Short-handed Gators ready for NCAA Championships
Apr. 15, 2009Nothing to lose. It's cliche.
Nothing to lose. It's cliche.
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.
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.
This summer, Stacey Nelson could be trading in her orange and blue for red, white and blue.
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.
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.
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.
It was a short stay in Gainesville for Allan Chaney.
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.
Six games.
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.
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.
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.
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.
With everything it has endured this spring, there is one constant: The No. 21 UF women's tennis team wins at home. Every time.