Florida sweeps New Hampshire in first round of NCAA Tournament
By Patrick Pinak | Dec. 3, 2015From start to finish, New Hampshire didn’t have an answer for Alex Holston.
From start to finish, New Hampshire didn’t have an answer for Alex Holston.
With the Gators up 18-6 in the second set against New Hampshire, Abby Detering walked to the back line to serve.
Standing at 6-foot-3 and weighing in around 240 pounds, Alabama running back Derrick Henry is built like a linebacker, but he’s quick enough and powerful enough to run through you with the momentum of a high-speeding semi truck down a highway.
When Ziva Recek first stepped on to the University of Florida campus, she barely spoke English.
Jim McElwain’s dead fish analogy isn’t something new.
Demarcus Robinson now has another opportunity.
It began as Brandone Francis-Ramirez drove into the paint, left his feet to spin in mid-air, and dropped a no-look, behind-the-back pass into John Egbunu’s lap.
When No. 18 Florida and No. 2 Alabama face off in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game at 4 p.m. Saturday, it’ll be the eighth matchup between the two for the conference crown. The Gators own the all-time record against the Crimson Tide in the title game, 4-3. Here’s a look at how the other matchups panned out.
In the second quarter of Saturday’s game against Florida State, UF defensive back Jalen Tabor came inches away from knocking down a pass on fourth down.
Quarterback Treon Harris has failed to move Florida’s offense over the last month.
Florida’s game against South Alabama on Tuesday night was reminiscent of Charles Dickens’ novel “A Tale of Two Cities.”
While Vermont and Florida Gulf Coast, whom Florida defeated Wednesday and Friday respectively, put up solid first half fights, they aren’t exactly offensive juggernauts.
Saturday’s Southeastern Conference Championship Game is the most concrete evidence to date that the Gators have returned to the national spotlight sooner than anyone could have anticipated.
Saturday, Florida will play Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game, a contest even the most optimistic of Gator fans couldn’t have dreamed of being in for at least another two years.
With the regular season now in the rearview mirror, the No. 12 Gators (10-2) will head to Atlanta for a matchup against No. 2 Alabama (11-1) with the Southeastern Conference Championship on the line.
The Florida volleyball team is in familiar territory.
It must feel pretty good to be a member of the Florida women’s basketball program right now.
When asked if he had any pre-match rituals, Florida men's tennis player Chase Perez-Blanco had a simple answer.
Florida’s 27-2 loss to FSU in the team’s regular-season finale temporarily erased the memories of a promising season in Gainesville under first-year UF coach Jim McElwain.
Prior to No. 12 Florida’s second possession of its 27-2 loss to No. 13 Florida State on Saturday, a former UF great, running back Fred Taylor, took the field to be honored as UF’s 2015 Southeastern Conference Living Legend.