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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Author: Brian D. Fox, Jr.
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Kelly Barnhill helped lead the Gators to a crucial series win against Auburn on the road last weekend. On Tuesday, Barnhill was rewarded for her efforts by being named the SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week, the conference announced. Barnhill’s big weekend started with a complete game no-hitter on Friday that also saw Barnhill set the…
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It was thought that Florida football would experience some attrition at the quarterback position. However, it’s highly likely that no one saw Jalon Jones leaving the school just one semester after early enrolling in January. Jones, a true freshman from Richmond, Virginia, has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal just five months after signing with Florida.…
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It’s crunch time for the Gators softball team. With one more series remaining before the SEC Tournament, Florida needed to make a statement. They did just that with a series win on the road against Auburn. Florida took game one behind a Kelly Barnhill no-hitter, the twelfth of her career, but dropped game two, 2-1…
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Final: Gators 25, Cincinnati 6 For the ninth straight season the Florida Gators are conference champions. That is even more impressive when considering that Florida has been in three different conferences in that span. The Gators routed Cincinnati on Saturday to clinch the American Athletic Conference regular season championship. The win also marked the 30th…
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Final: Gators 7, Auburn 0 Kelly Barnhill was finally Kelly Barnhill on Friday night. The senior ace for Florida tossed a complete game no-hitter to lead her team to an important series opening victory. Backed by a fantastic defensive effort and a nine-hit effort by the offense, Barnhill mowed down the final fifteen batters she…
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Jawaan Taylor obviously made the right decision when opting to forgo his senior season at Florida. That point was proven as Taylor was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the second round. The Jaguars actually traded up with Oakland to obtain the no. 35 pick. Taylor was a three year starter at Florida and grew…
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The Women’s Professional Lacrosse League held it’s annual Spring Draft for college seniors. Among the 25 total picks, a pair of Gators were selected. Attacker Lindsey Ronbeck was taken no. 10 overall by the New York Fight while midfielder Sydney Pirreca was drafted just five picks later at no. 15 by the Upstate Pride. Ronbeck…
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The Florida baseball team is flirting with doing something that hasn’t happened since before the Kevin O’Sullivan era began in Gainesville. The Gators are in danger of not making the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 2007 season that saw former head coach Pat McMahon fired. As of Tuesday, D1Baseball.com had projected Florida…
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Final: FAU 13, Florida 11 Austin Langworthy was brought in with n opportunity to finish the night with an incredible statline. After going 4-5 and sitting just a double short of the cycle, Langworthy took the mound in the ninth with a chance to earn a save armed with an 11-9 lead. Langworthy walked the…
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39,476. The announced attendance of the Florida spring game. Mullen had prepared the media for a troll job on April 8 when he stated, “maybe the attendance matches a score for a certain game in the season…maybe 41,014.” To be fair, the head coach had been asked if he’s ever fudged numbers for spring attendance.…
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