UF volleyball focused on improving careless play
By Brian Lee | Nov. 9, 2015It took 25 years for the Auburn volleyball team to finally beat the Gators under coach Mary Wise.
It took 25 years for the Auburn volleyball team to finally beat the Gators under coach Mary Wise.
After last year’s uninspiring 13-17 record — the worst in Amanda Butler’s tenure as head coach — the UF women’s basketball program needed a change.
"Forget the (other) teams."
With less than two-and-a-half minutes left to play on Saturday and No. 10 Florida trailing Vanderbilt 7-6, UF kicker Austin Hardin trots out to the field.
The 2015 Southeastern Conference schedule ended the way it started: a 2-1 result between Texas A&M and Florida.
Minutes after an ugly 9-7 victory over Vanderbilt, a win that clinched a berth in the Southeastern Conference title game for Florida, coach Jim McElwain uttered a phrase that summed up his thoughts on the day — and the season.
The words began synchronously, as if each player had the same message delivered to them just moments before, and as if each player was still hesitant to heap praise on a win that didn’t feel much like a real victory.
Mary Wise had never lost to Auburn — until Sunday.
The Gators found themselves in a similar position – trailing to a seemingly inferior opponent, on Homecoming nonetheless.
Alex Holston was clutch Friday night.
A set piece goal — the same event that led to Florida’s demise the first time it met Auburn this season — was what clinched the Gators’ victory over the Tigers on Friday.
Entering the South Carolina meet, Florida’s swimming and diving teams had a lot to prove.
"So I took an over-the-counter supplement that had something in it."
With 10 minutes until tip-off, Mike White walked onto the O’Connell Center floor for the first time as the new head coach of Florida’s men’s basketball team.
With only seven games left until the postseason, the Gators are playing their best volleyball of the year.
With Florida’s 89-42 drubbing of Palm Beach Atlantic in its exhibition game on Thursday, here are a few takeaways from coach Mike White’s inaugural game at the helm of the Gators.
A new chapter of Florida basketball tipped off on Thursday night under head coach Mike White.
As Florida started its final drive against Vanderbilt in 2013, the Gators already knew the outcome.
If you were to judge Rhamat Alhassan just by watching her play volleyball, you’d think she were a mad woman.