Gator Sports: Weekend of Wins

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 15:12

This weekend (2/19-2/21) was an awesome one for Gator sports. With wins in gymnastics, softball basketball and baseball, Gator athletes are really feeling how great it is to be a Florida Gator.

by Rodney Rogers

Gator Gymnastics
The No. 4 Florida Gators and No. 7 Georgia gymnastics teams met in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center for a dual meet Friday. University of Florida gymnastics team (4-2, 3-1 SEC) returns home to host rival, and five-time defending NCAA champion, No. 7 Georgia (3-3, 2-2 SEC). The last time Florida and Georgia met in a dual meet at home, the slightest of margins possible, just 0.025, gave the win to Georgia. Friday the point margin was only a tenth of a point advantage for Florida Gymnasts 197.25-197.15 for the win. Dickerson said the Gators fed off the crowd of 6,421 to give UF the edge.
Event Winners:
Vault: Ashanée Dickerson 9.95
Bars: Marissa King 9.875
Floor: Ashanée Dickerson 9.925
All-Around: Ashanée Dickerson 39.625

Gator Softball
The Florida Gator Softball team hosted the Fourth Lipton Invite this weekend at Pressly Stadium. In the opening game with Campbell, the Gators blanked the Campbell Camels, 7-0, setting a school record with six home runs. In the second game that night, the Gators defeated Kansas, 12-4, in six innings. The Gators handed Marshall, previously undefeated, their first loss in an 8-0 shutout Saturday. Later that day, Florida edged out East Carolina 4-3 for the win. On Sunday, Florida faced East Carolina in a rematch and took the Lipton Invitational title by defeating East Carolina, 1-0 in a pitchers' duel.

Women’s Basketball
The Florida Gators closed out the game at 64-57 against No. 20 Georgia in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Sunday night. To say this was a tremendous win is an understatement, said Florida Head Coach Amanda Butler.

Gator Baseball

The University of Florida Gator Baseball team was predicted to finish first in the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division, as voted by the league's 12 baseball coaches. Under the direction of third-year head coach Kevin O'Sullivan, UF returns 20 letter winners from last season's squad. The University of Florida Baseball team opened its season on Friday by hosting USF for a three-game series at McKethan Stadium this weekend. On Friday the No. 7 Gators out hit USF and walked away with a 6-2 win. Saturdays all-out efforts gave the Gators a 9-1 lead over USF before a crowd of 3,723 fans. Sunday, USF’s bat’s got hot and closed the gap in the ninth inning but the Gators moved ahead in the 10th for a 7-6 win.