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Freshman Trinity Thomas was the only Gator to score above a 9.900 on vault in Saturday's SEC Championships. She scored a 9.950, and Florida finished the competition in second place behind LSU.

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Despite missing NCAAs, Florida returns most of its talent in 2020

By River Wells | Apr. 7, 2019

In the aftermath of a heartbreaker in Corvallis, Oregon, coach Jenny Rowland was shocked.

Florida golfer Sierra Brooks tied for 10th at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur with a score of 1 over.

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Brooks, Perez compete at historic Augusta National

By Jack Braverman | Apr. 7, 2019

Two Florida women’s golfers, juniors Sierra Brooks and Marta Perez, partook in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur this week with success.

Florida pitcher Tommy Mace has given up 13 runs on 22 hits in conference losses this season.

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Gators succumb to consecutive SEC road-series sweeps

By Evan Lepak | Apr. 7, 2019

Florida’s baseball team had momentum heading into this weekend’s series with Ole Miss.

UF pitcher Tyler Dyson (3-2) lasted 3.2 innings in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against Ole Miss. He gave up five runs, none earned, on four hits and four walks.

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Poor pitching dooms Florida in doubleheader

By Evan Lepak | Apr. 7, 2019

Hitting wasn't the issue for the Gators baseball team during Saturday's doubleheader.

Senior Alicia Boren scored a 9.975 on her floor routine in the Gators' 198.025-196.325 victory against the Penn State Nittany Lions on Senior Night.

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Stunner in Corvallis: No. 4 Gators miss NCAA Championships for first time in 19 years

By River Wells | Apr. 6, 2019

When sophomore Megan Skaggs fell from the beam during the Gators gymnastics team’s first routine of the night, she had no reason to panic. Her score was set to be washed away from the memory of the crowd as the likely drop score, and the routine wouldn’t suffer from the error.

UF first baseman Amanda Lorenz went 1 for 3 with two RBIs in the Gators 15-0 win over Bethune-Cookman.

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Gators run-rule Arkansas to clinch first SEC series win of the season

By Brendan Farrell | Apr. 6, 2019

Coach Tim Walton emphasized that he wanted to see his team take more chances offensively ahead of this weekend’s series against No. 14 Arkansas.

Sydney Pirreca (pictured), Shannon Kavanagh and Lindsey Ronbeck accounted for nine of Florida’s goals in its 13-11 loss to Princeton.

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Florida dominates Vanderbilt for second conference win

By Bryan Matamoros | Apr. 6, 2019

Vanderbilt came into Donald R. Dizney Stadium with the best overall record in the American Athletic Conference at 9-2.

Sophomore Oliver Crawford has a 13-7 record in singles play this season.

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Florida gets one step closer to SEC title with win over Alabama

By Noah Ram | Apr. 5, 2019

The Gators men’s tennis team’s match on Friday night against Alabama was supposed to be a challenge. Alabama is a top-30 team and Florida was coming off its biggest win of the season Sunday against then-No.7 Texas A&M, and it seemed like UF might lose.

UF freshman Trinity Thomas won the vault title at the SEC Championships on Saturday in New Orleans.

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Florida advances to NCAA Corvallis Regionals final

By River Wells | Apr. 5, 2019

Before the NCAA Corvallis Regional in Corvallis, Oregon, SEC Freshman of the Year Trinity Thomas said she was “more excited than nervous.”. After a 9.650 on the vault to start the meet, however, it seemed as if she was far more nervous than excited.

Victoria Emma Emma defeated Texas A&M's Tatiana Makarova to clinch the victory for the Gators on Sunday.

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Kessler’s absence felt in 4-1 loss to Alabama

By Victor Prieto | Apr. 5, 2019

McCartney Kessler prepared for Friday’s match against Alabama as she would any other.

Starter Tommy Mace limited Alabama to just one earned run off three hits in Florida's 3-1 Game 1 win.

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Gators shelled on the road by the Rebels

By Kyle Wood | Apr. 5, 2019

The hits were going to catch up to Tommy Mace eventually.

UF designated player Kendyl Lindaman hit the game winning home run in the 15th inning to give Florida a 5-2 win over Ole Miss.

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Mann helps Gators to victory over Arkansas

By Mark Stine | Apr. 5, 2019

Lily Mann darted toward the foul line from her position in right field. Arkansas’ Katie Warrick struck a pitch from Florida’s Kelly Barnhill with two outs in the top of the fourth, and the ball sliced toward the right-field line.

McCartney Kessler helped power the UF women's tennis team to a 4-3 victory over Michigan Thursday at the Ring Tennis Complex.

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UF hosts Alabama and Auburn this weekend

By Victor Prieto | Apr. 5, 2019

Coach Roland Thornqvist and the Florida women’s tennis team were in a difficult position after dropping three of their last four matches, with two top 25 road matches on the horizon.

Kelly Barnhill pitched 2.2 innings, surrendered three hits, five runs and walked three in Florida's loss to Ole Miss.

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Florida stumbles into series vs Arkansas after loss to No. 3 FSU

By Brendan Farrell | Apr. 4, 2019

Florida’s softball team walks into its home series against No. 14 Arkansas on a three-game losing streak after being shut out by rival No. 3 Florida State and having lost its first three SEC series of the season.