A three-hour rain delay didn’t stop Florida’s men’s tennis team from winning matches on Monday.
When Florida opened its season at the Carpet Capital Invitational in Dalton, Georgia, over a month ago, it had one major underlying problem: a lack of well-rounded team play.
Jessica Pascoe waited nine months to run with the Gators women’s cross country team again. This was abnormal for a UF runner, as they usually compete not only with cross country in the fall but the indoor and outdoor track and field in the spring as well. But when a tightness started to aggravate her foot, the Australia native knew she would not be able to make a return to the course anytime soon.
Oliver Crawford played in his first match as a UF tennis player over the weekend at the ITA Regional Championships in Atlanta. Crawford, a freshman from Spartanburg, South Carolina, made his debut a memorable one. He won his first match in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, against Joan Carles Alcala of Georgia Southern on Saturday.
With a quick turnaround coming off the ITA All-American Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Florida men’s tennis team returns to action this weekend at the USTA/ITA Regional Championship in Atlanta.
More than 9,000 people competed in the Maccabiah Games in Israel over the summer. Of them, 1,120 represented Team USA, and of those, only one of them was Florida Gators swimmer Kelly Fertel.
The last day of competition was far from uneventful for Florida’s men’s tennis team.
After a long week of tournament play for UF’s men’s and women’s tennis teams, Florida fell short of claiming its respective singles titles.
In their last meet of the regular season, both the men’s and women’s cross country teams placed third at the FSU Invitational.
Coming off their only home meet of the season, the Gators men’s and women’s cross country teams will take to Apalachee Regional Park today for the Florida State Invitational.
The men’s tennis team is off to a strong start in the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the underclassmen continue to stand out amidst tough competition.
Florida’s women’s golf team overcame a difficult and windy day to finish strong, putting three golfers in the top 20 and earning a fourth-place finish at the Windy City Classic in Highland Park, Illinois.
The women’s tennis team will begin tournament play at the 33rd Annual Riviera ITA All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, California, on Tuesday.
On Sunday, he was struggling through his Gators debut. But on Monday, freshman Won Jun Lee was Florida’s best golfer.
The first couple days of tournament play at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma, brought a series of ups and downs for the Florida men’s tennis team.
After coach J.C. Deacon didn’t get what he expected out of his starting lineup, he once again decided to make a change.
In last week’s Schooner Fall Classic, Florida found a star in Marta Perez. The sophomore scored a career-low 5 under in the final round on her way to a tie for ninth place.
This week has been an encouraging one for the Gators men’s golf team.
After taking home multiple titles from their previous tournaments, both the men’s and women’s tennis teams will be competing in ITA tournaments this weekend in Oklahoma and California, respectively.
Florida came away victorious at the Trinity Forest Invitational on Tuesday, but for a while, it didn’t appear as if its triumph was meant to be.
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