Top seed Florida overpowered four seed Vanderbilt, 17-8, in the semifinals Thursday of the American Athletic Conference Women’s Lacrosse Championship at Howarth Field in Nashville, Tenn. Championship Bound ⏩#FLax | #GoGators | Presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/R7jJLuf2MK — Gators Lacrosse (@GatorsLAX) May 2, 2024 The Gators (16-2) will play two seed James Madison …
Read More »Florida Basketball’s Handlogten To Redshirt
Gators men’s basketball center Micah Handlogten, who broke his left leg in the SEC championship game last month, is planning to take a medical redshirt next season and work toward returning to the court in the fall of 2025.
Read More »Florida Softball Beats Florida State 15-13 In Extra Innings
The No. 11 Florida Gators softball team beat the No. 12 Florida Seminoles 15-13 in nine innings Wednesday night at JoAnne Graf Field in Tallahassee. The Gators (40-12) put a halt to the Seminoles’ six-game winning streak in the series, their first win against the ‘Noles (40-11) since March 5, …
Read More »Florida Gets Crucial Midweek Win Against FAU
After a rainout March 5 and an hour-and-a-half rain delay Tuesday, Florida finally got a piece of FAU when both teams jumped on the opposing pitching out of the gate. Led by the top and bottom ends of the Gators’ lineup from Ty Evans (2-for-4, three RBI) and hot-hitting freshman …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: NFL Draft Shows Lack Of Talent On ’23 Gators
The Back Nine comes at you after a lazy weekend that included a lovely nine holes with my wife and a couple of sleep-deprived nights. 10. The NFL draft was everything that makes the NFL – as my friend Chris Harry likes to call it – The King. It was …
Read More »Florida Softball Clinches Series Win Against Georgia, 10-7
The No. 12 Florida Gators softball team beat the No. 11 Georgia Bulldogs 10-7 Sunday to take the series at Jack Turner Softball Stadium in Athens, Ga. The Gators (39-12, 14-7 SEC) scored seven runs in the seventh inning. Jocelyn Erickson hit a go-ahead three-run home run with the Gators …
Read More »Gators Split Doubleheader Against Arkansas
Saturday’s doubleheader between the Florida Gators and Arkansas Razorbacks yielded mixed results for both squads. While the Gators managed to avoid the sweep, they still dropped their fourth consecutive SEC series. Arkansas squeezed by in a 6-5 win in the first game, while Florida bounced back with a 9-5 win …
Read More »Gators Baseball Loses Pitching Duel Against No. 2 Razorbacks
The two starting pitchers entering Friday’s game in Fayetteville, Ark., were in different circumstances. Florida’s Pierce Coppola is still nursing an injury that sidelined him in 2023. Arkansas’ Hagen Smith is a projected top-15 pick in the upcoming MLB draft and has been nothing short of dominant for the Razorbacks. …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Gators’ Surprising NFL First-Round Draft Picks
It was an interesting Friday morning for us old folks who went to sleep well before the first round of the NFL draft concluded late Thursday night. I told my wife Florida receiver Ricky Pearsall was picked in the first round and her response was, “Really? I was told he …
Read More »Growing Up: The Turnaround of UF Freshman Pitcher Luke McNeillie
Florida baseball coach Kevin O’Sullivan had seen enough. It was a March 6 midweek game against UCF when O’Sullivan stepped out of the home dugout, walked slowly toward the mound and signaled to the bullpen for a pitcher. The Knights had roughed up right-handed starter Luke McNeillie by tagging the …
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