Defense the real key to Gators success
Oct. 2, 2008It's easy to get caught up in the gaudy hitting percentages, the electrifying kills and the smooth sets.
It's easy to get caught up in the gaudy hitting percentages, the electrifying kills and the smooth sets.
Marrit Boonstra and Megan Alexander looked for redemption Thursday.
Heading into this weekend's matchups, the UF soccer team decided to take a lesson from the Gator football team.
It didn't take long for this freshman to make an impact.
Marrit Boonstra fell one win short of qualifying for the main draw at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships, losing to Laura Gioia of Furman 6-1, 6-1. There will be no Gators in the singles main draw of the tournament, which is the first event in the ITA Intercollegiate Grand Slam.
Dan Mullen, UF's offensive coordinator, did not lose Saturday's game against Mississippi.
Saying that Bobby Petrino's debut as a Southeastern Conference coach has been a disappointment would be an understatement.
UF coach Urban Meyer confirmed after Wednesday's practice that several of his players will not take part in the Arkansas game this weekend.
For the second weekend in a row, the Southeastern Conference schedule will have the Gators away from Gainesville and in two different SEC cities in three days.
Marrit Boonstra's day was longer than yours. That is, of course, assuming you didn't spend seven hours on the tennis court under the heat of the California sun.
I bet Jevan Snead's 86-yard touchdown pass to Shay Hodge made you queasy. I can't blame you. That was Major Wright's one-way ticket to a SportsCenter highlight - and not the good kind.
If you were expecting UF to pull in yet another top-five recruiting class this year, you may be disappointed.
As the last of the Rebel yells faded from Gainesville on Sunday night, a UF football team still reeling from an upset loss to Mississippi the day before took to the practice field.
This time, the UF men's golf team put itself in a hole it couldn't play out of.
If you thought your transition to college was difficult, think of what it has been like for UF freshman cross country runner Genevieve LaCaze.
UF linebacker Dustin Doe, who played sparingly against Mississippi on Saturday, is undergoing surgery for a double hernia on Wednesday, coach Urban Meyer said.
When UF's season began, the offensive line looked to be one of the strongest units on the field.
Talk remained all on Mississippi at Urban Meyer's Monday morning press conference.
Turns out Urban Meyer is not the only coach fed up by the clock rules.
As I sat and watched Tim Tebow speak, his eyes bloodshot and his lips quivering in Saturday's postgame press conference, I thought this would likely be the defining moment of his defining season.