The third ranked Florida Gymnastics team opens SEC home action tonight against sixth ranked Georgia. The last time the Gators and the GymDogs met was on the road in Athens, closing out 2013 SEC road action with a 197.30-196.75 win. At the time, the Florida was ranked No. 1 and Georgia was …
Read More »Florida AD Jeremy Foley Looks Ahead to Football in 2014
2013 was an up and down year for Gator sports. Two teams, gymnastics and outdoor track and field, earned their second national championships in team history, while several other sports stayed in the national spotlight throughout the season. However, the focus of Gator Nation come fall shifts towards the gridiron, …
Read More »Gator Baseball Gearing Up for 2014 Season
The University of Florida baseball team begins practice Friday for its 2014 season which will open February 14th against Maryland at McKethan Stadium. The Gators will look to improve on their 29-30 finish from a year ago. The Orange and Blue played the toughest schedule in the country as their opponents went …
Read More »Florida men’s basketball team holds off Alabama
The sixth ranked Florida men’s basketball team earned its 10th consecutive win Thursday evening after beating Alabama in the Coleman Coliseum 68-62. Michael Frazier II led the Gators putting up 18 points with the help of five 3-pointers. Late in the first half Frazier nailed a 3-pointer and a foul shot, then had back-to-back …
Read More »Q&A with SEC Swimmer of the Week Dan Wallace
[jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/Dan-Wallace-Q-and-A.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/Dan-Wallace-Q-and-A.mp4] WRUF’s Tori Petry caught up with SEC Swimmer of the Week Dan Wallace to talk to him about the honor and find out a little more about the Scottish-born athlete for this week’s Gator Spotlight. Wallace earned the honor after winning all of his individual events …
Read More »Florida Women’s Basketball Falls to Tennessee 89-69, Losing Streak at Three Games
The Florida women’s basketball team dropped its third consecutive game in an 89-69 defeat to the 11th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers Thursday in Knoxville. The Gators now sit at 13-6 on the season and 3-3 in the SEC. One of the stories of the game was the three-point shooting by both teams. The …
Read More »Florida Gator Women’s Basketball Set to Take on the Tennessee Volunteers
The Florida women’s basketball team (13-5, 3-2 SEC) will face another road test Thursday when it heads into Knoxville to take on the 11th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (14-4, 3-2 SEC) for the 50th matchup in the teams’ history. The Gators will be looking to turn it around on this one-game trip. The team …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Looks to Remain Undefeated In SEC
The Florida Gator men’s basketball team will travel deep into Tide country in Tuscaloosa Thursday to take on Alabama. The Orange & Blue look to remain undefeated in conference play and extend their current win streak to 10 games. The Gators (15-2, 4-0 SEC) current nine-game win streak is tied for …
Read More »Thursday Sports Update: Lots Of SEC Hoops, Magic Lose
Here’s a look at some things happening in our Thursday Sports Update… ** In SEC men’s basketball, Ole Miss and Georgia move to 4-1 in league play with wins on Wednesday. Ole Miss downs Vanderbilt 63-52 while Georgia clobbers South Carolina 97-76. Mississippi State is 3-2 in the league after beating …
Read More »Gainesville’s Standout Wide Receiver Kenric Young Verbally Commits to Utah
Gainesville native and GHS wide receiver Kenric Young verbally committed to the University of Utah today at a ceremony at Gainesville High School. “For the next three to four years I will be taking my talents to Salt Lake City and to the University of Utah to play wide receiver on …
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