The UF softball team will have to face more than just the start of its Southeastern Conference season this weekend at South Carolina. The Gators will also have to try to fill the hole in their lineup left by injured center fielder Kim Waleszonia.
On a night Corey Hartung envisioned waving to the crowd after her floor exercise, she instead will face the harsh reality of not competing, waving to the crowd from the floor with her family, dressed up to cheer and coach while wearing a protective boot.
The Gators aren't exactly used to this.
In a way, UF was victorious in the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships. The team didn't win the championship trophy in Lexington, Ky., but it got the next best thing - experience.
Anthony DeSclafani headed to the dugout in the sixth inning after giving up his first hit of the night and could only watch as the bullpen gave the game away.
Wednesday night in Starkville, Miss., a small city that just 24,000 people call home, the UF men's basketball team's season died quietly in its sleep.
Walking away with a conference victory on Wednesday was something Santa Fe College baseball coach Johnny Wiggs and his team focused on.
A white Hyundai Sonata cruises onto the turnpike blaring country music through scenic Pennsylvania.
UF coach Tim Walton announced at his weekly press conference Tuesday morning that senior center fielder Kim Waleszonia suffered a tibial plateau fracture in her left knee and will likely not be back on the field for the No. 2 Gators until the postseason.
Some may be searching for what went wrong all of a sudden or when everything just went bad.
It's hard to see it behind her meek smile.
You know the feeling you get when you're trying to impress somebody, and you're hoping more than anything else you don't mess up?
For someone who was projected to be the closer, Jeff Barfield turned in an impressive start.
March is finally here, and that means three wonderful things have arrived: Spring Break, March Madness and Spring Training.
Some lessons don't need to be stressed over and over again by a coach.
The UF men's tennis team will attempt to avenge two losses when it hits the Scott Speicher courts against FSU today.
UF came up short again.
After two first-place finishes to start the season, the Gators could not continue their dominance against some of the best teams in the country.
UF's women's tennis team managed to win its last two matches with only five scholarship players, but was unable to pull out a third, as the Gators lost to Florida State, 5-2, on a windy Saturday at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
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