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North Carolina takes on Florida while Boston College plays Northwestern in the semifinals for the NCAA women's lacrosse tournament.
FOXBOROUGH, MA (WCJB) - For the second straight year, the Gator lacrosse team meets up with postseason rival North Carolina. The Gators are coming to the NCAA Final Four with a 17-game winning streak and a young roster that has been on a roll since a one-goal loss to James Madison, a few months ago.
Entering the SEC Tournament, the Gators were considered strong contenders to host an NCAA Regional but had yet to clinch hosting duties. Tuesday's win over South Carolina added to Florida's resume, which included six-straight series wins to end the season, with two coming against top five opponents.
Walter Clayton Jr., who was named the 2025 NCAA tournament's Most Outstanding Player, is originally from Bartow.
Florida baseball will find out on May 26 whether it has secured a No. 1 seed or No. 2 seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The No. 15 Florida Gators (38-20) knocked off South Carolina 11-3 on May 20 in Hoover, Ala., to start the SEC Tournament but followed it up with a 3-1 loss to Ole Miss on May 21.
Six-straight series wins have put the Florida Gators back on the map as they look to contend for their third-straight College World Series appearance.
7-foot 9-inch star Olivier Rioux went viral for standing alongside president Trump in the Oval Office, and the Gators center left the 78 year old speechless after joking that he was also a "beautiful looking guy."
GAINESVILLE — Florida showed no mercy for Mercer University to coast through another NCAA Regional in softball and into the Super Regionals.
Florida lost three starting guards from the team that won the national championship last month — among them Walter Clayton Jr., who was named Most Outstanding Player at the 2025 Final Four. In a previous era of college basketball,