Gator softball celebrates an SEC title, Gator lacrosse gets a national tournament seed and more in our Monday Sports News And Notes… ** The Gator softball team is an SEC champion today and they didn’t have to play a game Sunday to do it. UF was idle as it waited …
Read More »Gator Softball Hopes For SEC Title, Sunday Sports News And Notes…
The Gator softball team hopes for an SEC title, Gator lacrosse hopes for a conference tournament title and a favorite wins the Kentucky Derby, all in our Sunday Sports News And Notes… ** The Gator softball team can only wait and see if it wins an SEC regular season championship …
Read More »Gator Baseball Swept At LSU
The third ranked LSU Tiger baseball team brought its big bats to Baton Rouge Saturday to beat the Gator baseball team 18-6 for a sweep of their three game series. UF is now 12-12 in the SEC and 25-23 overall. Things started out well for Florida in the first inning. …
Read More »Former Gator Josh Adams seeks success in the Major Leagues
Former Florida Gators second baseman Josh Adams has been dreaming of being a major league baseball player his entire life. “Growing up, playing and watching baseball, it’s always been a dream, and now a reality,” said Adams. Adams was a the starting second baseman for the Gators all four years …
Read More »Jamie Watson finds his home in Orlando
The Orlando City Lions are the defending United Soccer League champions and find themselves in a great position to repeat this season. Despite the fact that the club is only in its third season of existence, the Lions have found consistent success. This is due in part to their premier …
Read More »Kitty Cullen looks to leave a lasting legacy
When Rockville, MD, native Kitty Cullen was deciding where to play collegiate lacrosse, she had the opportunity to play all over her home state, but chose to come to Florida and play for the Gators. Her reason for coming to Florida turns out to be pretty simple; she wanted to be …
Read More »Gators Lacrosse begins ALC Tourney Defense
No. 2 Florida (16-1, 4-1 ALC) lacrosse will begin post-season play Friday afternoon when it takes on Ohio State (7-9, 1-4 ALC) in the semifinals of the American Lacrosse Conference Tournament at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The Gators earned the number one seed and a first round bye in …
Read More »Nick Maronde: Traveling to the Angels
Former Gator and left-handed pitcher for the Arkansas Travelers, Nick Maronde, is seeking success in the big leagues. Maronde grew up in Lexington, Kentucky where he attended Lexington Catholic High School and won a state championship in his sophomore year. The following year, he was 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA …
Read More »30 For 30: Gainesville High
As part of our 30 high schools in 30 days here on ESPN850-WRUF, we’ll look at local high schools and what they are doing in spring practice. First, we look at a team that’s got a big spring following a big year: the Gainesville High School Purple Hurricanes.
Read More »Friday Sports News And Notes…
The NBA playoffs continue, a major ruling by the NCAA and Gator softball ending its regular SEC season…all this and more in our Friday Sports News And Notes… ** The SEC and ESPN formally announce the formation of the SEC Network in a 20 year deal. The new network will …
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