Florida Gators women's athletics program vying for Capital One Cup
By Luis Torres | May 28, 2015The Capital One Cup has become one of the most sought after awards in collegiate athletics the past couple of years.
The Capital One Cup has become one of the most sought after awards in collegiate athletics the past couple of years.
As Tim Walton stood at the lectern at the Women’s Club on Jan. 26 for the first time this year to address the media, he said the 2015 Florida softball team had one goal, and it wasn’t to repeat as champions.
It might be easy to assume that Florida softball, the No. 1 overall seed and defending national champions, should win another title the following year.
The longstanding rumors of corruption throughout FIFA appear to be true — but the president of soccer’s global governing body, Sepp Blatter, looks to have come out of Wednesday’s indictments unscathed.
His first attempt was clocked at 3.9 seconds, his second was around the same, and his third was a bit slower.
Lauren Haeger has been named the 2015 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. She was presented the award in Oklahoma City at a banquet on Tuesday night.
The Southeastern Conference title game was over, but the players still stood on the field in Hoover, Alabama, clad in white SEC champion T-shirts.
The Florida softball team is headed back to Oklahoma City for the Women’s College World Series.
The UF men’s golf team will play in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship on Friday, and the team is eager to bounce back from adversity.
With Florida’s men’s track and field claiming the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships on May 16, the Gators are hoping for similar success at the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminaries.
Florida’s postseason run came to an end on Sunday afternoon, as the three Gators representing the team at the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships at the Hurd Tennis Center of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, fell just short of reaching the finals.
As Kirby Snead stood on the mound, and as two Vanderbilt base runners stood behind him, Florida’s dugout stood on edge.
Lauren Haeger chucked her glove into the air. She had just fired a 67-MPH rise ball to Kentucky’s Ansley Smith on an 0-2 count with two outs in the 7th inning with a 1-0 lead.
Lauren Haeger was five outs away from softball immortality.
A.J. Puk started to walk off the mound.
Less than 12 hours after dropping its Southeastern Conference Tournament opener, the Florida baseball team returned to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium with a new mindset, knowing one more loss would send the team back to Gainesville.
After giving up a late lead in its first match of the Southeastern Conference tournament, Florida faces elimination today.
It was an opportunity described as too good to pass up for former Florida men’s basketball coach Billy Donovan: an opportunity to make the leap to coaching in the NBA, the pinnacle of his profession.
Seven games.
The Florida women’s tennis team had five individuals compete on Wednesday in the first round of the NCAA Singles competition at the Hurd Tennis Center of Baylor University in Waco, Texas.