Despite a slow start, Florida bounced back to defeat Florida State in a 4-2 victory on Wednesday at the Perry Indoor Tennis Facility in its first home match in almost a month.
Scottie Wilbekin couldn’t ice the game, Michael Frazier II couldn’t break out from behind the arc and Casey Prather couldn’t score during the game’s last 32 minutes.
With two games remaining in the season, the Gators hope to round back into the form that’s given them a shot at making the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012.
The Gators dubbed their first loss of the season — a 4-2 upset at the hands of Northwestern, — a valuable learning experience.
Justine McLean has found her stride.
After graduating 13 seniors in 2013, the No. 5 Gators (4-1) are quickly working to strengthen their depleted defense.
The Gators left New Orleans with their best finish of the 2013-14 season.
The Southeastern Conference Championships are over for Florida’s swimming and diving teams. Now, the focus shifts solely to the national championship meet set to begin on March 27 in Austin, Texas.
CORAL GABLES — Karsten Whitson arrived at Florida as the crown jewel of Kevin O’Sullivan’s recruiting class four years ago. The 225-pound right-hander had the golden arm and the tree-trunk legs to match it. In basketball terms, he was a slam dunk.
Thirty-six straight holes did not faze the No. 16 Gators on Monday.
CORAL GABLES — Karsten Whitson is the perfect pitcher for this young Florida team — both are works in progress.
Although the Gators are no longer the same team of years past, one that lived and died by the three-point shot, they were forced to turn back the clocks Saturday and rely on perimeter shooting to pull out a four-point Southeastern Conference win on the road.
There are two names on the Florida gymnastics roster that will send a crowd into a frenzy — Kytra Hunter and Bridget Sloan.
Florida’s lone home tournament of the season was cut short.
No. 7 Florida’s (4-1) offense prevailed against a sleepy Cincinnati (0-2) defense after a three-and-a-half-hour rain delay at Donald R. Dizney Stadium to win 19-6 on Sunday.
CORAL GABLES, Fla.—Florida dug its own grave on Saturday against Miami. Early miscues led to an early two-run deficit. One mistake in the sixth inning killed any chances of a comeback.
On Saturday, No. 5 Florida swept No. 38 St. Mary’s 4-0 in the first ever meeting between the two programs. The Gators captured their third straight victory and improved to 8-1 on the season.
After throwing a no-hitter against Wisconsin on Feb. 9, Lauren Haeger thought she had room for improvement.
Florida has landed its third verbal commitment for the 2015 class, as three-star offensive tackle Tyler Jordan announced Saturday afternoon that he was committing to the Gators. The commitment comes during his visit to Gainesville this weekend.
Delanie Gourley’s freshman season has been almost errorless.
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