The Gators men’s tennis team opens its spring dual match season against in-state competition at home and then hit the road for an early season out-of-conference.
In its last three games, the UF women’s basketball team has gone 1-2, with losses to top-10 teams Georgia and Tennessee by a combined 11 points.
It’s no wonder Florida was able to bring in what many recruiting analysts are calling one of the best classes in recent memory.
Amanda Butler referred to the UF women’s basketball program as a family.
At the beginning of the season, I would have pegged “He Ain’t Worth Missing” by Toby Keith as the song for the 2009-10 Florida basketball team, a tune freshman guard Kenny Boynton surely sang to the squad upon his arrival in Gainesville to ease the players’ pain over Nick Calathes’ departure for an exotic mistress (Greece).
Coming into the season, the Gators knew they would have to depend heavily on their underclassmen, including five freshmen who made up the nation’s top recruiting class.
Former Florida cornerback Wondy Pierre-Louis turned himself in to Gainesville authorities early Tuesday morning and was arrested on charges of domestic battery by strangulation, unarmed burglary, battery, kidnapping and obstructing justice by tampering.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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