The Florida Gator baseball team (48-13) started NCAA Regional play with a 9-3 Friday night victory over the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (29-26) in Gainesville. Florida starting pitcher Logan Shore improved his record to 11-0 with the win, while Wildcat pitcher Tyler Norris fell to 6-4 on the season and took the …
Read More »Gator Baseball Opens NCAA Regional Against Bethune-Cookman
The Florida Gator baseball team (47-13) enters the NCAA Tournament as the top team in the land. The Gators earned the No. 1 overall seed and will face Regional No. 4 seed Bethune-Cookman (29-25) Friday night in the opening day of the NCAA Gainesville Regional. It's already been a record-breaking year, but we're just …
Read More »Florida Volleyball Games to Remain on Campus During O-Dome Construction
Despite the $64.5 million renovations in the O’Connell Center, Gator volleyball will still have a place to call home for the 2016 season. In fact, it is a place they all know too well, the Lemerand Athletic Center. The “Lem” is where the team holds their practices as well as three practice …
Read More »Gator Baseball Overall Number One National Seed In NCAA Baseball Tournament
The Florida Gator baseball team is the overall number one national seed in the NCAA Baseball Tournament after the field was announced today on ESPNU. Florida will host four seed Bethune-Cookman, three seed Connecticut and two seed Georgia Tech in a NCAA Regional this weekend. The Gators are matched up …
Read More »Top-seeded Gator Softball Falls Short in NCAA Super Regional
Down 1-0 in a best-of-three Super Regional match up at home, the top-seeded Florida softball team (56-7) dropped a consecutive game against the 16th seeded Georgia Bulldogs (45-18) in a 3-2 elimination loss on Friday to end Florida’s season. Florida pitcher Aleshia Ocasio ended her season 22-2 after the loss …
Read More »Gator Softball Shutout By Georgia in First Game of Super Regional
After coasting through the NCAA Regional with three shutout victories, the Gator softball team found themselves on the receiving end of a shutout Thursday night. The Florida Gators (56-6) fell to the Georgia Bulldogs (44-18) 3-0 in the opening game of the Gainesville Super Regional. The Gators were stumped by the Bulldogs’ defense, …
Read More »Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley Talks Gator Sports
University of Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley joined ESPN Gainesville’s Steve Russell on Sportscene Wednesday to talk Gator sports. Listeners called and emailed in questions to ask Foley, and he spoke on a wide variety of topics. Some of the most consistent talking points brought up were about improvements to athletic facilities, football’s …
Read More »Florida Softball Advances to NCAA Super Regionals After Shutout
The Florida Gator softball team (56-5) advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals on Sunday after beating the UCF Knights (38-22) by way of an 8-0 run-rule victory. Florida sophomore Aleshia Ocasio started in the circle for the Gators, improving her record to 22-1 while UCF’s senior pitcher Shelby Turnier fell …
Read More »Gator Softball Keeps Rolling, Shuts Out UCF on Second Day of Gainesville Regional
Through the first two days of the NCAA Gainesville Regional, the Gator softball team has made it look easy. A day after shutting out Alabama State, the Florida Gator softball team (55-5) shut out the UCF Knights (37-21) 5-0. The Gators were the visiting team in Saturday’s contest. Outfielder Amanda Lorenz scored …
Read More »Vernon Hargreaves Making Waves in Tampa
Former Florida Gator defensive back Vernon Hargreaves III is officially a Tampa Bay Buccaneer. The 20-year-old Tampa native signed his four-year contract with the Bucs earlier this month worth $14,177,654 along with an $8,511,020 signing bonus. What makes this new addition to the roster so special is the fact that he …
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