For all his offensive firepower early in the season, Florida second baseman Blake Reese was still learning. His latest lesson came on an unusually warm February Sunday in Coral Gables.
Florida women’s golf coach Emily Glaser appears to be tearing a page out of the Philadelphia 76ers’ playbook as she “trusts the process.” And by the look of her team’s recent success, it appears to be working.
Everything in the O’Connell Center was pink on Friday night.
Clayton Brown stared anxiously ahead of him at the maroon track of Gilliam Indoor Stadium as teammate KeAndre Bates clapped optimistically from the side.
The sounds of about 1,600 clapping Gators fans resounded throughout Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium as Kelly Barnhill readied herself for her final throw of the day.
Imagine this scenario: It’s Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. The U.S. midterm elections have rocked the political world one way or the other. You’re probably still stuffed from that huge Thanksgiving feast, yet thankful that you’ve left your weird uncle’s house and returned to Gainesville. And the Gators football team, led by coach Dan Mullen, is floundering down the stretch of a once-promising season. Mullen decides to start Feleipe Franks at quarterback against Florida State after some rough outings from freshman Emory Jones. Mullen still has a shot at a bowl bid in his first season as head coach, but he needs to win against the Seminoles.
The current state of the SEC’s race for the top-four seeds in the conference tournament, which runs from March 7 to 11, is wide open.
The Florida men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams wrapped up the last meet of the season on Sunday.
Florida spent most of regulation either tied or playing from behind.
Grant Holloway clapped his hands together and broke into a running-man celebratory dance following his race.
With two and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter, Florida’s women’s basketball team emptied its bench.
The sounds of about 1,600 clapping Gators fans resounded in Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium as pitcher Kelly Barnhill readied herself for the final throw of the day.
Palm trees bristled and clay clouded the air on Sunday in Coral Gables.
The beginning of game two between the Gators and Hurricanes was less baseball and more slapstick comedy.
It was the hit that no one saw coming.
Lloydricia Cameron stood inside Texas A&M’s Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium ready for her chance to win the first SEC indoor title of her collegiate career.
Last year, Stanford was defeated by Florida in the NCAA championship match. This year, it hoped to get its revenge.
Florida hadn’t won a meet in which it dropped the doubles point all season. Against Saint Mary’s (4-5), the pairing of senior Josie Kuhlman and freshman McCartney Kessler lost the deciding set in the doubles point, setting up the expectation of UF’s demise.
Center fielder Nick Horvath coiled his arms into his sides, arched his back and glared at Miami starting pitcher Jeb Bargfeldt. With a runner on first base in the third inning, the Gators were in unfamiliar territory: losing in a baseball game against the Hurricanes.
The air in the O’Connell Center was stale with the shock of a crowd of 8,321. No one spoke as all eyes in the arena focused on senior Kennedy Baker, who sat clutching her foot following a fall during her floor routine.
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