After a tough fight in singles, No. 17 Florida (7-6,2-2 Southeastern Conference) dropped its match and its home winning streak after falling to the Georgia (10-5, 5-0 SEC) 4-3.
Down 3-2, Florida’s seniors could only watch as their younger teammates tried to complete a comeback bid in front of a deafening Georgia crowd.
It’s not about how you start but how you finish, and in Buddy Alexander’s eyes, Florida did not finish well.
Attack the zone. Keep the ball down. Give the defense a chance. Through two games against Arkansas, Florida’s pitchers are doing just that. Logan Shore earned his first collegiate victory with 6.1 innings of work on Friday while Eric Hanhold held the Razorbacks scoreless over five to get the win Saturday night.
Peter Alonso was all smiles as he rounded third base and embraced Taylor Gushue who was waiting for him at home following the freshman’s first-career home run.
If it weren’t for solid goalkeepers, No. 4 Florida (8-2, 1-0 American Lacrosse Conference) might not have held it’s 17-12 loss within reach of a win.
ATLANTA — UF’s bench did not provide much production Saturday, and it’s something Billy Donovan cannot be too happy about.
ATLANTA — After scoring a team-high 13 points in the first half of Florida’s semifinal matchup with Tennessee, Scottie Wilbekin was almost nonexistent in the second half in terms of point production.
ATLANTA — With the first half in the books and Florida trailing 35-28 against Tennessee, coach Billy Donovan harped on one message during his halftime speech.
Bridget Sloan led the No. 3 Gators to finish their regular season on a high note—a season-high note.
Altitude was a factor in Albuquerque, N.M., for the NCAA Indoor Championships as the No.1 Gators track and field team had their ups and downs through Day 1.
Florida has some ground to make up in the next two days in order to have a shot at a good tournament finish.
It was a dismal day for the Gators at the Mark Bostick Golf Course on Friday.
Florent Diep sealed the deal for Florida in a clean sweep to extend its winning streak to six Friday with they 4-0 win against Tennessee.
Logan Shore earned himself a pie on Pi Day.
With the bases loaded and his start hanging in the balance, freshman Logan Shore put his fielding drills to use. Cleanup batter Krisjon Wilkerson hit a chopper down the third base line. The right-hander quickly got off the mound, gloved the bouncing baseball, planted and fired a throw to first baseman Peter Alonso whose stretch preserved a 1-1 game in the top half of the third inning.
The Gators have been dominant when playing Southeastern Conference opponents this season, and Friday was no exception.
ATLANTA — Before No. 1 seed Florida cruised past eighth-seeded Missouri 72-49 on Friday in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals, it had struggled for almost 30 minutes to pull away.
The last time Florida faced off against Missouri, Chris Walker was getting cheers for just walking to the scorer’s table, Dorian Finney-Smith had just begun the worst shooting month of his career and the Gators were only halfway through their historic Southeastern Conference run.
Richie Martin will get one of his best friends back in the lineup on Sunday.
Solutions by The State News
