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 »PREVIEW: Santa Fe College Baseball Swings Into JUCO World Series
Today, Santa Fe College will be up against three-time national champion Iowa Western Community College, in the first game of the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado. The Saints marched into Colorado on Thursday with less than two full days to prepare for tough competition and also with less …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning’s Season Comes to an End
Despite the return of captain Steven Stamkos, the Tampa Bay Lightning could not get it done versus the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Bolts fell 2-1 to the Pens to end their season just shy of the Stanley Cup Final. Had the Lightning won, …
Read More »NBA Playoff Preview: Warriors and Raptors Facing Elimination
After a Game 5 victory, the Golden State Warriors will head back to Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City where they will fight to keep their title hopes alive again when they play the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Western Conference Finals. This is of course, the same Warriors team that holds the title …
Read More »Gator Baseball Defeats Alabama in SEC Tournament
The night before Florida’s baseball game against Alabama the Gators played a game that lasted over five hours against LSU and it didn’t finish until 1:48 AM; it happened to be the longest game in SEC Tournament history. That being said, the Gators had less than 11 hours to recuperate …
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 »Hargreaves Adjusting To Life as a Pro
Former Gator and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive back Vernon Hargreaves III is set to wrap up his first week of OTAs on Friday. Hargreaves, a two-time all-American and 11th overall NFL draft pick, hopes to be able to carry his reputation of a lockdown corner into the NFL. Now that the …
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 »Cleveland Takes Lead In NBA Eastern Conference Finals
The Cleveland Cavaliers have taken a 3-2 lead in their best of seven Eastern Conference Finals series with the Toronto Raptors with a 116-78 win last night in Cleveland. After back to back losses in Toronto the Cavs came with a vengeance in Cleveland. At halftime they led by 31 …
Read More »Florida Baseball Falls 5-3 to LSU In SEC Tournament
The University of Florida baseball team now faces elimination in the SEC Tournament after a tough 5-3 loss to the LSU Tigers on Wednesday night in Hoover, Alabama. The 14 inning game lasted just over five hours and was the longest game in SEC Tournament history. The Gators started out strong in …
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