On Friday the 13th, the University of Florida’s cross country teams were hoping for a stroke of good fortune.
It wasn’t until the second half of Saturday night’s game at Donald R. Dizney Stadium that No. 2 regional seed Florida (18-3-1, 8-2-1 Southeastern Conference) was able to find its way on the board, en route to a 1-0 victory over Western Michigan (14-4-4, 8-1-2 Mid-American Conference) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Florida started off the Mike White era with a win.
After a tough five-set loss to Auburn last Sunday, the Florida volleyball team responded with a victory over Alabama on Friday night.
Florida’s season opener was a lot like a sandwich.
One game signaled the end of an era.
Mike White and his coaching staff are ready to pick up the pieces of the Gators’ disappointing 2014-15 campaign and return the program to prominence. This year’s young and fairly new team has shown preseason potential, but will hit the ground running tonight on the road as the regular season begins.
After a narrow 9-7 win over Vanderbilt on Homecoming on Saturday, the No. 11 Gators hit the road to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia, South Carolina, at noon on ESPN.
A fresh start and a whole new season awaits the Florida soccer team on Saturday night.
If you were to glance at UF’s swimming and diving roster, you could easily mistake it for an Olympic lineup, with athletes on the team representing 11 nations across four continents.
One block is all it would’ve taken.
UF will open the 2015-16 women’s basketball season hoping to get lucky on Friday the 13th.
Heading into Friday’s NCAA South Regional Championship, the University of Florida’s men’s and women’s cross country teams may have some ground to make up.
Marcus Maye’s season began watching Florida beat New Mexico State 61-13 on Sept. 5 from the sidelines, forced to sit out the season-opener because of a violation of team rules.
Last Thursday, Mike White took the court of the O’Connell Center for the first time as Florida’s head coach. In an 89-42 exhibition game victory over Division II Palm Beach Atlantic, White observed his team’s strengths and weaknesses in a game situation just eight days before the regular season began.
The No. 11 Florida Gators (8-1, 6-1 Southeastern Conference) travel to Columbia, South Carolina, to face the South Carolina Gamecocks (3-6, 1-6 SEC) in both teams’ final conference game of the year. The Gators already clinched the SEC East and are now focused on running the table for a potential College Football Playoff berth. The Gamecocks are on the outside looking in for the postseason, needing to win their final three games to become bowl eligible. Here’s a look at South Carolina’s season to this point and what the Gamecocks bring to the game:
The story up to this point in the season for Florida’s swimming and diving teams has been their lack of consistency.
After securing the program’s 11th Southeastern Conference Tournament title, the No. 6 Florida soccer team claimed a No. 2 seed for the 2015 NCAA Tournament.
Fresh off of clinching the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division for the first time since 2009, Florida’s next matchup is against a team that is currently trying to find its identity: South Carolina.
The Fall season may be over, but No. 9 Florida is already looking to get back into the swing of things for Spring.
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