Roundup: Castillo-led Gators keep Invitational trophy at home
Freshman Ricky Castillo paced the Florida men’s golf team in its first VyStar Gators Invitational title since 2011 on Sunday at the Mark Bostick Golf Course. The Gators shot 7 under in the final round...
View ArticleRoundup: Gators capture Allstate Sugar Bowl golf title
NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Florida women’s golf team captured the Allstate Sugar Bowl team title by a commanding 16 strokes at the English Turn Golf at Country Club on Tuesday. Clara Manzalini led the way...
View ArticleRoundup: Smith sets American swim record to pace Gators
AUBURN, Ala. — Florida’s Kieran Smith set an American and NCAA record Wednesday in winning the 500 free style in 4:06.32 at the SEC swimming and diving championships at the James E. Martin Aquatics...
View ArticleRoundup: Florida downs 2 Top-25 softball teams
Florida’s No. 7-ranked softball team got off to an impressive start Friday at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. The Gators edged No. 5 Arizona and No. 25 Northwestern by...
View ArticleFlorida splits with No. 16 Arizona State, No. 1 UCLA
Special to Gatorsports.com CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. — No.7-ranked Florida kept mowing down highly ranked softball competition at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. On Friday, UF took down No. 5...
View ArticleRoundup: Florida defeats Nebraska to close California trip
Special to the Sun CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif.– No.7 Florida concluded its stay at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic with a 6-3 win over Nebraska at Big League Dreams park Sunday. The Gators (16-2)...
View ArticleRoundup: No. 1 South Carolina routs Florida for 22nd straight win
Special to Gatorsports.com Mikiah Herbert Harrigan scored 18 points, Tyasha Harris added 16 and No. 1 South Carolina routed Florida 100-67 on Thursday night for its 22nd consecutive win. The Gamecocks...
View ArticleNo. 6 Florida blanks No. 10 Louisiana
Special to The Sun No.6-ranked Florida shut out No. 10 Louisiana, 6-0, in the first game of a three-game series Friday night at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The Gators (17-2) played solid defense,...
View ArticleGators collect 3 individual SEC titles, finish 4th at league indoor meet
Special to Gatorsports.com COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Florida’s men closed the 2020 Indoor SEC Championships on Saturday with three individual titles, three silver medals, one bronze and 75 team points...
View ArticleRoundup: Gators chomp Auburn, Mercer in pair of sweeps
Special to Gatorsports.com The No. 6 Florida men’s tennis team opened SEC play this weekend 2-0 after a 7-0 win over Auburn on Sunday at the Ring Tennis Center on campus. Later Sunday, the Gators...
View ArticleNo. 7 Florida opens SEC softball action with win over Auburn
Southeastern Conference Opening Weekend finally arrived and No. 7 Florida turned in a 6-0 victory over Auburn in the first game of the softball series Friday evening at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium....
View ArticleRoundup: No. 7 Gators win series over Tigers in extra-inning thriller
Hannah Adams’s third walk-off hit of the season lifted No. 7 Florida to a 2-1, 11-inning softball win over Auburn on a chilly Saturday night at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. UF also secured the...
View ArticleRoundup: Gators win 5th consecutive golf title on home course
The No. 9 Florida women’s golf team claimed its fifth consecutive Gators Invitational title by 18 strokes at the Mark Bostick Golf Course on Sunday. The Gators shot even par through the final 18 holes...
View ArticleUF roundup: Blackshear sprains wrist, could miss SEC tourney
Florida forward Kerry Blackshear Jr., the team’s second-leading scorer and leading rebounder, is questionable for the SEC Tournament because of a sprained left wrist. Blackshear injured his wrist...
View ArticleRoundup: Adams, Lindaman lift No. 7 Florida past Penn
Special to Gatorsports.com Hannah Adams and Kendyl Lindaman combined for a trio of solo home runs Tuesday to lift No. 7 Florida past Penn, 3-1, at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. Lindaman gave the...
View ArticlePhotos: Gators beat Seminoles in softball
The Florida offense come alive and out hits FSU for 5-2 win. The post Photos: Gators beat Seminoles in softball appeared first on GatorSports.com.
View ArticleUPDATE: No SEC contests until March 30
Special to Gatorsports.com Update: 12:30 p.m. Thursday: Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey announced that beginning today and continuing until at least Monday, March 30, regular season...
View ArticleDooley: Prepare for the sports lockdown
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The original plan was that the SEC athletic directors and administrators would meet Thursday morning and discuss exactly who would be allowed to have passes to see the SEC...
View ArticleSEC suspends all athletic activities until at least April 15
Special to Gatorsports.com All athletics activities, including competitions, team and individual practices, meetings and other organized gatherings, will be suspended through at least April 15, due to...
View ArticleUF athletic activities on hold, point to April 15
The silencing of spring sports has arrived at the University of Florida. All of the school’s spring sports, including spring football, and the facilities used by those sports, are being shut down...
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Gators react on social media to NCAA cancellations
As news of the NCAA’s decision to cancel numerous spring and winter championships spread like wildfire across social media, members of Florida’s 19 athletic programs couldn’t help but react in the...
View ArticleAll Power 5 conferences scrap spring competition
The Southeastern Conference has canceled sporting events for the rest of the season. The events had been suspended. The league announced the decision Tuesday, becoming the last of the Power Five...
View ArticleUF avoiding red ink on financial ledger caused by cancellations due to virus
Florida student-athletes, coaches and fans have been hit hard by the cancellation of all the spring sports due to the coronavirus pandemic. One hit that has not occurred, and likely won’t, is a...
View ArticleUF/Team USA track and field coach Holloway thinking big picture with Olympics...
The International Olympic Committee’s decision to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo until 2021 has been felt in all corners of the world, including in Gainesville. When the committee’s...
View ArticleNCAA will allow spring sports seniors another chance in 2021
By Garry Smits/Florida Times-Union The NCAA will permit spring sport athletes who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus outbreak to have an additional year of eligibility. The NCAA Division I...
View ArticleGators place 11 teams in final top-25 rankings
The global coronavirus pandemic has already led to the premature cancellation of numerous spring and winter sports, and the University of Florida is no exception. Just hours before tip-off was set to...
View ArticleFlorida baseball, softball rosters in flux
It could be busy at Florida softball practices next season. On Tuesday, Tim Walton met via Facetime with his six seniors to talk about their options after the NCAA decided that all spring sports...
View ArticleSEC extends suspension of in-person athletics activities
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – All in-person athletics activities, including team and individual practices, meetings and other organized gatherings, whether voluntary or required, as well as camps and coaches...
View ArticleThe Back Nine: Finally, some good news
The Back Nine comes at you after another week of quarantine that included the end of March … thankfully. As months go, it was about as bad as it gets. Let’s hope April isn’t worse. Florida certainty...
View ArticleGators swimmers clean up with SEC awards
Florida sophomore Kieran Smith was named SEC Male Swimmer of the Year and Gators men’s head coach Anthony Nesty received Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year for the second straight season, the league...
View ArticleFront-line defenders: Former UF athletes now battle deadly virus
In a job where the sick and dying are all around you, and where your own health is potentially at risk every minute of every shift, there are going to be distressing and heartbreaking moments. For...
View ArticleTebow headlines UF Athletic Hall of Fame class
Special to Gatorsports.com A star-studded group that includes Tim Tebow, Brandon Spikes, Brandon James and Andrew DeClercq, is set for enshrinement as members of the 2020 UF Athletic Hall of Fame...
View ArticleFlorida’s Thomas is SEC Gymnast of Year and Rowland voted Coach of Year
Florida’s Trinity Thomas is the Southeastern Conference Gymnast of the Year and Jenny Rowland is the SEC Coach of the Year, the league announced Tuesday. Joining Thomas, a sophomore, on the All-SEC...
View ArticleGators earn degrees
The University of Florida Athletic Association celebrated the accomplishments of 54 Gator student-athletes this spring. Spring commencement ceremonies moved to July 31-Aug. 2 due to COVID-19. 23...
View ArticleRoundup: 5 UF teams receive NCAA APR recognition
Five University of Florida teams have been recognized by the NCAA for academic excellence, four of the five for academic perfection. Men’s basketball, women’s golf, gymnastics, lacrosse and volleyball...
View ArticleFlorida’s APR scores strong again
Special to Gatorsports.com It’s high marks in all sports again for Florida athletics in the Academic Progress Rate, the NCAA announced Tuesday. The NCAA recognized the APR of five Florida teams last...
View ArticleUF leadership addresses racial crisis
University of Florida head and assistant coaches from various sports teams have taken to social media with statements after days of protests against police brutality on people of color around the...
View ArticleThe Back Nine: Real change is mandatory
The Back Nine comes at you after our cities burned and people suffered and reporters were terrorized. And we were without sports. This was not a good weekend for America. I did not expect COVID-19 to...
View ArticleChange starts with education at home, UF coach Holloway says
Editor’s Note: A strong piece by Florida track and field coach Mike Holloway that can be found on Floridagators.com By Mike Holloway, Head Coach – Men’s and Women’s Track & Field and Cross Country...
View ArticleDooley: Many levels of heat for coaches
They call it the hot seat, an imaginary warmth that develops for coaches who are struggling to get things going the right way. But there are different versions of being in the hot seat. There are real...
View ArticleFact or Fiction: Will Foley serve as Mr. Two Bits for the LSU game this season?
There are truths and untruths in the world of sports. And there are also opinions that are worth discussing. You may agree or disagree. Just do it with decorum. So begins this occasional feature as Pat...
View ArticleFlorida’s Lindaman named Academic All-America of Year
Special to Gatorsports.com AUSTIN, Texas — Kendyl Lindaman became Florida softball’s latest player to receive College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America of the Year. CoSIDA...
View ArticleFlorida governor signs college athlete NIL compensation bill
By RALPH D. RUSSO/ AP College Sports Writer Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law a bill that will allow college athletes in the state to earn money from endorsement deals. The law won’t...
View ArticleTwo Gators nominees for SEC Athletes of the Year Awards
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Two UF athletes are nominees for the Southeastern Conference’s Roy F. Kramer Athletes of the Year Award awards. Each institution nominates one male and one female student-athlete for...
View Article11 Florida athletes have tested positive for coronavirus since April
Dating back to April, the University of Florida has had 11 student-athletes test positive for COVID-19, the school confirmed Tuesday. “We’ve had a total of 11 student-athletes from several of our...
View ArticleListen, Learn & Act will give UF athletes platform to address social issues
As part of the NCAA’s push to highlight students promoting social change, the University Athletic Association is giving Gators student-athletes a platform to address such issues. Florida’s “Listen,...
View ArticleFlorida’s Top 20 teams in all sports
During the last week, we have brought readers of GatorSports.com our list of the top 20 Gator football teams of all time. Today, we finish the series with the top 20 Gator teams in all sports. There...
View ArticleUF’s 2020 spring academic honor roll
Special to Gatorsports.com Birmingham, Ala. – A total of 1,402 student-athletes were named to the 2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll, Friday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. The 2020 Spring SEC...
View ArticleSEC volleyball, soccer, cross country competition postponed
Special to Gatorsports.com BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – The start of Southeastern Conference volleyball, soccer and cross country competition through at least Aug. 31 has been postponed, the league announced...
View ArticleUpdated: Gators in Transactions
Tuesday MLB Baltimore Orioles — Placed backup shortstop Richie Martin on the 60-day injured list with a broken right wrist. Thursday NFL Jacksonville Jaguars — Cornerback CJ Henderson, the ninth...
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