Women cautious with usual punching bag FSU
Feb. 19, 2008Last year, it almost happened.
Last year, it almost happened.
As usual, the UF men's golf team did something unusual.
Natalie Pike captured it perfectly.
On Sunday night, after his team scrapped to an eight-over first round and a tie for sixth at the John Hayt Invitational, UF coach Buddy Alexander was keeping the faith.
Sure, the talk coming into UF men's golf team's spring season was about the Gators' depth, and sure, that noise in the system only got louder after their runaway win at the SunTrust Gator Invitational.
The UF women's tennis team wasn't able to escape its weekend trip to the state of North Carolina unscathed, but the No. 6 Gators' dual-match results say a lot about their experience.
The UF track and field program did much more than just address its problems this weekend at the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa.
Even with 31 victories and 29 NCAA provisional marks this season, UF coach Mike Holloway wants to see some improvement.
For Sandra Gal, a week in Hawaii is more than a vacation: It's a wake-up call.
UF women's tennis coach Roland Thornqvist will eye his former colors this weekend when his team takes a trip down Tobacco Road.
The UF women's golf team didn't back down on Wednesday, but they only needed to check the leaderboard to see what happens when a team steps up.
UF women's golf coach Jill Briles-Hinton said her team played its second round at the Northrop Grumman Challenge in beautiful, sunny weather in Palos Verdes, Ca., far removed from the gloomy skies of Gainesville.
A track-and-field shot put weighs 16 pounds, but that's nothing compared to the weight of expectations that Beau Burroughs has carried around with him for the last three years.
Ask UF women's golf coach Jill Briles-Hinton about her team and she will talk at length about each of her "young ladies," from their strengths and weaknesses to their growth as golfers and people.
It's safe to say the UF women's tennis team hasn't really been tested.
The UF men's tennis team couldn't have asked for a better weekend.
For the UF men's golf team, the break between the final match of the fall season and the beginning of the spring schedule is the longest hiatus of the year, longer than the time from spring of one year to fall of the next.
On a day when the seniors were the focal point of the meet, the lone senior diver might have made the loudest splash.
If the UF women's tennis team is scheduled to play a match, it's a good bet that rain will be in the forecast.
Four years in the making, and it all ends Saturday.