In many respects, the Gators softball team’s opening weekend was much more eventful than they had expected.
Florida traveled to Tuscaloosa, Ala., wanting to prove how well it could perform against a great opponent in front of a hostile crowd.
Members of the UF men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in three different meets over the weekend but they came home with similar results.
The Florida men’s golf team dominated at home in this weekend’s SunTrust Gator Invitational, finishing in first place with a total score of 841 (283-279-279, +1).
The Gators leave Charlottesville, Va. with a victory, but it’s not the way they wanted it to play out.
Despite a solid outing in her opening start as Florida’s ace, junior Stephanie Brombacher came away with the first loss of her collegiate career as the Gators fell 3-0 to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Saturday.
The Gators’ luck could not carry over a second day in Madison, Wis. or Charlottesville, Va.
Florida traveled to Tuscaloosa, Ala., wanting to prove how well it could perform against a great opponent and in front of a large road crowd.
Coming into the weekend, Florida’s only loss of the season was against Baylor. On Friday that defeat was avenged.
Despite a 42-0 start to her Florida softball career, the number 42 represents a challenge more so than an accomplishment for Stephanie Brombacher.
The only thing that went wrong for LSU on Thursday night was the team’s postgame travel plans.
Coach Rhonda Faehn doesn’t need to stress to her team the opportunity that will be presented to it when it visits No. 2 Alabama (4-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) tonight at 8:30 in Coleman Coliseum.
The No. 3 UF softball team will open the 2010 season this afternoon when it takes on No. 13 Georgia Tech at the USF Wilson-DeMarini Tournament in Clearwater.
The Gators men’s golf team will have two key advantages in this weekend’s SunTrust Gator Invitational in Gainesville: It will be the highest-ranked team participating, and it will have home-course advantage.
Southeastern Conference play starts in March, and the NCAA Tournament does not begin until May, but both of Florida’s tennis teams are getting an early season test against 16 of the best squads in the country.
Freshman sprinter Tony McQuay is hoping to avoid more tears this weekend.
The Gators start the most difficult stretch of their regular season tonight staring in the mouths of angry Tigers.
There must be something about the air in Columbia, S.C.
Although 2010 is being billed as a year of change for the Florida softball team, the Gators have the luxury of returning all three outfielders that started the final game of the 2009 season.
At the midway point of the season, No. 6 Florida ranks in the top 10 nationally in every event, but the area the team has improved most since last season has been the balance beam.
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