Gators prepare for February gauntlet
By Mark Stine | Feb. 2, 2017The UF men’s tennis team will get no love this month.
The UF men’s tennis team will get no love this month.
After a 6-1 victory over DePaul Saturday and 4-0 rout of FIU, the Gators women’s tennis team is looking to add to its body count this weekend.
In 1996, author Linda Ellis published a poem titled “The Dash”.
With All-Americans like Alex McMurtry and Kennedy Baker on Florida’s roster, it’s easy for junior Grace McLaughlin to get overshadowed by her talented teammates. But while the Gators have been breaking records four meets into the season, McLaughlin has quietly been having a breakout season of her own.
As soon as Florida stepped onto the court against Missouri on Thursday night, the game was already decided. The Tigers, in the midst of a 12-game losing streak, weren’t ready to play.
As Haley Lorenzen watched the ball rattle around the rim and into the basket to begin the third quarter, Florida’s bench exploded with roars and cheers.
Lloydricia Cameron was 3 going on 4 the first time she threw the shot.
When addressing reporters on Wednesday, coach Jim McElwain said he’d be hiring new assistant coaches “shortly.”
The net didn’t move.
Shimmy Gray-Miller still gets angry when she watches film of Florida’s last game against Texas A&M.
Mike White doesn’t want to think about the Kentucky Wildcats.
Jim McElwain walked through a row of screaming fans inside UF’s indoor practice facility while UF’s band blared the school’s fight song throughout the facility.
Jim McElwain strolled into his scheduled press conference 10 minutes late, passing through a tunnel of streamer-waving fans and strutting to the Florida fight song.
American philosopher and author Norman Vincent Peale once said, “There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.”
Every morning, senior Delanie Gourley awakens to a text.
When I was in high school, I wanted to be a recruiting reporter. I read recruiting stories daily while I was supposed to be paying attention in class, and National Signing Day was one of my favorite days of the year (seriously).
A year ago, it was Tyrie Cleveland. The year before that, it was Martez Ivey and CeCe Jefferson. Those were the headliners Jim McElwain managed to snag on signing day in his first two seasons at Florida. With Ivie and Jefferson, it was expected. With Cleveland, it was considered a moderate surprise.
Jim McElwain is hoping to make major moves. His team’s recruiting class currently ranks 19th in the nation, but he’s hoping to vault up the list with some big commitments today. Here, alligatorSports writers Ethan Bauer, Matt Brannon, Ian Cohen and Patrick Pinak break down some of Florida’s top targets for National Signing Day.
Obscenities and a folding chair with a smiley face on it tossed to the ground pierced the otherwise serene mood of the 17th hole at the Florida Challenge on Monday.
As FIU’s Andrea Lazaro let out another chilling shriek, all eyes turned to center court.