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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Author: Brian D. Fox, Jr.
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The Florida Gators baseball team is on a roll heading into a road series against rival Miami. On Wednesday, Florida won its seventh straight game since dropping two of three against Liberty to open the season. The Gators blasted FAMU, 17-0, behind an all-around stellar night. Despite the high octane offense, Florida’s presence on the…
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Tyree Appleby looked stuck near the top of the key with less than ten seconds remaining but managed to get the ball inside to Colin Castleton, who found a wide open Phlandrous Fleming. Fleming, who had come up with a monster block of Scottie Pippen, Jr. just a few possessions earlier, released quickly and watched…
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Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin finally made the announcement that Gators fans have been clamoring for. After a successful regular season as the interim head coach, Kelly Rae Finley had been tabbed as the program’s eleventh head coach. ITโS OFFICIAL!! @kraefin is the Head. Coach. #GoGators pic.twitter.com/Qjep0XPIQl โ Gators Womenโs Basketball (@GatorsWBK) February 28, 2022…
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Florida second baseman Colby Halter was named the SEC Co-Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday. #SECBSB ๐๐ผ-๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ: Colby Halter โข @GatorsBB โพ๏ธ ยป https://t.co/QSfo4fU1jH pic.twitter.com/PotpkWwuvE โ Southeastern Conference (@SEC) February 28, 2022 Halter played in all five of Florida’s games and hit .545 (12-22) with three home runs, two…
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Athens, Georgia native Phlandrous Fleming scored a season high 27 points while Tyree Appleby added 21 to lead the Gators to victory over rival Georgia on the road Saturday. Fleming, the grad-transfer who spent four years with Charleston Southern, made 11-18 attempts from the floor, including four three-pointers. Appleby added five made treys. Florida also…
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Final: Florida 4, Georgia State 1 Led by another strong effort on the mound from Hunter Barco, the Florida Gators defeated Georgia State 4-1 at Florida Ballpark on Friday. The junior southpaw tossed six innings and set a new career high with twelve strikeouts while allowing just one run. The lone run came on a…
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The Florida Gators are now 3-2 after defeating a pair of in-state, mid-major programs in midweek action. One day after collecting fourteen hits to beat Stetson University, the Gators defeated UNF behind a dominant effort on the mound as they defeated the Ospreys 3-1 on Wednesday. Sophomore RHP Brandon Sproat (W, 1-1) got the start…
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The opening series for the 2022 Florida Gators baseball team looked eerily reminiscent of the team that underwhelmed a year ago. A veteran lineup that struck out too often and seemed to lack aggression at the plate, a lack of situational hitting, and inconsistent pitching plagues the Gators over the first weekend of the new…
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7.5 seconds on the game clock, Florida leads the nation’s No. 2 ranked team, Auburn, 63-62. Tigers have possession and inbound from the sideline three-quarters of the court away from the basket. Auburn’s Wendell Green receives the ball and scurries upcourt. He then runs right into his teammate and three Gators defenders near the top…
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The Florida Gators opened the 2022 season with a dominant win led by two of their returning veterans. LHP Hunter Barco pitched six strong innings while OF Sterlin Thompson provided the power with a pair of no-doubt homers off the batter’s eye in center to lead Florida past Liberty, 7-2. Barco was electric as he…
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