From the scene at the center of the pool Saturday morning, it was hard to tell Florida had just lost to Stanford, yet again.
Coming to the University of Florida was always a dream for Corinne Showalter.
After a busy day of action at the ITA Intercollegiate Indoor Championships cut the field in half, two of the three UF entrants are still standing.
Allie Will, Alex Lacroix and Antoine Benneteau will have to compete not only with 32 of the nation's best players but also with an unfamiliar set of elements at the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships this weekend.
With a Southeastern Conference title back in Gainesville for the first time since 1997, the No. 5 women's team will now focus on the NCAA Regional Championship and NCAA Championship meets in the upcoming weeks.
For the second consecutive year, Florida's women had trouble defending their home natatorium against the Georgia Bulldogs.
It has been 12 years since the women's cross country team has won a Southeastern Conference title.
UF's men swimming and diving team will open its Southeastern Conference schedule with a matchup against Georgia in the O'Connell Center on Friday.
The Florida women's golf team must have really liked where the men wrapped up their season.
Five strokes separated the Gators from a first place finish at the Isleworth Invitational, their last tournament of the season.
After coming up just short in the first leg of collegiate tennis' Grand Slam two weeks ago, freshman Allie Will and the doubles team of Antoine Benneteau and Alex Lacroix have earned themselves a shot at redemption by winning the ITA Southeast Regional Championships, which serve as a feeder into the Grand Slam's second event.
Florida's men's golf team moved up the leader board to second place after 36 holes at the Isleworth Invitational in Windermere.
Florida's women's swimming and diving teams had an outstanding weekend all around, dominating two separate meets and defeating seven opponents.
After beginning ITA Regional Championship play Friday with a combined 15 entrants, Allie Will on the women's side and the doubles team of Alex Lacroix and Antoine Benneteau on the men's have traversed difficult fields and still have a shot to win titles Monday.
The Florida men's and women's tennis teams will be returning to action today at the ITA Southeast Regional Championships, which will be held in Athens, Ga., for the men and Atlanta for the women.
The Florida men's golf team will travel to the Isleworth Invitational in Orlando for its last tournament of the fall season.
After spending countless hours of practice in the pool and accumulating their share of goggle-lines, a group of young athletes will get the opportunity to show just what they can do.
Reader Ben Volin continues to lead the way with a 6-1 record, but writer Mike McCall is only one game back.
Before the Pre-NCAA Invitational began Saturday, UF coach Todd Morgan knew the women's team had a chance to do something never done before at the event: finish in the top four.
The Florida women's golf team took a disappointing seventh place finish at the Mercedes-Benz Women's Collegiate Championship at the Fox Den Country Club in Knoxville, Tenn.
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