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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Author: Brian D. Fox, Jr.
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#2 Florida earned an important three game series victory against #4 Arkansas. The Razorbacks won the first game, but the Florida bats came alive in the second and third games. Arkansas topped Florida 6-3 on Friday, giving Brady Singer his first loss of the season. Florida exacted revenge on Saturday, exploding for 17 runs and…
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FINAL: FLORIDA 16, GEORGETOWN 11 1st 2nd OT FINAL GATORS 5 11 X 16 G’TOWN 8 3 X 11 Washington D.C. – Florida overcame a four goal deficit for the third time this year to defeat Georgetown 16-11 and secure the 300th win of Amanda O’Leary’s coaching career. Georgetown scored the first goal of the…
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In 1996, the University of Florida spent $2.6 million to build Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. Outside of minor renovations in 2001 and 2012, the stadium looks much like it did on opening day, February 8, 1997. That’s going to change in a big way next season. The University of Florida announced an $11 million renovation…
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In his first competition at the 2018 NCAA Championships, Caeleb Dressel is once again putting on a show. Dressel’s first appearance took place in the final heat of the 50-yard freestyle where he claimed an American record by swimming an 18.11. The record-breaking run has Dressel in the top spot heading into the finals tonight.…
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FLORIDA 9, SOUTH FLORIDA 0 RUNS HITS ERRORS USF 0 0 1 GATORS 9 6 0 Gainesville, FL– The Florida softball team enjoyed a return to the friendly confines of Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium on Wednesday after a trip to Georgia that netted the Gators their first series loss of 2018. Florida defeated South Florida…
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#2 Florida lost their first series of the 2018 season last weekend at the hands of their bitter rivals from Georgia. Florida lost game one of the series by a 5-4 score and followed that up with a run-rule loss on Saturday before escaping Athens, GA with a win in the series finale on Sunday.…
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#2 Florida opened SEC play with a trip to South Carolina. The Gators clinched the series with a 3-2 victory on Sunday. Florida took game one on Friday by a 7-3 score, but the Gamecocks rallied for a 15-7 thumping of the Gators on Saturday. Florida is now 18-4 overall and 2-1 in SEC action…
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FINAL: FLORIDA 11, VANDERBILT 10 1st 2nd OT FINAL GATORS 7 4 X 11 VANDY 6 4 X 10 Gainesville, FL – #6 Florida hung on for a 11-10 victory over Vanderbilt in the Big East Conference opener on Sunday. The Gators scored early and often in seizing a 5-1 advantage just ten minutes into…
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FINAL: TEXAS TECH 69, FLORIDA 66 1st 2nd OT FINAL GATORS 33 33 X 66 TTU 32 37 X 69 Dallas, TX– This is what Egor Koulechov was brought to Florida for. The opportunity to tie the game as the clock is running out in the NCAA Tournament. Koulechov had the look Saturday night. Florida’s…
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FINAL: FLORIDA 77, ST. BONAVENTURE 62 1st 2nd OT FINAL SBU 22 40 X 62 GATORS 27 50 X 77 Dallas, TX– It felt so familiar. It seemed to follow the script. Florida builds an early lead, only to go cold and lose control. The difference tonight, just as all felt lost, these Gators flipped…