Gang, July’s just around the corner – that means a brief hiatus from Gator sports until the start of fall football practice. The Gators’ 2009-2010 sports season officially ended last Saturday with our heartbreaking loss to that team out west in the College World Series in spite of a last-ditch effort to rally back, but there’s still some news to be had regarding UF sports – primarily in football recruiting. Urban Meyer’s recent football camp in Gainesville has brought a couple more verbals into the Class of 2011, …

Just a few days after making their trip to Omaha, the Florida Gators baseball team is packing it up and heading home to Gainesville. In the double elimination College World Series, the Gators were the first team to gte knocked out after suffering a loss to UCLA on Saturday and another loss to FSU last night. The Seminoles got up early on the Gators and despite putting up 3 runs in the 9th it just wasn’t enough to overcome the Noles. The Gators lost by a final score of 8-5.

The Florida Gators will touchdown in Omaha, Nebraska today and being preparations for their opening round game against UCLA on Saturday night. The last time the Florida Gators were in the College World Series they made it all the way to the National Championship series against Texas. The Gators ultimately lost, but it was a memorable experience… especially having to go through the Cornhuskers on the way. The Gators are hot right now, having won 19 of their last 23 games. Will they keep it alive?

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For those pining for some Gator news in the offseason, there was no shortage of such this past weekend. First off, HUGE congrats to one of my favorite current Gators, Jeff Demps, for his 100-meter men’s outdoor track title as well as for his being part of the winning men’s 4×100 relay team (kudos to Chris Rainey as well for being a part of that same quartet). Kudos to Mariam Kevkhishvili for winning the women’s shot put title at the NCAA outdoor meet, …

The No. 4 Florida Gators defeated FIU this weekend by a final score of 15-0. Yowzers! Sophomore Tyler Thompson played a big part in the teams victory – he belted 3 homers with 6 RBIs in the game. And of course there’s freshman left-hander Brian Johnson, who threw 7 scoreless innings and struck out 4 batters. Overall, the Gators played like a team on a mission. With the victory, the Gators advance to next weekend’s Super Regional for the second-straight year and the fourth time in the past seven years. UF will host the winner of the Coral Gables Regional, which will be determined on Monday night when Miami (Fla.) (42-18) faces Texas A&M (43-20-1) at 7 p.m.