On a lineup full of returning players for the No. 3 Gators lacrosse team, one name stands out every time.
Over on the West Coast, late lead changes decided the fate of Florida’s women’s golf team.
Different.
When the No. 3 Florida lacrosse team played No. 1 North Carolina on Saturday, one thing was noticeably different from last season’s game.
At last year’s SEC swimming and diving championship meet, Caeleb Dressel was the star.
As the ball floated high in the air, Ingrid Neel’s eyes focused in.
The UF men’s tennis team travelled to Virginia looking for its third straight win over a top-10 opponent and first victory over Virginia under coach Bryan Shelton.
After only 10 minutes had passed in the match, Florida fans at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center became silent.
Mike Holloway’s answer was simple.
With the score tied at nine and and just under four minutes left in the game, North Carolina’s Sammy Jo Tracy received a pass.
After its defeat to Penn State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the Florida lacrosse team lost 10 seniors to graduation.
The No. 6 UF men’s tennis team will take to the skies this weekend, flying to Charlottesville, Virginia, to take on the No. 1-ranked Virginia Cavaliers.
After earning the No. 1 seed in the tournament, the Gators women’s tennis team will travel to Connecticut to compete in the National Indoor Championships Friday through Monday. Florida will open its weekend today at 3:30 p.m., facing unseeded Michigan, the No. 13 team in the nation. Michigan also houses the No. 4 doubles team in the country.
Florida hurdler Eric Futch was one one-hundredth of a second away.
At the Florida Challenge on Jan. 30, the first test for coach Emily Glaser’s freshmen golfers was a grueling 11-hour, 36-hole gauntlet of cold weather and stiff competition.
Senior Ryan Orr had never won a tournament as an individual in his four years at Florida. But after shooting 6 under (204) during the two-day Sea Best Invitational, Orr captured his first title by one stroke over teammate Alejandro Tosti.
At this point, SEC championships have become routine for the Gators men’s swimming and diving team.
As the Florida lacrosse team walked off the field on Jan. 14 in Bradenton, it had a lot to be proud of.
The No. 3 Gators performed well on Day 1 of the Sea Best Invitational, starting in the early morning and finishing late into the afternoon with a hole-in-one, a sweep of the top-three spots and an overall team lead after playing 36 holes on the day.
Calm, composed and poised: This is how coach Roland Thornqvist described his team Monday after its trying victory over No. 3 Pepperdine on Saturday.
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