Florida gets lift from bench in road victory
Jan. 18, 2010Trumae Lucas came off a cold bench and provided the spark Florida needed in a 55-52 Southeastern Conference win on the road at Mississippi State on Sunday.
Trumae Lucas came off a cold bench and provided the spark Florida needed in a 55-52 Southeastern Conference win on the road at Mississippi State on Sunday.
Can I get some drama, please?
There’s no place like home, and the Gators showed that Friday night in the O’Connell Center.
Because of the offseason layoff, a team’s opening meet of the indoor track and field season typically doesn’t foster record-setting performances. But UF shotputter Mariam Kevkhishvili is far from a typical athlete.
Antoine Benneteau and Alexandre Lacroix will enter the dual match season on a high note.
Trumae Lucas came off a cold bench and provided the spark Florida needed in a 55-52 Southeastern Conference win on the road at Mississippi State on Sunday.
Because of the offseason layoff, a team’s opening meet of the indoor track and field season typically doesn’t foster record-setting performances. But UF shot putter Mariam Kevkhishvilli is far from a typical athlete.
The men’s squad of eight swimmers and one diver representing the Gators at the 2010 SMU Classic returned home today with a fourth-place finish following the two-day meet in Dallas, Texas.
After a rocky start to the Southeastern Conference season, Florida finally got the win it needed.
The men’s swim and dive team came into the FAU dual meet at the O’Connell Center Natatorium today missing eight of its best swimmers and its best diver.
It took Angie Bjorklund nearly 40 minutes to score eight points, half her season average.
Maybe some home cooking was all the Gators needed to get their season headed in the right direction.
This weekend could prove to be more than just a chance for Florida to get its first Southeastern Conference win after a shaky start.
After hitting the road for its season-opener last week in Oklahoma, No. 8 Florida (0-1, 0-0 Southeastern Conference) will perform in the friendly confines of the O’Connell Center for its SEC-opener against No. 7 Arkansas (1-0, 0-0 SEC) Friday night.
During the offseason, Christian Taylor improved his squat from 225 pounds to 365. Now, the UF jumper is looking for similar improvement when competing.
After coming back from winter break last weekend with a host of individual awards, the UF men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will try to keep the momentum going as they take on Florida Atlantic on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the O’Connell Center.
The rumblings of the thunderous locomotive you will hear tonight belong to Tennessee and its women’s basketball program.
Struggles on the uneven bars cost the Gators their season opener against Oklahoma in Norman, but the team is not dwelling on last week’s results.
Lane Kiffin left Tennessee high and dry.
Freshman phenom John Wall received the majority of the pregame hype, but it was his fellow freshman guard who stole the show Tuesday night.