Women close in on season's first tournament win
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Apr. 6, 2009It looks like winning could become a habit for the Gators.
It looks like winning could become a habit for the Gators.
At the start of the season, the Gators had one sure thing in their starting rotation, and that was their ace, Patrick Keating.
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So far in spring practice, Gators are dropping like flies.
This isn't exactly what the Gators envisioned when they took the course in Atlanta on Sunday to play in their last tournament before the postseason.
In a troupe consisting of Bruins, Pioneers, Gophers, Cyclones and Hawkeyes, the Gators emerged victorious from the menagerie.
It was the kind of situation clutch players dream about: tie game, two outs, bases loaded, bottom of the final inning.
The most impressive team on campus plays in a stadium that has no parking lot.
A 14-0 run usually occurs on the basketball court, not the baseball field.
Santa Fe College (21-15, 10-4 Mid-Florida Conference) ended its conference game against Seminole Community College early on Saturday with an 11-1 mercy-rule victory in seven innings.
Jeff Demps got the baton to start the anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay - with UF already in the lead - and the race was over.
In its final home match of the regular season, the No. 10 UF men's tennis team put on a clinic in its 7-0 sweep of Arkansas on Sunday.
In its second-to-last home match of the regular season, the No. 10 UF men's tennis team defeated LSU 5-2.
This weekend the No. 10 UF men's tennis team is hosting its last two home matches of the season beginning at 3 p.m. today against LSU.
Home sweet home.
It's the elephant in the locker room; an obvious issue that goes unaddressed.
The biggest question facing UF's offense next season is how to replace Percy Harvin, and it seems like a lot of people have taken the attitude that, "Oh, Andre Debose will be here next year. It's all taken care of."
From underdog to top dog, the UF gymnastics team will be playing a different role Saturday at the NCAA North Central Regional Competition in Iowa City, Iowa.
In golf, a sport that focuses on the individual, you don't often hear a coach begging for a stronger team effort.
Only 16 teams get a chance to host an NCAA regional, so road play is crucial for a team's chance at a championship run.