I hope she's ok.. I heard she was phenomenal. Woody
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > Roundup: Sloan injured as gymnastics team opens with win against Ball State > > Special to Gainesville SUN Gatorsports.com > Published: Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 9:48 p.m.Last Modified: Sunday, > January 11, 2015 at 9:48 p.m. > > MUNCIE, Ind. — Florida's top-ranked gymnastics team opened its season > Sunday with a win at Ball State in front of a standing-room only Irving Gym > crowd of 1,631, but it could have come at a cost. > Enlarge | > > Kytra Hunter collected an all-around win for the Gators on Sunday against > Ball State. > *Matt Stamey/Staff photographer/FILE* > > During floor exercise, junior All-American Bridget Sloan injured her right > ankle on her final tumbling pass and could not finish the routine. > > “We won't know the full details until she gets examined by our medical > staff tomorrow and gets a MRI,” UF coach Rhonda Faehn said. > > “That will give us the full information and can determine the healing > process from there. We are keeping our fingers crossed that it is a bump in > the road and she will be back before the season ends.” > > Florida turned in a 196.925, which equals the program's second-highest > season opening score. Ball State posted a 193.70. > > Event winners for UF were Sloan (Vault, 10.0), Bridgette Caquatto and > Sloan (Uneven bars), Claire Boyce (balance beam), Caquatte (Floor exercise) > and Kytra Hunter (All-around). > > The Gators started off well in the opening two rotations. Sloan became the > nation's first in 2015 to post a 10.0 mark to win vault. That mark helped > the Gators' tally a 49.50, just a bit off the 2014 season best of 49.55. > The Gators also turned in a 49.45 on uneven bars. > > “It was a little bit of a mixture,” Faehn said of the meet. > > “After Bridget was injured on floor, it was hard. The team was rattled > heading into beam because there is a lineup change and of course, everyone > is concerned about Bridget. So I was proud of how they responded. > > “It is always a challenge to have any expectations for the first meet > because you just really never know. You have to have that starting point. > There were some great moments, no doubt.” > > The Gators open their home schedule at 6:45 p.m. Friday against No. 12 > Auburn (1-0). Auburn opened its season Friday with a 194.150-193.750 win at > North Carolina. The Florida-Auburn dual is the SEC Network's first live > gymnastics meet. > > *Women's basketball:* Florida's worst offensive performance of the season > spelled doom against one of the nation's best 3-point shooting teams, as > the Gators fell at Missouri, 66-47. > > The Gators actually led, 24-22, at halftime, but seven of the Tigers' > first eight field goals in the second half were 3-pointers and Florida > wasn't able to play catch-up from long range. > > “We shot poorly and unfortunately that's not a new trend for us,” UF coach > Amanda Butler said. “That's why it's just so important that we don't have > those defensive breakdowns, in particular defensive breakdowns as > rebounders. If you're not going to shoot well, we have to have a heroic > effort on the boards and we didn't have that. You can't count on your shots > to fall on the road but you can count on the way you defend and the way you > rebound and that was not there for us tonight.” > > Ronni Williams and Cassie Peoples both scored 12 points to lead Florida, > while Kayla Lewis collected 11 rebounds with seven points. > > Florida fell to 9-8 overall and 1-3 in the SEC, while Missouri improved to > 11-6, 1-3. > > The Gators travel to Lexington, Ky., for a 7 p.m. game Thursday against > the Wildcats (14-3, 3-1). It will be televised on the SEC Network. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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