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North Florida halts the Highlanders, 61-51

North Florida halts the Highlanders, 61-51

Ronnie Rodgers Feb 14, 2017

https://youtu.be/NcL_8IpQmWM North Florida was able to pull out a 61-51 win over the NJIT Highlanders, despite three of their five starters fouling out. Both NJIT (10-16, 3-8 ASUN) and UNF (10-16, 3-8...

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Women's basketball takes a nail-biting victory over USC Upstate

Women’s basketball takes a nail-biting victory over USC Upstate

Ronnie Rodgers Feb 12, 2017

The women’s basketball team's effort helped them snatch the win from USC Upstate in a triple overtime nail biter. With this win, North Florida snapped a six-game losing streak. North Florida (9-16...

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North Florida loses 84-71 to USC Upstate

North Florida loses 84-71 to USC Upstate

Ronnie Rodgers Feb 12, 2017

Over 3,000 fans came out to support North Florida during their 84-71 lose to USC Upstate. Head Coach Matthew Driscoll blamed his coaching partly for the lose. “I did a poor job of substituting our...

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Romelo Banks. Photo by Nicole Sutton

The Birds of Trey return with a win over NJIT

Ronnie Rodgers Feb 10, 2017

  North Florida lived up to their nickname, the Birds of Trey, Thursday night as they shot 52 percent from the three point line for the 91-69 win. All five Osprey starters scored in double digits. “There...

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Injured runner receives ASUN award

Joslyn Simmons Feb 9, 2017

Manny Velasquez, the track athlete who was injured last week, has earned a share of the ASUN Track Athlete of the Week. During his cool down period, he was struck by a truck carrying a trailer and...

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Photo by Lili Weinstein

Women’s basketball falls to FGCU

Ronnie Rodgers Feb 9, 2017

Turnovers and paint play continue to plague North Florida as they lost to Florida Gulf Coast for the second time this season,69-46. With this win, FGCU (19-7, ASUN 8-1) swept UNF (8-16, ASUN 1-8) during...

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Irina Karangozishvili Photo courtesy of UNF Athletics

Tennis alternates wins and losses on the road

Ronnesha Rodgers Feb 9, 2017

North Florida men’s and women’s tennis spent the weekend being road warriors.    The Women’s tennis team were swept in a straight set 4-0 by Florida State on Friday. The Ospreys fought hard...

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Track athlete hit, severely injured during event in North Carolina

Track athlete hit, severely injured during event in North Carolina

Joslyn Simmons Feb 7, 2017

An UNF indoor track athlete was hit by a truck carrying a trailer on Friday, according to source close to the team. Manny Velasquez, a junior, finished his one mile race with a time of 4:23.25 and during...

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Super Bowl 51: No matter who wins, America wins

Super Bowl 51: No matter who wins, America wins

Al Huffman Feb 5, 2017

Well here we are. Another year, another Super Bowl with the New England Patriots and Tom Brady's smug little face. But believe it or not, this is not an anti-Patriots article. In fact, we have reached...

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North Florida falls to Hatters 62-44

North Florida falls to Hatters 62-44

Ronnie Rodgers Feb 5, 2017

Stetson’s superb post play and low North Florida scoring gave the Hatters the win 62-44. UNF (8-15, ASUN 1-7) continued their spiral, starting their second half of ASUN play with a loss on Saturday...

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Chris Davenport on guard. Photo by Lili Weinstein

Ospreys dominate rematch with Stetson 96-64

Al Huffman Feb 5, 2017

With a three game drought on their hands, the Ospreys had to beat Stetson in order to avoid being swept by two teams in four games. Getting swept by first place FGCU is one thing, but with the Hatters...

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Photo by Camille Shaw

UNF loses to number one FGCU

Ronnie Rodgers Feb 3, 2017

  North Florida lost their fourth straight ASUN game to the number one seeded FGCU, despite Simone Brown scoring a career and game-high 23 points. With this loss, UNF is now in last place in the...

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