UF suffers loss after shaky start
Jan. 10, 2010After the long wait for the season opener, the Gators proved they still had some cobwebs in their first meet Friday.
After the long wait for the season opener, the Gators proved they still had some cobwebs in their first meet Friday.
During two easy weekend victories for the Florida swimming and diving teams in the O’Connell Center Natatorium, the women’s squad made headlines on the diving boards.
With the game forced into a second overtime, Steffi Sorensen was the least expected player on the Gators to take a shot. Through the game’s first 45 minutes, Sorensen had failed to score a single point.
For a Gators team that came into the season with sky-high expectations, fusing a top-ranked recruiting class with a seasoned returning class that finished fourth in the nation was a challenge on Friday night in Norman, Okla.
The UF gymnastics team opens its season on the road at Norman, Okla., for its first meet of the season against No. 9 Oklahoma tonight at 8. With weather forecasted to be in the teens at the time of the meet, the team can be thankful it gets to perform indoors.
Just because football season is over, doesn't mean your Gators clothes have to stay in your closet until next August.
Coach Amanda Butler said her team came back mentally refocused after Christmas.
The hits keep coming for Florida.
An undefeated season and the chance to win a second BCS National Championship in the last five seasons gives Texas a lot to play for today.
Florida is fourth in the preseason rankings. Coach Rhonda Faehn knows it, accepts it and understands it.
The revolving door of coaches at Florida continues to spin.
Jennifer Mossor’s New Year’s resolution may as well have been to have a healthy rest of the season.
NEW ORLEANS — It didn’t end with a Heisman Trophy or a BCS national championship.
As expected, the Urban Meyer situation dominated the talk leading up to Florida’s Sugar Bowl matchup against Cincinnati.
ST. PETERSBURG — The Gators’ 51-24 victory over Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl on Friday marked the end of an era for the nation’s most celebrated senior class and ushered in a period of uncertainty heading into the 2010 season.
The football season might have ended for the Gators, but my favorite time of the year is quickly approaching.
NEW ORLEANS — Florida said goodbye to the winningest class in school history, the greatest player in school history and its defensive coordinator with a 51-24 win against Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl.
Freshman Jennifer George walked off the court with a smile after sinking two free throws that put her team up seven points with 2:37 left in the game.
Jennifer George walked off the court with a smile after sinking two free throws that put her team up 7 points with 2:37 left in the game en route to a 59-53 win for the Gators over Arkansas to open Southeastern Conference play.