GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Athletic Association has approved their budget for the 2017-2018 at $218 million on Monday—up $6 million from last financial year. More than $29 million will go towards operating expenses of support services to the student-athlete and $14 million in scholarships. In the first year of …
Read More »Florida Men’s Track and Field Defends National Title
The Florida Gator men’s track and field team accomplished their mission by defending their outdoor national title in Eugene, Oregon on Friday. Holloway’s Dynasty https://twitter.com/GatorsTF/status/873571438405369857 Throughout competition in Eugene, the Gators and SEC foe Texas A&M were close together in points. The Gators avenged the Aggies. During indoor season at the …
Read More »Super Regionals: Gator Baseball Hosts Wake Forest
Junior ace for the Gators and recent All-American selection Alex Faedo was asked Thursday if he thought Florida’s season had been a success in his eyes so far. “I wanted to be in the situation to go to Omaha at the beginning of the year, and I think we’re in that …
Read More »Gator Baseball Advances to Super Regionals
The Florida Gators can breathe a sigh of relief after taking down a pesky Bethune-Cookman bunch on Monday night by a score of 6-1. After losing a 6-2 Sunday night meeting between the two schools, Florida was facing elimination from an unlikely foe. Monday’s game featured two teams in search …
Read More »Gator Baseball Falls 6-2 to Bethune Cookman, Setting Up a Winner-Take-All
Beat a team to avoid elimination? That’s a great win. Beat that same team for the first time in school history? Well, that’s just icing on the cake. That’s what Bethune-Cookman (36-24) accomplished Sunday night in Gainesville, taking down regional top seed Florida (44-17) by a score of 6-2. The …
Read More »Schwarz, Byrne Push Gator Baseball Past Marist
Two runners on. Two outs. Close game. J.J. Schwarz at the plate. The crowd had a suspicion of what was coming, and as soon as they heard the crack of the ball getting crushed by his bat, they received their confirmation. Clinging to just a one run lead, Schwarz again …
Read More »Gators Softball Gets Second WCWS Win
The Florida Gator softball team (57-8) was on a role Friday night as they shutout LSU 7-0. This makes it the second shutout for the Gators in the 2017 Women’s College World Series. Recap Kelly Barnhill (26-3) once again started for the Gators as she had a dominant performance and …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Takes On Stanford in Phil Knight Invitational
On Wednesday, the bracket for the PK80-Phil Knight Invitational revealed that Florida faces Stanford on in Portland, Ore on Nov.23. The tournament, which honors Nike co-founder Phil Knight for his 80th birthday, houses 16 teams in two eight-team brackets. Each team is guaranteed three games in the tournament. If the Gators …
Read More »UF Softball Pitcher Kelly Barnhill Awarded With Player Of The Year Honor
It was quite a year for Florida sophomore softball pitcher Kelly Barnhill and because of it, she was honored as the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. She becomes just the second Gator ever to be given this award and just the second sophomore ever to win it. RT to congratulate …
Read More »Women’s College World Series Preview-Softball In Oklahoma City
The top-seeded Florida Gator softball team is set to open up Women’s College World Series(WCWS) action on Thursday. Florida will be taking on Texas A&M in the first game of the day at noon. Florida-Texas A&M is one of four match-ups taking place throughout the day. The other games include …
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