Florida Gators Softball earned a top-four national seed after reaching the SEC Tournament championship game Saturday, May 15. Earning the fourth seed, only Alabama, (3) UCLA (2) and Oklahoma (1) finished with higher seeds than the Gators. Florida will host a regional at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium from May 21-23. …
Read More »Gators Lacrosse Heads to the Elite Eight
Just eight teams remain in the 2021 NCAA DI Women’s Lacrosse Championship after Sunday’s second-round action and Gator’s lacrosse is one of them. Florida defeated Jacksonville 17-3 to advance to the program’s sixth quarterfinal in the 12-year history. The Gators have now won 15-straight games, dating back to their March …
Read More »Florida Tennis Faces Illinois in the NCAA
The Florida Gator Men’s Tennis Team is set to face Illinois on Monday night at the USTA National Campus. The first-seeded Gators will battle 16th-seeded Fighting Illini in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16 at 7 p.m. https://twitter.com/GatorsMTN/status/1394271145243947008 The History This appearance marks the fifth-consecutive time the Gators have reached …
Read More »Chris Bosh, Chris Webber Highlight Newest Inductees
Now and forever, these former NBA stars and coaches can now be referred to as hall of famers. The following players, Chris Webber, Paul Pierce, and Jay Wright, headline the 2021 hall of fame. Along with the following 2021 class, the 2020 class, including NBA legends Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, …
Read More »Trevor Lawrence and Urban Meyer are ready to dominate
First-overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft Trevor Lawrence awaits getting started. Since the Jags drafted him, Lawrence has yet to see the field much during rookie minicamp due to labrum surgery. Lawrence said he is excited to get to work with the Jaguars head coach, Urban Meyer. Lawrence said …
Read More »Lightning win Opening Epic
On Sunday night, it appeared that the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers were set to make it four straight overtime games in the playoffs. But fortunately for the Lightning, that was not the case. Center Brayden Point felt a mob of teammates celebrating around him as he scored the game-winning goal …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine May 17th
The Back Nine comes at you after a perfect day for The 26th Bob Dooley Invitational and a nice day for baseball that followed except for the lack of clutch hitting. Sorry there was no Front Nine last week, but the tournament kind of took precedent. 10. I feel like …
Read More »Gators Drop Home Finale 6-1 To Georgia
The orange and blue did win the series against SEC foe Georgia, but the Gators couldn’t get the sweep done. What plagued Florida most was not a lack of offense but a lack of timely hits. The Bulldogs only outhit Florida by one, yet they were able to rack up …
Read More »George Kliavkoff to Take on Pac-12 as its New Commissioner
On Thursday, Pac-12 conference announced that George Kliavkoff will Replace Larry Scott as the New Pac-12 Commissioner. The Pac-12 announced Scott’s departure in January. A decision that came after the conference and Scott agreed to a change in leadership. On July 1, Kliavkoff will officially begin his five-year tenure. Kliavkoff …
Read More »Gators Softball Wins on Walk-Off, Advances to SEC Championship
Seven walk-off wins. Eleven comeback wins. When do Gator Softball fans accept this as a regularity? A dramatic finish to their game against Missouri in the semifinals in the SEC Tournament punched Florida’s ticket to the championship game. For the Gators, this is their sixth comeback win in their last …
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