Michael Robertson propels Gators baseball over UNF 13-4
By Bennett Solomon | Feb. 21, 2024Behind a four-hit night from Michael Robertson, the Gators baseball team earned its second win of the season over UNF 13-4.
Behind a four-hit night from Michael Robertson, the Gators baseball team earned its second win of the season over UNF 13-4.
The No. 24 Florida Gators (18-8, 8-5 SEC) fell to the No. 13 Alabama Crimson Tide (19-7, 11-2 SEC) 98-93 in an overtime thriller at Coleman Coliseum on Wednesday.
This past season, Sims set the new 100-yard backstroke record as well as securing three individual top-three finishes while Ivey set a new program record in the 200-yard freestyle.
The offense and UF’s pitching staff helped lead the No. 14 Florida Gators (10-2) to two wins over the North Florida Ospreys (6-5) 10-0 and 14-0 in Jacksonville at the UNF softball complex.
The Florida lacrosse team will play in the Big 12 Conference next season and is moving on from the American Athletic Conference.
The No. 4 Florida Gators (1-1) routed the North Florida Ospreys (1-2) 10-0 Tuesday night to secure their first victory of the season. Florida’s pitching suffocated the Ospreys’ lineup in a 10-run drubbing, which ended in seven innings.
Florida earned five gold medals and one silver medal on day two of the SEC Championships. The Gators won big in the women’s 3-meter, men’s diving team event and men’s and women’s relay events, breaking multiple records along the way
Florida had a rocky start to the tournament on Saturday, struggling to get anything going in round one. The Gators recorded 14 bogeys as a team throughout the day and had three double bogeys on the front nine.
Florida freshman right-hander Liam Peterson will make his highly anticipated debut Tuesday against the UNF Ospreys. He is one of several freshman pitchers who will play an important role in the Gators’ rotation in 2024.
Despite a strong outing in the circle from Keagan Rothrock, the Gators softball team fell to Oklahoma State 3-0 Monday.
The No. 4/3 Florida Men’s and Women’s Swim and Dive teams traveled to Auburn, Alabama to compete for a second consecutive SEC Championship. The men’s team entered this week with an undefeated in-and-out of conference record of 7-0 while the women’s team are 7-1, with an undefeated conference record of 5-0.
The Florida Gators men's tennis team (4-4) handed the UCF Knights (7-1) their first loss of the season with a 6-1 victory in an emotional in-state rivalry match, Monday afternoon. After taking the doubles point, the Gators fed off the momentum and energy from the crowd to defeat the Knights for the 19th straight time since January 2001.
Sam Austin and Ryan Maseman led UF track and field mid-distance group under pressure. Both have stepped into leadership roles during their junior seasons.
The Florida women’s golf team came into the 2023-2024 season with a unique split in the class of its players. The roster included a majority of upperclassmen and new players. Coach Emily Glaser, who is in her 12th year as head coach, wanted to find a way to unite her team by using her seniors' experience to its advantage. From this, the big sister program was formed.
The Gators women’s basketball team dropped to 4-8 in conference play following an 81-77 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats on Sunday afternoon.
A program-record-tying round of 62 (-8) led by freshman Ian Giligan, allowed the University of Florida’s men’s golf team to blow out their competition to win the Gators Invitational at Mark Bostick Golf Course for the fifth straight year.
The Gators men’s basketball team used a strong second half to defeat the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens on Saturday.
The Gators lacrosse team lost to the No. 6 North Carolina Tar Heels 19-10 on Saturday.
The Gators baseball team lost its first season-opener since 2013. Left-hander Cade Fisher failed to get past the third inning in a 9-5 loss.
The No. 6 Florida Gators (9-1, 4-1 SEC) beat the No.14 Missouri Tigers (8-3, 2-3 SEC), the No. 27 Illinois Fighting Illini (7-6, 1-3 B1G) and the Lindenwood Lions (8-6, 3-1 MIC) 197.625 on the road in St. Charles, Missouri, in a quad meet. This marked the Gators’ highest team score of the season.