Author Archives: Zach Morgan
The fins kick back, and UNF men’s basketball loses at home
JU capitalized on second chance opportunities, grabbing nine offensive rebounds and converting eight of those boards into 16 points.
Get to know your rugby rules
If American football has a close relative in the sporting world, the obvious choice would be rugby. Despite the two sports sharing multiple key components of gameplay, the rules of rugby remain largely unknown.
UNF Rugby: Deadbirds that are underdogs
The team began their fall season with a win over South Florida, 33-9, before embarrassing Florida International University, 74-5, Oct. 21.
Moritz Buerchner: From Germany to Jacksonville
UNF’s #1 tennis player faced two tough choices in his youth, whether to pursue tennis or soccer, and whether to stay in Europe or move to America. Moritz Buerchner grew up in Haimhausen, Germany, where soccer is king. Buerchner spent a lot of his childhood playing soccer, but he spent more time playing tennis and [...]
UNF’s Brianna Frazier finishes ninth at national championships
The only UNF athlete to make it to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field National Championships ended her 2012 campaign Wednesday, June 6, in Des Moines, Iowa.
Sophomore Brianna Frazier recorded her second-fastest time of the year in the 400-meter dash semifinals, racing the distance in just 52.40 seconds.
UF tops first day’s field events at NCAA East Preliminaries
Mayor Alvin Brown walked into UNF’s Hodges Stadium Thursday, May 24, sporting his self-proclaimed Osprey blue tie and an enthusiasm for the events occurring there over the next few days. Thursday marked the beginning of the NCAA East Preliminary Round in which approximately 1,600 athletes will compete tofinish in the top 12 of their event [...]
Tennis continues to dominate the competition
By: Zach Morgan, Contributing Writer At UNF sits a nationally ranked team and a team that sits atop the standings in the Atlantic Sun Conference, both just so happen to play the same sport. Both the men and women’s tennis programs are currently on winning streaks; the women have won six straight matches to the [...]
All-American women’s wrestler
By: Zach Morgan, Contributing Writer The National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Association crowned UNF’s first All-American wrestler after her performance this season. UNF junior Ashley Rodriguez received the silver medal for the 112-pound weight class at the NCWA National Championships. The championships were held in Daytona March 8-10, and UNF finished the event in 10th place [...]
Softball goes streaking, sets school record
By: Zach Morgan, Contributing Writer After stopping a seven-game losing streak during Spring Break, the UNF softball team went on a record-breaking, nine-game winning streak. The team headed into a double header March 26 against conference foe Stetson University to begin conference play with eight straight wins. The Ospreys began the double header at Stetson [...]
Women’s tennis enters conference play on hot streak
By: Zach Morgan, Contributing Writer UNF women’s tennis is headed into its conference schedule on a high note after winning its last four matches, including its 7-0 sweep of Jacksonville University March 26. The day before the match against JU, the team hosted Big East school West Virginia. The Ospreys showed that they were not [...]
