Lack of defensive focus facilitates UF's defeat
Feb. 15, 2009ATHENS, Ga. - Defense wins championships - or at least road games against winless conference opponents.
ATHENS, Ga. - Defense wins championships - or at least road games against winless conference opponents.
Santa Fe College (6-4) intended on playing three games between Friday and Saturday.
Santa Fe College's flawless pitching Saturday against Pasco Hernando Community College allowed its offense to play ball.
The UF softball team didn't let the rain keep it from catching fire at the plate this weekend.
The muffled melody of the UF fight song at the nearby softball game rang through the air as Toby Ragland attempted a birdie on the seventh hole of a playoff.
UF is peaking just in time for the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships.
It took until the third match of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Indoor Championships for the UF men's team to face the inevitable Southeastern Conference matchup.
ATHENS, Ga. - Georgia forward Terrence Woodbury hugged the ball with both arms as he jumped up and down in the Bulldogs student section, reveling in one of the biggest upsets of the Southeastern Conference season.
Coming off its first loss of the season, the No. 7 UF men's tennis team will play in the first round of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Indoor Championships on Friday.
Leaders come in two forms: those who are vocal - the Tim Tebows of the world - and those who choose to lead only by their examples.
(Disclaimer: I have a lot of respect for Nick Calathes and Billy Donovan, so do not misunderstand the tone of this letter. It is designed to be a joke and very tongue-in-cheek and only intends to make you laugh - but maybe make a few points along the way.)
The UF men's golf team has no excuses.
For Elizabeth Mahlich, the trip north to East Lansing, Mich., this weekend is more of a homecoming than a road meet.
Most college softball teams are lucky if they have one dominant pitcher, the kind who can throw a shutout on any given day.
Dan Werner has always done the small things - grabbing the tough rebounds, chasing down the loose balls.
Here's what Nick Calathes excels at and why NBA teams will draft him:
The Gators finally found their poison: playing a hot-shooting team on the road.
UF beat Tennessee for the third time ever, entertained the second-largest crowd in school history and showed a national television audience why it deserves to be mentioned with the best teams in the country.
I've been a sports nut since I was little, and while I have always had favorite players, I never turned them into more than that.
It's like a horrible nightmare the Gators just can't wake up from.