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Junior outfielder Kirsti Merritt made a leaping grab of what would have been a North Carolina State home run to take the lead in the game in the top of the seventh, and doubled up a runner at first to boot, to help preserve the complete game shutout for freshman …
Read More »Gator Gymnastics Powers Past Missouri
Florida Gymnastics posted its best score of the season, and the highest national score of the season, to defeat the Missouri Tigers 198.225 to 195.975 Friday night in Gainesville. The Gators earned 15 scores above a 9.90 in the win, with the highest score of the night going to Kennedy Baker, 9.975 …
Read More »Opening Day For Gator Baseball
The wait is finally over, the day is here, and the time is now for the highly touted 2015 Florida baseball team. After finishing the 2014 season as regular season SEC champions, the expectations for this team are lofty. The team enters Friday’s match up against Rhode Island as the …
Read More »Florida softball opens home slate this weekend
The Florida Gator softball team begins home action this weekend against NC State and Iowa. The number one ranked Gators are 6-o on the season. Saturday’s games will be the first ever aired on the SEC Network. The Gators are coming off a 16 to 1 victory against the Jacksonville Dolphins Wednesday night. Florida has …
Read More »Gator Gymnastics to Host the Missouri Tigers
Florida gymnastics is flipping back to Gainesville tonight as they host Missouri. The Gators are coming off a road win against Arkansas where Florida shared a part of every event title despite the fact the team was not at full strength because of injuries. Florida coach Rhonda Faehn says she’s proud of …
Read More »Gator Lax Takes on Michigan
The Florida Gators (1-1) take on the Michigan Wolverines (season opener) Saturday as two young lacrosse programs do battle. The Gators are in their sixth year as a program, in the middle of what they call “Phase 2”, the group that took the field after UF’s first class graduated. Meanwhile, the …
Read More »Moody’s Three-Pointer Beats Florida, Gators Lose Third Straight
Ole Miss guard Stefan Moody joined Miami’s Angel Rodriguez and Georgetown’s D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera on a special list Thursday night. All three players have drained game-winning jumpers to beat the Florida Gators this season. Moody drained a long-distance three-pointer over Chris Chiozza with 2.7 seconds remaining to beat Florida 62-61. The shot dropped …
Read More »Friday Sports Update (2/13)
A tough Gator hoops defeat but also a nice hoops win; Gator baseball opens its season, NBA All Star Game, and more in our Friday Sports Update… ** The Florida women’s basketball team gets a big 51-48 road win at Georgia Thursday night but the news not as good for …
Read More »Florida Women’s Hoops Grabs Big SEC Win in Athens, 51-48
After an 11 year losing streak in Athens, Georgia the Florida women’s basketball team (12-12, 4-7 SEC) ended that streak Thursday night when they defeated the No. 24 Georgia Bulldogs (17-8, 5-7 SEC) 51-48. Florida is now 15-50 all-time against UGA and last night’s game was only their fifth win ever in …
Read More »Gator Men’s Hoops Hopes To Slow Down Ole Miss At Home Tonight
Despite a loss to Kentucky last Saturday, Florida men’s basketball coach Billy Donovan saw his team dig deep and fight. He said “it was the first time I’ve felt in 23 games we played to win.” Florida (12-11, 5-5) played inspired basketball against the number one ranked team in the country but …
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