair.
Kennedy Baker took a deep breath, saluted the judges and grabbed onto the bars.
Brady Singer struck his way out of trouble in the first inning of Saturday’s game, and from there, the junior never let up.
It was almost as if Mike Rivera knew what was coming his way.
Even after Florida’s 4-1 win over Florida State on Tuesday — its ninth win in the past 10 games against the rival — Kevin O’Sullivan couldn’t help but reference UF’s most recent loss.
“How do you make a hankie dance?” Kelly Grassel asked her teammates on Thursday.
After two straight finishes outside of the top three, Florida bounced back and stole a win at the Schenkel tournament on March 19. Now, coach J.C. Deacon says the team is closer than ever to its top form.
The UF men’s tennis team took care of business on Thursday night when it took the courts at the Alabama Tennis Stadium.
On the way home from last weekend’s road matches, Roland Thornqvist had a lot on his mind. While the Gators women’s tennis team had just won two straight road games, the coach was thinking about another sport: basketball.
Florida senior Shayla Sanders couldn’t see the finish line.
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