Category: Fall Sports

Articles for the Fall Sports at the University of Florida

  • #17 Florida tops Auburn 1-0, advances in SEC Tournament

    The Florida Gators soccer program has advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament after a 1-0 defeat of the Auburn Tigers in the opening round match. This is the 20th time in the program’s 22 seasons that it has reached the semifinals of the SEC Tournament. Florida’s goal came off a free kick (after…

  • REPORT: McElwain out at UF, announcement this week

    It’s been a rather tumultuous week for the Florida Gators in the lead up to a rivalry game against Georgia in Jacksonville. On Monday, Jim McElwain made the now infamous comments about his players and family members receiving death threats. Later, after talking with McElwain, the UAA released a statement that did anything but support…

  • Florida players provide bulletin board quotes, get destroyed by Georgia

    As if being a fourteen point underdog to the #3 team in the country wasn’t difficult enough, several of Florida’s players made sure to provide Georgia some extra motivation this week. Although not the only player to taunt the Bulldogs ahead of the meeting in Jacksonville, Sophomore CB Chauncey Gardner provided this bit of bulletin…

  • Florida’s Alhassan breaks school record

    On Friday night the Florida Gators defeated South Carolina 3-0 to move to 17-1 on the season. During the first set, senior MB Rhamat Alhassan set the program record for Block Assists. Alhassan surpassed Benavia Jenkins, who played at Florida from 2000-03. FLORIDA PROGRAM RECORD FOR BLOCK ASSISTS: Alhassan 503 Jenkins 502 Nicole McCray 440…

  • Florida to begin SEC Tournament as #3 seed

    The Florida Gators soccer team will enter the SEC Tournament as the #3 seed this week. Florida finished with a 13-5 record including a 7-3 record in conference play. The Gators will face Auburn (7-5-5, 4-2-4 in the SEC) on Tuesday in Orange Beach, Alabama. The game is set for 3:30 PM and will air…

  • McElwain: Family, players were targets of death threats

    Jim McElwain’s Monday morning press conference was rolling like normal until about 15 minutes into it when the Florida head coach mentioned that his players and family had been targeted with death threats from the Florida fan base. “There’s a lot of hate in this world, and a lot of anger, and yet it’s freedom…

  • Florida lands commitment of 4-star OL Richard Gouraige

    The Florida Gators have landed the commitment of a top offensive lineman in the 2018 recruiting class. Richard Gouraige of Tampa announced his commitment via a video by SEC Country. MY DECISION … 🙏🏾 https://t.co/MEveuponpT pic.twitter.com/6yU0T13N6y — RGll🥀🏳 (@richardg813) October 20, 2017 Gouraige is a 6-5, 271 lb tackle at Cambridge Christian School. 247sports.com ranks…

  • CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd: Jim McElwain could leave Florida for Oregon State

    The Florida Gators are 3-3 and heading into a matchup with the nation’s third ranked team. Florida will face 7-0 Georgia in Jacksonville on October 28. Much of the Florida fan base is frustrated with the lack of offensive progression with head coach Jim McElwain at the helm. Florida ranks 97th in the country in…

  • Florida-Kentucky soccer moved to Daytona Beach on Thursday

    The Florida Gators and Kentucky Wildcats were supposed to meet in Gainesville on Thursday in an important match for both sides. That match will now be held at Embry-Riddle Soccer Stadium at 5:00 PM on that day. The reason for the move is due to the visit of alt-right leader Richard Spencer. Spencer is scheduled…

  • Gators fall to #4 after first loss

    On Sunday the Florida Gators suffered their first loss of 2017. The match was a hard fought four set defeat at the hands of (previously) #8 Kentucky. On Monday, the Gators moved back three spots in the AVCA poll to #4 after several weeks in the top spot. Florida is 14-1 on the season and…