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Gators sophomore pitcher Jonathan Crawford is in competition for the midweek starter’s role. He threw just 3.2 innings as a freshman last year.

SPORTS | BASEBALL

Florida baseball's Crawford in running for midweek role

By TOM GREEN | Feb. 14, 2012

Jonathon Crawford is ready to be a starting pitcher again.

Florida starting pitcher Hannah Rogers said her arm didn’t
suffer the same fatigue as the Gators’ minds did throughout a
five-game weekend.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

UF softball pushing through mental fatigue

By JONATHAN CZUPRYN< | Feb. 14, 2012

By Sunday night, the Gators’ mental stamina matched the recent Gainesville weather: below average.

Florida junior goalie Cara Canington (25) is fully healed from last year’s finger injury  and said she put in extra work in the offseason in an effort to play more this year.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS LACROSSE

Canington, Meagher battling for time in goal for No. 3 Florida lacrosse

By JOSH JURNOVOY< | Feb. 14, 2012

Amanda O’Leary doesn’t mind going with the hot hand.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Piccio falters as Gators women's golf continues to struggle

By KATIE AGOSTIN< | Feb. 14, 2012

Junior Mia Piccio started the second day of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge on Tuesday tied for 11th, and after she parred her first five holes, she moved up to sixth.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

UF women's golf in eighth after first round of Northrop Grumman

By KATIE AGOSTIN< | Feb. 14, 2012

When No. 12 Florida wrapped up the first nine at the

Florida guard Erving Walker has four turnovers to just three assists in the Gators’ last two games. UF lost both games.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

UF wants leaders in quiet backcourt

By JOHN BOOTHE | Feb. 13, 2012

Whenever Billy Donovan hears a dead-ball whistle, he expects at least one of his players to come alive and reign in the rest of his teammates.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Gators hire new offensive line coach to replace Verducci

By TOM GREEN | Feb. 13, 2012

Florida parted ways with offensive line coach Frank Verducci to make room for one of coach Will Muschamp’s former colleagues Monday.

With forward Will Yeguete ruled out of the game with a concussion, Florida will be relying on little-used 6-foot-6 forward Casey Prather (left) against Alabama tonight.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Suspended Alabama players to return against UF tonight; Rosario out

By GREG LUCA | Feb. 13, 2012

After levying four suspensions in the past week, Alabama coach Anthony Grant said Monday that two of those players — guards Trevor Releford and Andrew Steele — will “most likely” be back for tonight’s matchup with Florida.

Florida sophomore guard Jaterra Bonds has played 1,654 minutes since joining the team last season and is the only Gator to start every game this year.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Bonds proving clutch for Florida women's basketball

By JOE MORGAN | Feb. 13, 2012

Jaterra Bonds has been a key player for the Gators since she arrived on campus.

Florida junior attacker Kitty Cullen (left), who scored three goals in UF’s season-opening loss to North Carolina on Saturday, said the Gators did not play with enough intensity throughout the game after opening up an early two-goal lead.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS LACROSSE

Gators lacrosse lacked intensity in season-opening loss to Tar Heels

By JOSH JURNOVOY< | Feb. 13, 2012

After jumping out to a quick lead Saturday, the Gators were not the same.

Florida forward Will Yeguete will miss Tuesday’s game against Alabama after suffering a concussion and serious laceration above his right eye in Saturday’s loss to Tennessee. Yeguete leads UF in rebounding percentage this season.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Yeguete absence to hurt Florida on defense, glass

By JOHN BOOTHE | Feb. 12, 2012

In the two minutes Will Yeguete spent on the court Saturday, he created havoc.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

NIT warning nothing but a glorified wake-up call for UF

By GREG LUCA | Feb. 12, 2012

It was only a matter of time before those three dreaded letters were bandied about.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Florida women's basketball drops another tight game against South Carolina

By JOE MORGAN | Feb. 12, 2012

Coming off the high of a three-game winning streak, the Gators suffered yet another close loss.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

UF softball finishes opening weekend with two wins

By JONATHAN CZUPRYN< | Feb. 12, 2012

In the final day of the USF Softball Tournament, Florida notched its fourth and fifth wins of season against USF and Florida Gulf Coast.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

Florida women's tennis drops first match of season; men's squad beats Florida State, Illinois

By ELI MARGER | Feb. 12, 2012

The Gators’ hopes of winning back-to-back national championships took a blow Sunday.

Florida junior T.J. Vogel shot a final round 70 (E) to finish second individually Sunday at the SunTrust Gator Invitational.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Gators men's golf comes up short in home tourney

By KATIE AGOSTIN< | Feb. 12, 2012

When T.J. Vogel stepped into the sand trap on 18, he was able to get the ball out and stick it relatively close to the pin. After reading his line, he was ready to make his par putt.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL