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Ospreys add a notch to their winning streak with FGCU win

Spinnaker • Mar 30, 2010

ICKER: Softball The UNF women's softball team extended its winning streak to five games after knocking off Florida Gulf Coast twice in a doubleheader March 27.

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River City Rumble brings new events to UNF

Spinnaker • Jan 28, 2010

Both the UNF basketball teams in accompany with the athletic department are stirring up the campus with fist-pumping school spirit events for JU week. Every Osprey will have the opportunity to be a...

The Furey Factor: Second chance at JU win

Spinnaker • Jan 28, 2010

As a UNF student, I’ve never had to worry about getting into a fist fight with a bloodthirsty Dolphin fan, but after last week’s basketball game against Jacksonville University, it looks like our cross-town...

Game of the Week: Ospreys have chance for upset vs. Bruins

Spinnaker • Oct 21, 2009

UNF women’s soccer’s match against Belmont Oct. 25 will feature two teams fighting for positioning at opposite ends of the Atlantic Sun Conference playoff ladder.

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Changes for the A-Sun Conference

Spinnaker • Jun 21, 2009

The Atlantic Sun Conference concluded their annual spring meetings June 11 by announcing the host sites for the upcoming 2009-2010 baseball, indoor track and field, and tennis conference championships. ...

Three Ospreys awarded honors in same week

Spinnaker • Apr 15, 2009

It has been a busy season for UNF Athletics, but for two UNF baseball players and a UNF women’s tennis player, the first week of April was an even busier week. UNF’s right-handed starting pitcher,...

Missed free throws lead to overtime loss

Spinnaker • Feb 11, 2009

The UNF men’s basketball team lost 69-65 in overtime to Atlantic Sun Conference rival Kennesaw State University Feb. 7 because of multiple missed free throws. UNF was 8-of-19 from the free-throw line...

Syquio makes A-Sun honor, UNF history

Spinnaker • Feb 4, 2009

The UNF women’s basketball team avenged an earlier loss against Atlantic Sun Conference leader East Tennessee State University in an 80-73 win Jan. 31. The triumph marks the first ever win against...

Ospreys fall in final minute

Spinnaker • Feb 4, 2009

The UNF men’s basketball team lost 67-64 to Atlantic Sun Conference frontrunner East Tennessee State University Feb. 1 after keeping the lead for most of the game. After having a 14-point lead entering...

Dolphins shut down UNF shooters

Spinnaker • Jan 21, 2009

The UNF women’s basketball team made several line-up changes Jan. 15 in its home-game loss to Jacksonville University 61-42. The Ospreys trailed almost the entire game after the Dolphins added 34...

Ospreys set highest margin of victory

Spinnaker • Jan 14, 2009

The UNF men’s basketball team defeated Atlantic Sun rival Kennesaw State University Jan. 9 66-44 for its first win in conference play and largest margin of victory against an NCAA Division I opponent. UNF (3-12, 1-4 A-Sun) snapped a four-game losing streak and kept Kennesaw State to 16 points in the second half. Four of UNF’s starters scored in double figures led by freshman forward Matt Sauey, who scored 15 points. UNF out-rebounded Kennesaw State 48-33 and pulled down 20 offensive rebounds, which accounted for 19 second-chance points. Junior guard Germaine Sparkes led the way for the Ospreys with a career-high 13 rebounds. Jonathan Whipple also collected a team high six rebounds for Kennesaw State.

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Staff Blog: The recruiting system is broken

Spinnaker • Dec 4, 2008

A nine-year-old boy’s father recently posted a video on YouTube of his son playing basketball with hopes it will catch the eye of an NCAA recruiter. The young boy is actually very good for his age, and the clip has already been viewed more than a million times. University of Florida football coach Urban Meyer sent hundreds of text messages to recruits to avoid the NCAA limit on phone calls, and found another recruit’s girlfriend a gymnastics scholarship at UF just to sweeten the deal, according to a Gainesville Sun report. What do the two have in common? They are both examples of how NCAA recruiting has gone too far.

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