For only the fourth time this season, Florida ended up on the wrong side of the scoreboard. However, at the end of the day, the Gators escaped, winning 3-2.
For all intents and purposes, it took longer to get Friday night’s game between No. 1 Florida and No. 8 South Carolina started than it did to decide a winner. Beginning at 7 p.m., Carolina Stadium sat empty and wet for the better part of 84 minutes — hampered by a rain delay.
As counter-intuitive as it may sound, success and failure for the Gators begins at the bottom.
The Hogs were able to escape the first two innings without giving up a single run to the No. 3 Gators. However, when the lineup came around for the second time, Florida (27-2, 8-1 Southeastern Conference) piled on the runs.
PHOENIX – For the past month, Patric Young has become used to playing like his shoes are cemented to the paint.
The outdoor season has official begun for the Gators. At the UCF Invitational, the Florida men’s weight throwers were quick to make an impression.
In the 200 IM, the winner’s circle was only big enough for one Marcin.
PHOENIX — Marquette slapped, pushed and attempted to manhandle Florida; Florida defended, frustrated and outhustled Marquette.
Florida fans need to cherish every moment of this NCAA Tournament run, because it’s the last time they’ll see Brad Beal in a Gators uniform.
Jaylen Watkins spent his offseason reflecting on what he did wrong.
Austin Maddox flinched when the contact came.
Year after year, the Southeastern Conference proves to be one of the most daunting leagues in college softball — at least for teams like Arkansas.
After traveling more than 2,094 miles to Boise, Idaho, to wrap up the indoor season, the Gators will have a short trip this weekend as they travel to Orlando for their first meet of the outdoor season.
Five matches had passed in the 2012 season, and the Gators were undefeated. They had dropped only two out of 35 possible points and looked poised to make a run at another national title.
One point can be the difference in collegiate tennis.
Two days before they were due to share the same court, Florida’s players were already feeling the extra dose of physicality Marquette usually has in store for its opponents.
Countless hours of statistical analysis provide a realistic account of Florida's defensive performance this season with and without its best defender, Will Yeguete. Despite losing the lockdown forward, the Gators are playing their best defense of the year in the NCAA Tournament.
Florida’s trip last year to Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series continues to weigh on Preston Tucker’s mind for all the wrong reasons.
To say 2011 was a disappointment for Quinton Dunbar would be an understatement.
The crowd sees Hannah Rogers stare down batters with a steely, hardened gaze as she whips her arm back to crank a 65-mph fastball mere inches away from bare flesh and bones.
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