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Brady Singer leaves Florida with one nagging question: What was the deal with Arkansas?

Singer again struggled Friday against the No. 5 Razorbacks during a 5-2 loss at the College World Series. Florida closes the season with a 49-21 record, while Arkansas improves to 47-19 and advances to the CWS...

lorida’s offense was filled with pop-ups early Thursday. Starting pitcher Jack Leftwich was giving up hits. Second baseman Blake Reese missed a ground ball hit right at him. Late in the game, the bullpen couldn’t throw strikes.

No problem.

The No. 1 Gators shook off a slow start, and a shaky finish,...

And now the hard part.

Florida’s pitching situation at the College World Series is muddled, much like the weather. Coach Kevin O’Sullivan has relied on first-round picks Brady Singer and Jackson Kowar for much of season, but now must turn to two freshmen.

Jack Leftwich (4-5, 4.32 ERA) will likely...

The feeling of dread lingered for much of Tuesday in Omaha, either among those watching the radar or Florida fans hoping to extend their stay.

The Gators finally broke through, and pitcher Jackson Kowar had a career day, in Florida’s 6-1 win against Texas at the College World Series. Texas (42-23)...

Nick Horvath knows the end is near, though he’s trying his hardest not to think about it.

Horvath and the No. 1 Florida Gators (47-20) will play Texas at 2 p.m. Tuesday in an elimination game at the College World Series.

Horvath, a senior center fielder, is known for getting a great jump fly balls....

Brady Singer is beatable.

In perhaps his last start as a Gator, the National Player of the Year struggled late Sunday in No. 1 Florida’s 6-3 loss to Texas Tech in the College World Series. The Gators (47-20) face elimination Tuesday against Texas at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha.

The Red Raiders...

Florida pitcher Brady Singer has been honored with the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball's player of the year.

Singer, who received the award Friday, carries a 12-1 record and 2.30 ERA into the College World Series. The native of Eustis, Florida, was the No. 18 overall pick in the Major League...

JJ Schwarz hit three home runs Friday. All came in batting practice at TD Ameritrade Park, so they counted for nothing, but they were significant news for the injured Florida senior as the No. 1 Gators (47-19) prepared for their opening College World Series game Sunday against Texas Tech (44-18).

Auburn robbed Austin Langworthy twice.

The third time, the Florida Gators' sophomore wanted to leave nothing to chance.

A walk-off home run by Langworthy in the 11th inning delivered the Florida Gators a 3-2 win against Auburn and returned them to the College World Series.

After two diving catches...

Austin Langworthy's wild walk-off home run sends UF back to the College World Series after a memorable Game 3 victory over Auburn in Gainesville Super Regional.

The Florida Gators will have to take the long way to Omaha.

A dramatic 3-2 loss to Auburn sealed in the ninth inning Sunday forced a third game Monday night to decide whether the Gators or Tigers will advance to the College World Series.

A walk-off double by Auburn second baseman Luke Jarvis off...

UF pitcher Brady Singer received a standing ovation. Auburn’s Casey Mize earned an early exit.

The much-anticipated duel between first-round picks turned out to be a bit of a dud, at least for the Tigers during a 8-2 loss to the Gators in the first game of the NCAA Super Regionals.

Singer fell...

The Florida Gators next step in the defense of their national title could be the most challenging.

After slipping by FAU to reach the Gainesville Super Regional, the Gators (45-18) now host the surging Auburn Tigers (42-21) beginning at noon Saturday. The first game will air on ESPN. The winner...

It was coming down to the wire. There was still a chance.

UF track and field coach Mike Holloway was feeling the pressure, big time.

“I’ve never been so nervous in my life,” he says now. “Never.”

Winning championships at a remarkable clip has been an all-consuming process where success breeds success.

When UF coach Tim Walton arrived in Gainesville in 2006, the Gators’ softball program was an afterthought.

Thirteen years later, Walton’s program is a two-time national champion, an SEC heavyweight and a Women’s College World Series regular.

The run of success is unlikely to end anytime soon now...

At the SEC Spring Meetings a year, Jay Jacobs pushed the idea of Auburn moving to the league’s East Division.

While the Tigers have stayed put, Jacobs himself is now a member of the division as the Florida Gators’ new executive associate athletic director, UF announced Tuesday.

Jacobs will replace...

It took 12 hours, two games and enough shaky moments to put the Florida Gators’ season in doubt. But the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament rallied late Monday night to slip by the FAU Owls 5-2 during the Gainesville Regional.

UF’s come-from-behind win would ease into early Tuesday morning...

The biggest night of UF’s pitcher Jackson Kowar’s baseball career also turned out to be his worst night as a Florida Gator.

Projected to be a first-round pick during the MLB draft, Kowar continued his recent struggles for the Gators during a 7-4 loss to FAU in the Gainesville Regional.

The loss,...

Jonathan India was the first player from a state of Florida high school or college selected in the Major League Baseball draft Monday.

Stetson's Logan Gilbert, a Wekiva High alum, followed soon afterward and made history as the highest drafted pitcher from UCF or Stetson since the draft began in...

The Florida Gators will have to wait an extra day for a chance to advance in the NCAA Tournament in baseball.

The defending national champions will face Florida Atlantic University at 1 p.m. Monday for the chance to host this weekend’s Super Regional against Auburn.

FAU defeated Jacksonville University...

A weather delay was not going to rattle Florida Gators’ ace Brady Singer.

The junior right-hander from Eustis had waited three weeks to pitch in a game due to hamstring tightness. Another hour was not going to make a difference.

Once Singer took the mound, he showed little rust during Saturday...

Wil Dalton drove in six runs, and overall No. 1 seed Florida began its quest for a second straight national championship with a 13-5 victory against Columbia in the NCAA baseball tournament Friday. The Gators (43-17) entered regional play having lost six of their last seven games, including two...

OKLAHOMA CITY — UCLA rallied from a four-run deficit to beat Florida 6-5 Friday night in the Women's College World Series. The pitching matchup featured the two most recent USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award winners as UCLA's Rachel Garcia, this year's winner, got the best of Kelly...

An SEC ruling likely improved the Florida Gators’ passing game on Friday, paving the way for Ole Miss transfer receiver Van Jefferson to play this season.

The conference voted to allow players to transfer from a school facing NCAA sanctions to another institution within the conference without sitting...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Aleshia Ocasio came through again, as she often has during her Florida career.

The senior hit a three-run homer and pitched a complete game to help Florida beat Georgia 11-3 in five innings Thursday in the Women's College World Series.

Ocasio, a Harmony High alum, gave up three...