Mee lifts SFC on the mound, in the box
By JESSICA ETTER | Apr. 15, 2009Andy Mee can do it all.
Andy Mee can do it all.
Eight months ago, safeties coach Chuck Heater sat in his chair on a raised platform at UF's preseason Media Day and tried to explain why the 2008 season would be different, how a secondary that gave up 373 yards passing to Michigan in the 2008 Capital One Bowl could possibly be any better after entering fall two-a-days with three scholarship players at safety.
This summer, Stacey Nelson could be trading in her orange and blue for red, white and blue.
TALLAHASSEE - If being a senior leader means sacrificing yourself for the team, hitting a home run and remmbering to bring your jersey on road trips, then Teddy Foster wasn't just 2 for 3 in the batter's box on Tuesday.
TALLAHASSEE - Greg Larson got the nod to start over Justin Poovey and Patrick Keating, and he proved he deserved it.
When Kristina Hilberth was involved in a head-on collision during her freshman year of high school, she was told that she could never play sports again.
Maybe it's fitting that the NCAA Championships signal the arrival of summer for the UF gymnastics team, much like exam week in the spring is the sign of summer for students.
Summers have usually been a rough time for me as far as sports go.
With all the injuries to his team, UF coach Urban Meyer joked that he doesn't know how the Gators will even play their spring game Saturday.
The Gators are hoping to avoid a case of deja vu in Tallahassee tonight.
Six games.
The Gators picked up their 10th oral commitment of the 2010 recruiting class Friday, adding to the quick start the team has already made toward building next year's class.
The Gators went nine innings before scoring a run in their first game Saturday. In the first inning of their next game, Francesca Enea put 2 runs on the board with one swing.
It was a short stay in Gainesville for Allan Chaney.
The Santa Fe College softball team claimed both games in its doubleheader for the fifth consecutive time Saturday, this time against Palm Beach Community College.
The UF volleyball team's season may be months away, but winning still feels good, especially against a rival.
How fitting for Sunday's dual match to have been decided in a third set on Court 1 between two of the best players in the nation.
Perhaps the Gators were too patient in waiting until their third conference road matchup to secure a series win, but that virtue proved useful in the batter's box Sunday.
Alabama knows how difficult it is to defeat the No. 21 UF women's tennis team. After all, the No. 26 Red Tide has lost all 34 meetings between the two, including Friday's 4-1 victory in favor of the Gators.