We have reached the middle of another week and on this humpday the Florida athletics program had one team in action yesterday and another today, while a third sits out due to the coronavirus, plus there are some awards to hand out. Let us take a look at what is happening today around the Gator Nation.
First off, the No. 21 women’s tennis team fell once again to the No. 22 UCF Knights for the second time in two weeks, this time at home by a 4-1 decision. The Lady Gators dropped their third-straight contest — just the fourth three-match losing streak in the history of the program.
Tonight, the No. 9 volleyball team takes the court for the first time since their back-to-backs with the Missouri Tigers was postponed last weekend against the LSU Tigers. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. EST in the O’Connell Center, can be watched on SEC Network+ and can be heard on 98.1 FM/850 AM.
As previously noted, the men’s basketball team will not take the floor against the Tennessee Volunteers tonight due to COVID-19. No makeup date has been announced yet.
Finally, three members of Florida’s track and field team earned SEC honors this week: Senior thrower Thomas Mardal was named SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week, sophomore sprinter Joseph Fahnbulleh earned SEC Men’s Co-Runner of the Week honors and newcomer Talitha Diggs was tabbed SEC Women’s Freshman of the Week.
Around the Swamp
- NCAA tournament bracketology: Here’s where the Gators currently stand: Selection Sunday is March 14 with all games set to be played in the Indianapolis area.
- Florida and Notre Dame schedule future home-and-home series: It’s never too early to start thinking about future opponents, even if it is 10 years down the line.
- This former Gator lands in the top 10 of PFF’s mock NFL draft: If Pitts were to go in the top 10, it would be the second year in a row Florida’s had a player go in the first 10 selections.
- Top 101 player list for 2020 NFL season includes a pair of former Florida Gators: Pro Football Focus has released the PFF 101, its rankings of the 101 best players in football over the course of the 2020 season.
- Three Gators mocked to go in the first three rounds of the NFL draft. Here’s who gets picked: Now that the king has been crowned and the games are over, it is time to look ahead to the next big event on the pro football calendar.
- Florida Gators earn recruiting praise from ESPN at this position: While the Florida Gators’ football program barely cracked the top 10 for the 2021 recruiting cycle, they are still earning some praise just a week after national signing day wrapped up.
It’s great to be a Florida Gator!
Grant Holloway drops 7.32 in the 60mH final for the W!
No. 2 all-time✅
Broke his own American record✅
Meeting record✅
.02s off the WR✅📺: https://t.co/FAjOyduevq pic.twitter.com/7KRU7we3Vc
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) February 9, 2021
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