Gators tennis teams grab wins in ITA Championships
By ANDREW OLSON < | Feb. 12, 2010Coming into the weekend, Florida’s only loss of the season was against Baylor. On Friday that defeat was avenged.
Coming into the weekend, Florida’s only loss of the season was against Baylor. On Friday that defeat was avenged.
Despite a 42-0 start to her Florida softball career, the number 42 represents a challenge more so than an accomplishment for Stephanie Brombacher.
The only thing that went wrong for LSU on Thursday night was the team’s postgame travel plans.
Coach Rhonda Faehn doesn’t need to stress to her team the opportunity that will be presented to it when it visits No. 2 Alabama (4-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) tonight at 8:30 in Coleman Coliseum.
The No. 3 UF softball team will open the 2010 season this afternoon when it takes on No. 13 Georgia Tech at the USF Wilson-DeMarini Tournament in Clearwater.
The Gators men’s golf team will have two key advantages in this weekend’s SunTrust Gator Invitational in Gainesville: It will be the highest-ranked team participating, and it will have home-course advantage.
Southeastern Conference play starts in March, and the NCAA Tournament does not begin until May, but both of Florida’s tennis teams are getting an early season test against 16 of the best squads in the country.
Freshman sprinter Tony McQuay is hoping to avoid more tears this weekend.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Last year at South Carolina, one missed free throw led to a heartbreaking loss for Florida. Wednesday night, trouble at the line brought about another tough defeat in Colonial Life Arena.
The Gators start the most difficult stretch of their regular season tonight staring in the mouths of angry Tigers.
There must be something about the air in Columbia, S.C.
Although 2010 is being billed as a year of change for the Florida softball team, the Gators have the luxury of returning all three outfielders that started the final game of the 2009 season.
At the midway point of the season, No. 6 Florida ranks in the top 10 nationally in every event, but the area the team has improved most since last season has been the balance beam.
The Gators women’s golf team found redemption at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, finishing in ninth place with a total score of 911 (304-309-298, +59).
There’s no easy way to stop South Carolina guard Devan Downey.
At the end of the 2009 season, the general consensus was that the 2010 UF softball team’s infield would feature a quartet of upperclassmen ready to build on the excellence of the 2009 unit.
Of all the twists and turns in Florida’s unlikely basketball season, there’s one fact that I can’t wrap my mind around.
Jordan Jones started Sunday’s game against Mississippi State in an unfamiliar position: on the bench.
With 36 holes completed and one round left in the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif., the UF women’s golf team dropped two spots to 12th place.
Sophomore center Kenny Kadji will undergo surgery to repair a bulging disk in his back Wednesday.