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WORKER’S RALLY BASEBALL Barco shines in sweep of UM By Bryan Matamoros Sports Writer

Hunter Barco was dealing through- out the early stages of Sunday after- noon’s showdown between Florida and Miami. He had allowed zero hits in his fi rst three scoreless innings, display- ing his arsenal of pitches for the sold-out crowd at Mark Light Field in Coral Gables, Florida. The freshman left-hander, how- ever, started to lose command in the bottom of the fourth. After walking the fi rst batter of the inning and giving up a single to UM catcher Adrian Del Castillo, coach Kevin O’Sullivan and catch- er Nathan Hickey approached the mound. The decision was made to keep Barco in the game, but the Hurri- canes scored their fi rst run of the contest off a sacrifi ce fl y from Ray- mond Gil in the subsequent at-bat to cut UF’s lead to two. O’Sullivan made his way back to the mound in the fi fth inning with his team up by three runs, as Barco Lily Strickland // Alligator Staff found himself in a bases-loaded jam. Anton Kernohan, a 20-year-old political science and sustainability sophomore, chants as protesters walk from Plaza of the Americas But O’Sullivan stuck with his fresh- to the front entrance of Tigert Hall Friday. They protested working conditions for Armark employees. Read the story on pg. 6. SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 12 UF employee accused of UF to close parking lot near Reitz Union THE LOT WILL south and the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering CLOSE IN DECEMBER to the north. sharing child porn There are no immediate plans for the lot across the street at the southeast corner of Museum Road and Center HE’S ACCUSED OF USING Gainesville Police Department ar- By Noah Ram Alligator Staff Writer Drive next to Frazier Rogers Hall, Dixon said. UF’S WI-FI NETWORK TO rest report. Turner has been a data entry However, that side of the parking lot is listed as a fu- SHARE THE PHOTOS specialist with UF’s family nutri- UF can stand to lose hundreds more parking spots by ture building site in the current campus master plan. tion program since 2016, accord- the end of the year, thanks to a building that’ll take its Dixon said there are no funds for the building yet for By Samia Lagmis, ing to his LinkedIn. place. that site, but the university is updating its master plan for Alex De Luca The National Center for Miss- The surface parking lot at the corner of Museum Road the next decade and will determine if a building goes there ing and Exploited Children re- Alligator Staff Writer and Center Drive across the street from the Reitz Union by 2030. ceived a tip in September 2019 will close by the end of 2020, according to UF Transporta- Craig Hill, UF’s associate vice president of business af- A UF employee was behind that a user on Discord, a chat app tion and Parking Services’ current master plan. fairs, oversees parking and said parking options have to bars after a child pornography in- for gamers, shared three sexually A new UF data science and information technology move when the campus evolves. exploitative images of children, vestigation led authorities to cam- building will open on that site in November 2022, accord- “This is nothing unusual for a college campus to have according to the report. An inves- pus Wi-Fi. ing to the UF Land Use and Facilities Planning Committee. campus development relocate,” Hill said. Authorities executed a search tigation traced the IP address of the user back to Turner. The surface lot, which is an orange faculty decal lot, Hill wrote in an email, “The new building will house warrant Thursday at 26-year- has 350 spaces. faculty and researchers from the College of Medicine, old Timothy Turner’s home near Turner is accused of using Linda Dixon, the director of campus planning, wrote in College of Pharmacy, and the Herbert Wertheim Col- Gainesville High School. He UF’s Wi-Fi network on campus lege of Engineering, who specialize in analyzing massive lives with his wife and two oth- to “do some of the deeds that an email this location was chosen because the new build- er roommates, according to the ing’s tenants will come from the UF health colleges to the SEE CHILD, PAGE 4 SEE PARKING, PAGE 4

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352.373.5855 alachuahumane.org/spay-neuter 4205 NW 6th St. Gainesville, FL 32609 4 ALLIGATOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 Florida Highway Patrol UF revising its 2009 Climate Action Plan Gainesville, he added. The plan aims to reduce UF’s Environmental sustainability is discusses hit-and-runs not included in the criteria that de- termine a university’s rank, UF’s THE FAMILY OF A GIRL must stop immediately at the greenhouse gas emissions number one legislative priority. KILLED IN A HIT-AND- scene of a crash on both public Still, UF Spokesperson Steve Or- and private roads. By Hannah Phillips day to better understand student, RUN SPOKE OUT faculty and community concerns be- lando said it’s a top priority of the He said it’s important for Alligator Staff Writer fore revising the plan, Ulloa said. university. drivers involved in hit-and-run “I have no reason to think other- By Samia Lagmis Summers are getting hotter, said Some attendees suggested the of- wise,” he said. Alligator Staff Writer crashes to remain calm, remove a retired UF professor. The Paynes fice develop an environmental sus- According to the 2020 Appro- their keys and get to a safe Prairie basin isn’t draining, and lo- tainability curriculum for UF profes- priations Project Bills database, only Earlier this week, Vickie place before checking on other cal crops are suffering. Their farmers sors to use, she said. Others asked about 8 percent of this year’s re- drivers and calling 911. are, too. that the new plan expand alternative Hall collapsed at a Publix while quested legislative funding contrib- Corey Brown, father of Deborah Scheuer, chair of Gaines- forms of transportation for students paying for her groceries. utes to environmental sustainability ville’s Climate Reality Project and and faculty to commute to campus, She said her legs gave out Hannah Brown, cleared his efforts. former UF associate professor, said Ulloa said. when she saw the cashier’s throat and fought back tears as Scheuer, the retired UF professor, she sees climate change everywhere Faculty and student travel make nametag read Hannah — he expressed his thanks to the is an avid runner. When she leaves she looks. One place she doesn’t is up only 20 percent of UF’s total en- FHP for their help investigating her house in the morning, she’s the name of her 14-year-old on the university’s list of priorities. ergy usage, said Matthew Williams, his daughter’s case. sweating before she makes it to the daughter who was killed UF’s Office of Sustainability is the director of the UF Office of Sus- end of the street. She returns with a during a hit-and-run accident The hit-and-run driver, taking steps to change that. tainability. A remaining 76 percent headache. in October while walking home Brandon Holt of Waldo, was With the help of students and fac- of energy is expended on-campus air “It’s like running in a sauna,” she with friends. found and arrested by FHP ulty, UF is in the process of updating conditioning and electricity systems. said. “It’s only going to get worse.” eight days after the incident. the university’s Climate Action Plan. Wednesday’s session was the At a press conference Still, Scheuer said she can handle “It’s hard to find the right The plan was developed in 2009 and first of many to come, Ulloa said. As Friday for Florida Hit-and-Run the heat. It’s her neighbors she’s is set to undergo complete revision of Thursday, she and her team were Awareness Month, Hall held a words for anybody,” Brown concerned about, the ones who can’t by 2021, said Hannah Ulloa, the UF still parsing through pages upon pag- photo of her daughter smiling at said. “I’m lost and a lot of afford air conditioning. It’s the farm- Office of Sustainability spokesper- es of feedback and suggestions writ- the beach against her chest as people are lost.” ers who work outside and grow her son. ten by the session’s attendees. Riordan said experts with produce for a living. Florida Highway Patrol officials Ulloa said the new plan will be “Hearing other people echo our the troop “work diligently “I’m not worried about me,” she spoke at the press conference broken into six objectives: energy, ideas and even come up with new said. “I’m worried about the people on the importance of staying at to factually conclude what transportation, infrastructure, aca- ones was really, really inspiring to who have no escape.” the scene of a crash. occurred before, during demics, finance and resilience. see,” Ulloa said. There has been a dramatic and after a fatality crash” The goals of these six objectives The plan will only pertain to UF’s trend of an increase in hit-and- so applicable laws can be are still largely undefined. The office main campus, Williams said. It will @haphillips96 run crashes in Florida, said enforced. hosted a listening session Wednes- be collaboratively funded by many [email protected] FHP spokesperson Lt. Patrick He said the troop is very departments on campus and around Riordan. aware of the impact traffic He said there were about fatality crashes have on 102,000 in 2017, 103,000 in families. The building on the lot will cost $135 million 2018, and almost 105,000 in “Lives can be shattered 2019. when drivers fail to stop and according to UF TAPS. Of the 105,000 crashes, 206 help victims involved in a PARKING, from pg. 1 Levels one and two have 468 orange spaces, and lev- crash,” Riordan said. people died, Riordan said. amounts of data to tackle complicated problems.” els three through five have 917 spaces shared between Hall said the loss of her FHP flyers for the He said multiple colleges will be able to recruit and orange and blue faculty decals. daughter affects her every day. #StayAtTheSceneFL campaign retain accomplished faculty by offering them advanced No other parking will be added to replace the loss of She is already a grandmother were distributed at the FHP facilities and the opportunity to join forces with other top parking at the surface lot because of the abundance of and said she struggles with the Station, located at 6300 NW researchers. parking currently at Garage 14. fact that she won’t ever have 13th St. The flyers listed This building will cost $135 million, according to Hill. Hill said that doesn’t mean the university is done add- any grandchildren from her penalties of property damages, He said the university is looking at improving the path- ing parking structures. daughter. injuries and fatalities associated way between Garage 14 and the new building. “One of the possibilities is the surface lot next to Nor- “I still wake up and I want with fleeing an accident. “We are looking at landscaping and adding shade (to man Field will be replaced by a new parking garage con- to know why I can’t hug my Four people were killed in the path),” he said. nected to the existing garage,” he said. “Another location pedestrian or cyclist related daughter,” Hall said. could be a new garage on Museum Road just south of The new place to park for orange decal holders is Ga- crashes in Alachua County in rage 14, which opened Feb. 3, located on Gale Lemerand Beaty Towers.” January alone — a number Drive, farther from the center of campus. The seven-story @Noah_ram1 Gainesville Police Department garage cost $32 million and has more than 2,000 spaces, spokesperson Jorge Campos @SLagmis [email protected] said is higher than usual for the [email protected] time of year. cess to possible evidence and Hit-and-run crashes are leads can sometimes complicate occurring at an alarming rate Alachua County His bond was $75,000 these investigations. in Florida, said FHP Troop B Pedestrian Crashes “Those things really hinder or the photos were not his “normal Major William Tierney. Troop prohibit us from identifying a sus- preference” but said he was sexu- B includes nine counties: 2019 CHILD, from pg. 1 pect and, in some cases, victims,” ally aroused by them. Crashes: 156 Campos said. Columbia, Suwannee, he did,” said Gainesville Police As of Friday afternoon, the Deaths: 10 Authorities are working to Hamilton, Alachua, Dixie, Department spokesperson Jorge underage children in the photos Injuries: 131 minimize the impact on potential Gilchrist, Levy, Lafayette and Campos. have not been identified by GPD, 2018 victims, as well as protecting ex- Marion. As of Sunday evening, Turner Campos said. Crashes: 128 isting victims from having their In January, 16-year-old DJ is still employed at UF and his More than 100 tips regarding Deaths: 10 photos circulated by investigating Washington, 21-year-old Denise Injuries: 114 employment status is under re- child pornography are submit- these tips, according to Campos. view, said UF spokesperson Steve ted each year for the North Cen- Griffiths, 45-year-old William Turner was released Saturday Orlando. As of now, he’s prohib- tral Florida area, which includes Moore and an unnamed female at 1:22 a.m. after he was held in ited from being on campus. Gainesville tips. cyclist were struck and killed Alachua County the Alachua County Jail on three He admitted to authorities “Just because we don’t hear in Alachua County. The driver Cyclist Crashes felony counts of promotion of Thursday he was the owner of of it all the time, doesn’t mean sexual performance by a child. who hit the cyclist has not been the Discord account, adding that it’s not going on,” Campos said, found and the victim’s family 2019 His bond was $75,000. Crashes: 130 no one else has access to his cell adding that due to the nature of has not yet been notified, GPD Deaths: 0 phone, which he used for the app, the crime, it’s often committed in spokesperson Jorge Campos Injuries: 123 according to the report. private. said. 2018 After being read his Miranda Tips that are not solved are @AlexLDeLuca Tierney said leaving the Crashes: 133 rights, he said he found the imag- kept in a criminal intelligence @SLagmis scene of the crash “will only Deaths: 4 es himself on Discord and knew database for later investigation, [email protected] they were of children, according make things worse.” Under Injuries: 122 Campos said. Encryption devices [email protected] to the report. Turner told police Florida law, he said drivers and services that legal ac- MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 ALLIGATOR 5 New Reserve Park celebrates opening THE PARK COST $950,000 2009. Waite said park offi cials are looking AND WAS FUNDED BY THE The space has since been inhabited for anyone with information or photos by protective gear company Phalanx De- related to the history of the location to HALF-CENT SALES TAX fense Systems who facilitated the park’s display on a board at the park’s entrance creation by offering the abandoned space to make it as personalized as possible. By AJ Bafer at the community’s request, Waite said. The ceremony ended with applause as Alligator Contributing Writer “The site is rich with history,” she the Shahboz family, Gainesville residents said. “It’s been a long time in the mak- who competed on the television program As the 208th U.S. Army Band played ing, and we’re very proud to open up a “American Ninja Warrior,” cleared the the national anthem on their brass in- new neighborhood park.” obstacle course. struments and drums Saturday morning, Waite said the park had been in devel- Retired veteran Walter Jackson, who Gainesville community members, from opment for nearly seven years and cost served 27 years in the U.S. Army Re- children to veterans, silently stood to $950,000 with the majority of funding serve, said the park’s site was his train- pay their respects at the newly opened coming from a half-cent sales tax passed ing area when he joined in 1978. He said Reserve Park. in 2016 to support parks and recreation he felt bad when he passed by the over- More than 100 people came out to cel- in Alachua County. grown fi eld when it was unoccupied, re- ebrate the grand opening of the park, lo- Waite said the city commission fi rst membering it as a place he trained and cated across from East End Eatery at 700 initiated funding for the project before ate lunch. NE 11th St. The park pays tribute to the Wild Spaces and Public Places began in Jackson said he has been in support U.S. Army Reserve soldiers who trained 2017 and paid for the planting of 100 of plans for the park since they were at the site, said Elizabeth Waite, direc- trees to fi ll the park’s space. fi rst announced a few years ago. He said tor of Gainesville Wild Spaces and Public Reserve Park caters to all ages and he was surprised by the opening’s large Places. features a community garden, a swing set turnout, and he never expected anything The park’s site was a U.S. Army Re- and a playground, Waite said. It also has like Reserve Park to fi ll the space he once serve Center for the 257th movement an eagle sculpture made with recycled trained in. Courtesy to The Alligator control battalion, known as the Movers shipping containers and beer kegs and an “To see it as a park and looking nice An eagle sculpture displayed at the park is made of and Shakers, who occupied the space for obstacle course that symbolizes the site’s now, I love it,” Jackson said. “(This is) recycled shipping containers and beer kegs. more than 50 years before relocating in military history. the best thing the city could’ve done.”

Colorado group tries to draw Floridians with LGBTQ+ advertisement It was featured in The Alligator last Monday By AJ Bafer cause we know talent comes in want everyone to be covered,” Alligator Contributing Writer all different shapes and sizes,” Midyette said. Brown said. “All are welcome The Florida House Speaker The Sunshine State isn’t so here in Colorado.” is not in favor of the act be- great — at least, that’s what In attracting these individu- cause identifying someone a Colorado business group als, Colorado’s protections of as LGBTQ+ includes asking wants Gainesville residents to LGBTQ+ communities have them or patrolling their social think. a clear competitive advantage media, which doing so is dis- Sixteen newspapers in over Florida, with Colorado criminatory, said Fred Piccolo, Florida featured an advertise- having a wider range from the communications director ment meant to appeal to the public accommodations to pa- for Oliva. LGBTQ+ community. rental rights, Brown said. “You don’t want people “Move to Colorado. In The Alligator featured this asking someone as they’re Colorado, more than just our ad in its paper last Monday being hired: ‘Are you LGBTQ grass is protected. Your job is, after Good Business Colorado or not?’ because then you’re too. We pride ourselves on our paid more than $2,000 for it. looking at someone discrimi- innovative businesses & abil- The ad was fi rst put in Florida nating in hiring by asking the ity to be ourselves at work,” newspapers a couple weeks question,” he said. the advertisement note stated ago, and how long it runs will Piccolo said sexual orienta- with a rainbow displayed over depend on the reaction it gets tion cannot be treated the same mountains. and whether or not it gains way as race or gender, which Florida has no comprehen- traction, she said. are more outwardly apparent. sive LGBTQ+ human rights Carter Erickson, a 19-year- He said Oliva believes employ- protections compared to Colo- old UF electrical engineering ers should not have the right rado, and this is why the ad freshman, is a transgender to ask someone’s sexual orien- was published in Florida, said man who identifi es as pansex- tation, and he vehemently op- Jimmy Midyette, a staff at- ual and said his rights have not poses discrimination based on torney at the American Civil been limited in his experience. that or gender identity. Liberties Union of Florida. The He said his transition even be- The Alligator reached out Florida Competitive Workforce gan with hormones provided to the president of UF’s Pride Act is a legislative attempt to by UF. Student Union, Georges Obayi, add protections for the LG- “People are really accept- through three phone calls and BTQ+ community, but it has ing,” Erickson said. “I have two emails and was notifi ed yet to be passed this year be- been more than grateful to be Sunday morning the student cause Florida House Speaker with my own chosen family up organization did not want to José Oliva does not consider it here.” comment on the topic. a priority, Midyette said. He said while those he has Oliva would recognize the The ad is meant to bring worked with have been accept- advertisement as part of the skilled workers, especially ing of his identity, he has heard free market, and if Good Busi- young college graduates, into of others in the LGBTQ+ com- ness Colorado feels the ad is Colorado’s workforce and to munity being discriminated a competitive advantage for entice business owners and against professionally. them, they are welcome to use job creators to move there, About 60 percent of Florid- it, Piccolo said. said Debra Brown, executive ians are covered by LGBTQ+ “We think that Florida’s a director of Good Business Col- protections because they live pretty great place to live, work orado. She said the company in a city or county that has and raise a family,” he said. hopes this would contribute to passed a local version of the “We’ll put our environment, Colorado’s creative economy act, including Gainesville and both personal, competitive and and help the state become the Alachua County, Midyette business-wise, up against Col- Alligator File Photo “next Silicon Valley.” said. orado’s any day of the week.” “We will welcome them “It’s important because The ad, featured in Florida newspapers including The Alligator, was paid for by with open arms as they are, be- we want the whole state. We Good Business Colorado. 6 ALLIGATOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 Students and residents rally at university president’s office international studies and political Nearly 50 people rallied Friday science senior. “Aramark workers at UF should vices on campus. By Stephany Matat know that there will be support for Alligator Staff Writer Speakers included Aramark them, and that there are people employees, members of Graduate that are willing to work with them Students and food service work- Students United, the Young Demo- to fight for their own rights,” Nguy- ers are disappointed in UF’s Presi- cratic Socialists Association, United en, the chair of Young Democratic dent Kent Fuchs. Faculty of Florida, the Alachua Socialists Association, said. Nearly 50 people rallied in front County Labor Coalition and the The employees are experiencing of Fuchs’ office Friday to pro- North Central Florida’s American hostile work environments with test working conditions and wage Federation of Labor and Congress managers cursing out their work- problems from Aramark, the food of Industrial Organizations, said ers, said Jeremiah Tattersall, a UF service company that provides ser- Ashley Nguyen, a 22-year-old UF alumnus and a field representative for North Central Florida’s Ameri- can Federation of Labor and Con- gress of Industrial Organization. He said some workers have complained that their employers aren’t paying them for their over- time hours, despite constantly re- minding them. Nguyen said she emailed Fuchs Lily Strickland // Alligator Staff to discuss their mission for a liv- Jeremiah Tattersall, 33, spoke out against working conditions for ing wage of $15 an hour for food UF employees on Plaza of the Americas Friday afternoon. He said service workers and the right for it was ridiculous that President Fuchs did not want to meet with his all UF employees and contracted students. workers to unionize, but he de- clined without specifying a reason. time, more than 40 hours a week, “There’s no excuse for President She also emailed him to speak at must be paid their time and a half. Fuchs not to meet with students the rally. Tattersall, 33, said he files these who are concerned about work- “It would not be appropriate for complaints from Aramark employ- ing conditions of his food service me to meet with the Alachua Coun- ees to the department and is disap- workers.” ty Labor Coalition,” Fuchs wrote in Lily Strickland // Alligator Staff pointed in Fuchs. the email. Paul Ortiz, a 55-year-old UF history professor, spoke in front of the “I just want UF to do better and [email protected] The U.S. Department of Labor treat their workers better,” he said. @StephanyMatat Tigert Hall entrance Friday during a protest for UF workers. requires workers who work over- Pet care clinic offers free services A laundry service for college students? SPAY AND NEUTERING said. PROCEDURES ARE AVAILABLE Spay and neutering procedures There’s an app for that usually cost families several hundred By Allessandra Inzinna dollars, Lopez said. Although the Alligator Staff Writer clinic has other functions besides It was released in Gainesville in September neutering and spaying cats and dogs, By Rachel Wiles Users can submit specific requests for Florida Animal Friend is helping this grant is specifically for that. Alligator Contributing Writer their laundry, such as hanging shirts, sepa- fund spaying and neutering Lois Kostroski, the executive rating colors, using hypoallergenic deter- procedures for pets, and it wants director for Florida Animal Friend, Students can say goodbye to hours of gent, adding long-lasting scents and using students to know the service is said unwanted pets either end up folding laundry with a new app that does personalized laundry bags. The most com- available in Gainesville. euthanized or left in shelters with a all the work instead. mon requests are to not dry bras or bath- Florida Animal Friend donated poor quality of life. UF masters graduate Kyle Lampkin cre- ing suits, said Michael Behfar, a 24-year- $14,800 in August to St. Francis Pet “If then we can provide spaying ated Laundr with an alumnus from the old UCF alumnus and Lampkin’s business Care Clinic so low-income pet owners and neutering to prevent all of those University of Central Florida. The app pro- partner. can spay or neuter their cats or dogs additional births, then we’ve done a vides laundry services in Gainesville and The communal laundry machines in Enes for no cost. The donation covers great thing for everyone, actually,” Orlando. Grahovac’s apartment, The Wynwood, are 224 surgeries, and 72 have been Kostroski said. A customer can order laundry to be unreliable or filled with pet hair, he said. completed since veterinarians began Approximately 19 million pets are picked up by a driver with a company’s “I found myself spending five hours laundry bag to take the user’s clothes and conducting surgeries in November, living in poverty across America, dedicated to waiting for laundry, so I tried wash them, said Lampkin, a 24-year-old UF said Priscilla Caplan, a volunteer and according to data from American Laundr to see if they would take that pro- international business student. The clothes cess off my schedule, and they do a great a former secretary of the St. Francis University. Forty percent of low- are returned cleaned, dried and folded job at it,” said Grahovac, a 22-year-old UF Pet Care board. income families who give up their within four hours or less. physics junior. St. Francis Pet Care Clinic is part pets would keep them if they had Laundr has three options for subscrip- Since September, the company has nine of the St. Francis House, located at access to affordable veterinary care, tion plans: minimalist, active and social- paid employees in their office at Infinity 413 S. Main St. The clinic offers basic according to a 2015 study by the ite. The minimalist pays $10 a week for Hall. Laundr expanded to Orlando Jan. 12. veterinary care for the cats and dogs American Society for the Prevention 40 pounds of laundry a month. An activist “In the beginning, things were done of low-income families, said Joanne of Cruelty to Animals, one of the pays $15 a week for 60 pounds and a so- completely haphazardly,” Behfar said, Lopez, member of the St. Francis Pet largest humane societies in the world. cialite pays $20 a week for 80 pounds. “Now, we are already through our first Care board of directors. “There’s no reason that somebody If a user doesn’t have a membership, round of capital and already in our second All clients who reside in Alachua of inadequate means can’t have a pet costs are determined by the laundry’s location.” County, homeless or not, must to fulfill their life,” Lopez said. “A lot weight. The service costs around 80 cents Lampkin said he is happy to have seen produce proof of low-income status, of the clients wouldn’t wake up in the per pound, Lampkin said. Specific delivery the growth of the app from when he helped such as food stamps, low-income morning if they didn’t have an animal fees are determined by how far away the start it to where it is now. housing or supplemental social to take care of.” pickup is for the driver. “Although the idea may seem strange to security income. Drivers wash the clothes at a partnered people at first, we were encouraged by this “We really believe in keeping pets [email protected] laundromat or by using their own laundry and I think it really paid off for us,” Lamp- and their people together,” Lopez @ainzinna machine. Tips can be paid through the app. kin said. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 ALLIGATOR 7 Hundreds of students and Gainesville residents CPR certified MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE bons said. “I don’t cut corners and make to be donated to a non-profit organiza- WERE CERTIFIED sure people leave confident with their tion, which is still being decided on. An skills.” AED, which stands for automated exter- Both sessions were open to the pub- nal defibrillator, is a machine that de- By Alexa Mickler lic, and those who attended a session tects irregular heart rhythms. Alligator Contributing Writer will be certified for two years, Gibbons GatorCPR has been involved with said. this event since 2012 and has certified Clay Gibbons is training students and CPR is an acronym for cardiopulmo- 4,500 people since then. It will have residents to try to save lives. nary resuscitation, and nearly 45 percent the next CPR certification training next The owner of GatorCPR said he certi- of national out-of-hospital cardiac arrest January. fied a woman who saw a hit-and-run a victims are saved because bystanders “If I can put another person out there week after her training. She performed knew how to do CPR, according to 2014 in the community who knows CPR, we CPR on the victim so she could go to data from the American Heart Associa- will hopefully have more success stories the hospital. The parents said they were tion. of people doing something rather than grateful the victim didn’t die on the Erika Jensen, 22, has volunteered nothing,” Gibbons said. street. as an instructor for two years. The UF Gibbons partnered with Gatorsavers, chemical engineering senior said she a UF student organization that increases wants people to be prepared when Songs to do CPR to CPR training on campus, for two ses- someone’s life is at risk. sions Saturday for people to get CPR cer- “It’s a stepping stone, something that According to NPR, the tempo at which CPR tified or renew their certification for $5. everyone should know and be conscious should be performed is 100-120 beats per Three-hundred eighty people attended of,” she said. minute, or BPM. Here are some songs with the event. the correct BPM to give CPR. Khaai Nguyen, a 21-year-old UF biol- GatorCPR is an organization that ogy senior, said this event was her first trains and certifies people in CPR, first “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees time in CPR training, and the low cost aid, basic life support and advanced car- “Hips Don’t Lie” by Shakira for certification was a big factor regard- diovascular life support. “Break My Stride” by Matthew Wilder ing why she went. Gibbons said the goal of this event is “Dancing Queen” by ABBA “Now I realize how important it is to Lauren Witte // Alligator Staff to bring awareness and educate people “Crazy in Love” by Beyonce and Jay-Z take initiative when someone’s life is on who have never been trained. The usual “Just Dance” by Lady Gaga Colleen Maloney, an 18-year-old UF nursing the line,” Nguyen said. cost for training is about $45, he said. “Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts freshman, performs CPR on a mannequin. She said Gatorsavers and GatorCPR paid “Hearing stories about the impact “The Imperial March” from the “Star Wars” she came for practice and because the training cost about $1,800 for the event, and the rev- people have had by taking action has franchise enues from it will fund an AED machine only $5. made a difference in how I teach,” Gib- Meet Hunter Barco: Former MLB recruit, now a UF pitcher THE LEFT-HANDED The Summer going into his senior When the offer fell short, he was PITCHER IS A BUSINESS year of high school, he decided that missing out on more than just money; UF, located just over an hour away he was missing out on acknowledg- ADMINISTRATION from his hometown of Jacksonville, ment of his long-time dedication to FRESHMAN was the place for him — if he did not improvement. Not to mention the $3 go to the MLB. million had to carry him through seven By Lexi Ashby As a prerequisite for going into the seasons as a minor league player — a Alligator Contributing writer draft, Barco had to get an MRI to en- time where his salary would be little sure all ligaments and muscles were more than scraps. As people around the world cross working smoothly. Upon examina- “After that, I told my agent to take out May 31 on their calendars, young tion of the results, the radiologist pro- me out of the draft. I said, ‘No one is baseball players cross their fingers. nounced his teres minor — a muscle in going to pay $3 million at this point. The month draws the men to the edge the shoulder — completely torn. The I’m just going to go to school,’” said of their seats and glues phones to their reading caught Barco off guard, as he Barco. hands as they anxiously await a call had only been feeling slight soreness in Disappointment struck but was that could change their life forever — his shoulder. quickly washed away when a wave of the call from Major League Baseball After that, Barco shut down. He was excitement for his newfound college teams drafting the newest dynasty of convinced the tear meant he needed to years settled in. young baseball stars. take some time off to allow his shoul- Barco hopes to make it to the Col- Hunter Barco, a 19-year-old UF der to heal. Press immediately caught lege World Series three times in his ca- business administration freshman, was wind of the injury and broke the news reer as a pitcher at Florida. He believes set to become one of those stars. He to the public. The No. 1 left-handed the team will make it further than it had finally ended the chase and caught pitcher of the 2019 class was hurt. did last year, as the young team has up to his 8-year-old self’s dream when It was not until Barco received a more experience this year coupled he was chosen in the Major League second opinion on the MRI that he dis- with a new freshman class. Baseball draft. covered his teres minor was, in fact, Junior pitcher Tommy Mace also He turned the offer down. not torn. However, the damage had anticipates more success for the Gators Barco had always wanted to be a already been done. The press knew this year partly due to the arrival of professional baseball player. Since the about the injury, and those in the base- such a strong freshman class. beginning of high school, he saw col- ball world were predicting a drop in “Hunter’s arrival to the team will lege as a backup plan. He dreamed his draft stock, where analysts believe definitely up the competition for the of hearing his name called in the first players will end up in the draft. mound,” he said. “There are so many round of the draft to join the select Barco was always seen as a back- great pitchers in the freshman class group of baseball players who go pro- of-the-first-round player by those in that competition is tight and every- fessional straight out of high school. the baseball industry. one’s fighting to try to earn a spot.” Like most other baseball players, They were right. Barco’s dreams of becoming a Barco started young: first in T-ball, In a phone call he received in June, professional baseball player have not then moving on to the challenge of hit- the Milwaukee Brewers drafted Barco, disappeared. He is currently studying ting a moving target. However, it was offering him a multi-million dollar business administration but has his not until his summer going into fresh- signing bonus to join their team. How- mind set on playing baseball for as man year at in Jack- ever, the large sum of money thrown long as time will permit. sonville that he realized he was good at Barco wasn’t enough to convince As for his shoulder injury, he has at the sport. him to forgo four years at UF. completely recovered and has been Really good. The minimum amount of money going strong since arriving at Florida. he would accept to sign with the team Barco is attacking the 2020 season He committed to the University of Courtesy to The Alligator Virginia when he was 14. As time went was $3 million. Barco said this price head-on and is nothing but ecstatic for by, his love for warm weather grew was a sum of all the grueling practices the first spring season of his collegiate Hunter Barco, a 19-year-old business administration freshman, and he decided Virginia was not in his and long hours he spent pushing to get career. pitches in an exhibition game against Georgia. He threw one preferred latitude. just a little bit better. inning and struck out three batters against the Bulldogs. Corrections and Cancellations: How to Place a Classified Ad: Cancellations: Call 373-FIND M-F, 8am - 4pm. No refunds or credits can be w/ major credit card at www.alligator.org/classifieds given. Alligator errors: Check your ad the FIRST day it runs. Call 373-FIND Online: with any corrections before noon. THE ALLIGATOR IS ONLY RESPONSIBLE In Person: Cash, Check, MC, Discover, AMEX or Visa @The Alligator Office: FOR THE FIRST DAY THE AD RUNS INCORRECTLY. 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SOFTBALL UF downs Nebraska to conclude Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic By Graham Marsh On Sunday, the pitching load was large- narrow for the Gators, forcing an eighth in- Sports Writer ly shouldered by junior Natalie Lugo. ning against the nation’s top team. She threw just over six innings, starting Offensively, UF was below its average to- The Gators proved their top-10 ranking the fi rst fi ve before senior Katie Chronister tal of just over six runs a game entering the with multiple wins over ranked teams this relieved her in the sixth. Lugo re-entered weekend, but that is due to stiffer competi- past weekend. the circle in the fi nal inning to end the tion in the tournament. In the most recent Florida defeated Nebraska 6-3 on Sun- game and the tournament for Florida. It poll, only one team that Florida had played day at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic was enough to limit the Cornhuskers to all year (No. 8 Michigan) was ranked in in Cathedral City, California. That win con- three runs on the afternoon while her of- the Top 25 heading into the weekend. But cluded a weekend for the Gators in which fense scored six. UF’s runs came off an RBI at the Mary Nutter Classic, four out of the they went 4-1 on the west coast. In all like- from senior Kendyl Lindaman, two from fi ve teams coach Tim Walton’s group faced lihood, now-No. 7 UF will climb into the sophomore Charla Echols, two from senior were ranked. Even against that stiff com- top-fi ve in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Jordan Roberts and one from freshman Ju- petition and hitting being a huge issue last Poll after an excellent weekend, highlight- lia Cottrill. year, this year’s version of Florida softball ed by forcing No.1 UCLA to extra innings The efforts against the Bruins on Sat- averaged 3.5 runs per game this weekend. late Saturday night. urday came from the arms of Chronister, UF now gets its longest break since the Florida’s pitching staff showed consis- sophomore Elizabeth Hightower and fresh- start of the season, with fi ve days until it tency all weekend. Despite working with man Rylee Trlicek. Chronister and Hight- retakes the fi eld. The Gators will be back a four-person rotation in the circle (Danni ower only combined for a little over two home Friday to face Louisiana Lafayette for Farley did not appear in any of Florida’s innings of work. However, Trlicek carried their fi rst series of the year. fi ve games this weekend), the Gators all it the rest of the way. She conceded seven hits against UCLA Alligator File Photo performed comparably, conceding just 14 @GrahamMarshUF runs through fi ve games. but only allowed two of them to turn into [email protected] Natalie Lugo tallied 22 strikeouts over the weekend. runs. That ability to close kept the scoreline Zach of All Trades Men eight-peat at SECs, women take second Parity is good for college basketball By Ainslie Lee swimming world. However, by the end of the meet, he odds of complet- nally, Kansas ascended Sports Writer Leading off Florida’s 800 free Florida remained just 28.5 points ing a perfect March to the top spot and lost at Madness bracket are Villanova. relay, Smith’s 200-yard split time shy. one in 2.4 trillion. A On Saturday, now-No. Stripped of his socks and of 1:30.11 was good enough for Florida sophomore Leah Bras- person has a better 1 Baylor was knocked off shoes, Florida’s men’s swim- a SEC and UF record. Smith’s well notched a third-place fi nish Tchance of becoming the Pres- by No. 3 Kansas 64-61 at ming coach Anthony Nesty stood swim in the relay also stands as in the 1,650-yard free on Satur- ident of the United States or home. on the pool deck in the James E. the fourth-fastest 200-yard swim day with a 15:54.54, while junior being crushed to death by a This has been a vending machine. Zachary Huber theme all season where Martin Aquatics Center in Au- in history. diver Emma Whitner struck silver [email protected] burn, Alabama. In the 500 free, Smith touched after her performance on the plat- However, when March top 10 teams have come rolls around this year, the and gone like a revolving As the confetti fell and his the wall in 4.06.32, setting a new form. chances of having a perfect bracket will door. post-meet interview concluded, NCAA and American record. Senior Sherridon Dressel be slimmer, and March Madness will be And it’s refreshing to have more he stepped to the waters’ edge However, he wasn’t the only would also pick up one of the must-see television because of unprec- than a handful of teams dominating the and made the celebratory plunge. Florida swimmer to make his way Gators’ combined seven medals edented parity. college basketball landscape. It’s similar For the eighth-consecutive into the record books. in her performance in the 100 College basketball needed parity to to what is happening in the NBA due to year and the 41st time in school Sophomore post- back after posting a 50.64, good help the sport recover from the dark the lack of super teams. cloud that hangs following the FBI cor- The parity college basketball is see- history, the No. 11 Florida men’s ed the fastest mile-swim in Ameri- for a silver medal. ruption scandal. ing this season is unparallelled and not swimming team was crowned can history on the fi nal day of the “It was truly a team effort with In Oct. 2018, the FBI concluded a even the best teams are safe from it. SEC Champions, leaving Texas meet. all 22 of our athletes contributing three-year probe focused on coaches Kentucky coach John Calipari said A&M in its wake. Erasing six seconds from the throughout the week,” Florida being paid ten of thousands dollars to normally he believes there are about After hauling in 15 medals previously-held American record, coach Jeff Poppell said. “No one steer NBA-bound players toward sport eight teams who are capable of winning — fi ve gold, four silver and six Finke stroked through 1,650 yards really gave us a chance heading agents, fi nancial advisers and apparel the national championship and about bronze — the Gators amassed in 14:12.08. into the meet but our team be- companies. 20 who could reach the Final Four. The parity in college basketball we “I tell you right now, there may 1,194 points, 218.5 more than the “I am incredibly proud of our lieved we could win. We just ran are witnessing this year is good for the be 25 teams that can win the national second-place Aggies. men,” Nesty said in a release. out of gas a little this evening.” sport. championship,” Calipari said on Jan. Sophomore , who “This championship is extremely Now, Florida’s swim squads In college basketball history, there 23 during an Southeastern coaches was awarded the men’s Swimmer challenging physically due to the turns its focus to the NCAA has never been a season where we saw teleconference, according to Kentucky. of the Meet recognition, lit up the length of days in the competition Championships. The women’s fi ve different No. 1 teams before New com. “There may be 60 or 70 teams that competition for fi ve straight days. itself. Every team wants the prize championships span March 18- Year’s Day. can get to a Final Four.” Smith snatched a medal in all but and are equally hungry.” 21 and March 25-28 for the men. The college basketball season kicked There have been more upsets this off with then-No. 2 Kentucky knocking season than in years past because the the fi nal day of competition. Meanwhile, Florida’s No. The men will host a Last Chance off then-No. 1 Michigan State — who talent is spread out more evenly instead And though Smith’s individual 7-ranked women’s team managed Invitational at UF on Feb. 28-29. are now unranked — in the Champions of the best players fl ocking to Kentucky, SEC titles in the 500 free and 400 a runner-up fi nish for the second Meanwhile, the Gators’ divers Classic. After the Wildcats took over the Duke, Michigan State, Kansas or North individual medley, and his contri- straight season. will head to the NCAA Diving top spot, it fell to Evansville at home. Carolina. butions in 800 free relay and 400 Battling to the wire, the Gators Zones March 9-11. The Wildcats were then replaced by medley had implications within outscored the future-champion Duke, and it proceeded to fall to Ste- the conference meet, his perfor- Tennessee Volunteers by 68 @AinsliesTwoBits phen F. Austin in front of the Cameron Read the rest online at alligator.org/sports Crazies. Next, Louisville climbed to No. points in the fi nal day of action. [email protected] mances sounded throughout the 1 and was defeated by Texas Tech. Fi-

Kieran Smith was named Swimmer of the Meet at the SEC Follow us for updates Florida completes sweep of Miami in three sports For updates on UF athletics, Championships. He set a new After the baseball team's sweep of UM, the Gators have swept the follow us on Twitter at American record in the 500 free Hurricanes in football, baseball and men's basketball in the same academic @alligatorSports or online at and took home two individual gold year for the fi rst time in history, according to Alligator Army. www.alligator.org/sports medals and a bronze. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 ALLIGATOR 11 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UF edges out No. 22 Arkansas at home behind Smith’s 26 points By Bryan Matamoros of the timeout and sink a pair of This time around, the red- down by as much as 14 in the Sports Writer free throws to put the game out shirt junior paced Florida with a opening quarter. of reach, but Razorbacks guard career-high 26 points to go along She accounted for more than A major reason for Florida’s Chelsea Dungee prevented that with four rebounds and three as- half of her team’s bench points newfound success this season from happening. She blanketed sists. Six of those points came in (33) and nearly matched the out- has been the on-court relation- Smith every step of the way and the final two-and-a-half minutes put of Florida’s reserves (20). ship between guards Kiara Smith intercepted the ball after an er- of the fourth to stymy Arkansas’ The redshirt junior’s effort and Lavender Briggs. rant pass. comeback attempt after being wasn’t enough, however, espe- The backcourt tandem has de- Dungee’s potential game-ty- down by 14 in the first quarter. cially with the Gators outscor- veloped a strong rapport through ing shot at the buzzer from near Briggs dropped 20 points and ing the Razorbacks 52-43 in the 27 games, but a misunderstand- half court was off the mark, and shot 8 of 16 from the field, mark- paint. ing between the two in the clos- Florida held on for an 83-80 vic- ing the first time since March 3 “We led most of the game, ing seconds of Sunday night’s tory over No. 22 Arkansas at the of 2019 that UF had two players and even when they (Arkansas) contest against Arkansas almost O’Connell Center. score 20 or more. came back, we didn’t flinch,” led to an undesired outcome for The Gators (15-12, 6-8 SEC) The Razorbacks, on the other Newbauer said. “(We) just the Gators. and Razorbacks (21-6, 9-5 SEC) hand, were led by guards Amber played with aggressiveness on Briggs lined up in front of the met earlier this year in late Janu- Ramirez and A’Tyanna Gaul- every possession, even when scorer’s table and looked for an ary, but the result was signifi- den, each of whom registered 17 we made mistakes or didn’t get open teammate, as UF clung to a cantly different. points. stops...That was the difference in three-point lead with 1.5 seconds Arkansas came away with Gaulden was at the forefront the game for us today.” remaining in the fourth quarter. a 22-point win, while Smith re- of Arkansas’ second unit, one All Florida had to do was corded just 10 points, a that allowed Arkansas to get @bryan_2712 Samantha Harrison // Alligator Contributor complete the inbounds pass out and an . back into the game after going [email protected] Kiara Smith scored a season-high 26 points in the upset win. GYMNASTICS The Gators must avoid letdown in final three meets By Noah Ram portunity, what are we going to do with it?” two-game lead on every other SEC school. Sports Writer Despite being SEC regular season champs, the Gators However, a loss to Georgia — or any other remaining (8-0, 6-0 SEC) face one of their biggest challenges of the opponents — could impact NCAA Tournament seeding. The situation was the same for the Gators almost ex- season: Circumventing a meltdown in the final three meets After their visit to Athens, the Gators travel to State actly a year ago Friday. of the 2020 season. College, Pennsylvania, to take on Penn State on March 7. Last season, then-No. 3 Florida was undefeated in SEC The first test will be this Friday night against No. 11 There, Florida star Trinity Thomas is sure to have an play with two meets left in the regular season and were Georgia, the same team that ruined their title hopes last entourage watching her. The sophomore is from York, welcoming then-No. 7 Georgia on Feb. 22, 2019. season. Pennsylvania, a little over 100 miles from PSU’s campus. A win would have clinched the SEC regular season title. This Georgia team (8-5, 2-3 SEC) isn’t as talented as UF will close the season against Texas Woman’s Uni- But it didn’t happen. the one that came into the O’Dome last season, but it did versity at home on March 13. UF lost to the Bulldogs 197.45-197.375 and suffered its beat No. 12 Kentucky this week on the road and is jump- That meet will be on senior night, where UF’s four se- only SEC loss of the season. ing at the opportunity to put a dent in its rival’s magical niors — Rachel Gowey, Sierra Alexander, Maegan Chant The SEC regular season title was clinched the following season again. and Hundley — will be playing in their final home meet. week against Arkansas, but the loss prevented the Gators “We’ve all been to Georgia before and we know it’s an One thing working in the Gators’ favor is the Nittany from being the No. 1 seed in the 2019 SEC Tournament intense atmosphere there,” senior Amelia Hundley said. Lions and Pioneers are not ranked in the Road to Nation- and lowered their seeding the NCAA Tournament. “But I think we’re ready for it, especially coming off of als Top 25, their first opponents all season long not ranked This time around, things were different. No. 2 Florida this.” at the time of their meet. hosted No. 8 Alabama on Friday night. A win would clinch One gymnast who won’t lack motivation will be junior “It will be easy to get back into the gym on Sunday to the conference title. UF came out ready and outclassed the Alyssa Baumann, whose sister — Rachel — competes for prepare for our next opportunity,” Rowland said. “We are Crimson Tide, putting up its second highest score of the the Bulldogs. taking it day-by-day and trying to get better each day.” season in a 198.05-197.45 win. “I’m going to have a bunch of family there, and it’ll be Coach Jenny Rowland said following the win that a dif- really cool to watch her compete again and hopefully beat ferent approach was taken leading into this meet. her again,” Baumann said. “We didn’t really talk about it last season,” she said. A loss to the Bulldogs probably won’t change anything @Noah_ram1 “This season, I laid it all out on the table, this is an op- for seeding in the SEC Tournament, since Florida has a [email protected] LACROSSE Fouls catch up to Florida in home loss to Loyola Maryland By Christian Ortega It wasn’t quick, as it took Florida had the same 58 seconds left illustrated their Sports Writer three minutes for the Grey- amount of fouls against Mary- desire to cling to hope. But the hounds (3-0) to push their lead land — they had half against mistakes they made early cre- It was a slow and me- from two to five points. When Colorado. ated an insurmountable wall thodical breakdown, Saturday progressing on offense, ball Coach Amanda O’Leary is to climb. against Loyola Maryland. carriers methodically found aware of the team’s propensity With a mid-week game In the past two weeks, an open player, taking extra to commit fouls, and it’s some- against 0-3 Towson, Florida Florida would have answers time to find the one Florida de- thing she wants to work on. has an opportunity to iron to each of their opponents’ fender who missed a read. Off That includes emphasizing the out its flaws. For casual fans, scores, but the No. 3 Gators the ball, attackers repeatedly team’s ability to drive to the what appears to be a meaning- couldn’t outpace the No. 10 found ways to cut toward the goal; her effort to reduce scor- less game could prove to be Greyhounds. crease, creating multiple op- ing lapses and ease the pres- important for a young team Like with its first two tions to score. sure off midfielders Kavanagh that’s still experiencing grow- games, UF (2-1) conceded the And if each goal applied and Brianna Harris, who have ing pains. first goal. But it wasn’t until pressure, Florida’s 26 fouls combined for 24 goals this sea- “Everybody needs to be nearly five minutes in, down catalyzed their frustrations. son. confident enough to go to 2-0, that Shannon Kavanagh Frustration led to forced pass- Kavanagh, with her two the goal cage,” O’Leary said. responded, scoring her 13th es, in the hopes that a connec- goals and nine draw controls, “(There are) A lot of games goal of the season. Less than a tion through a tight window didn’t wilt under pressure, but left. That’s a huge benefit. It minute later, the Greyhounds’ would salvage the game. That the team suffered omit lapses gives us an opportunity to look Sam Fiedler got her fifth this frustration spread throughout of production that resulted in at the deficiencies we had to- year. Twice more the two the UF fans in attendance like allowing six unanswered goals day.” teams traded blows, but back- a virus, leading to vocal out- following halftime. cries each time a warranted For its effort, the team did Alligator File Photo to-back Elli Kluegel scores @unofficialchris UF plays Kennesaw State on Wednesday on the road. opened the tap for Loyola. call was missed or a Gator was not stop trying to take the game booked. back, Harris’ second goal with [email protected] 12 ALLIGATOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 MEN’S BASKETBALL Gators guards falter at UK, denying UF a signature win By Kyle Wood six boards. Quickley’s career night proved Sports Writer The problem for Florida to be too much for Florida to was that its other three starters overcome. The loss to Kentucky Florida nearly punched its combined for just six points. continued the Gators’ road ticket to the NCAA Tournament The backcourt duo of Noah struggles this season as UF fell to for the fourth-straight year on Locke and Andrew Nembhard 3-6 on the road. Saturday at Kentucky. faltered at the worst possible time There are two remaining road The opportunity was there for for the Gators. Locke had hit 14 games on the schedule for Florida: the Gators to add a signature road threes on 22 tries in his previous a matchup Saturday at Tennessee win to their resume, ease their three games but went 0 for 5 in and a March 4 bout at Georgia. nerves on Selection Sunday and Lexington, Kentucky. He fi nished At home, the Gators play win their fourth game in a row. with zeroes across the box score LSU on Wednesday night and But UF came up short against aside from two fouls and a Kentucky on March 7 to close the Kentucky, which maintained their turnover in 23 minutes of play. regular season. UF lost to both position atop the SEC with a 65- Nembhard didn’t fare much teams on the road by a combined 59 win. better in the scoring department, eight points. Forward Keyontae Johnson fi nishing with just four points, ESPN’s latest Bracketology continued the tear he’s been on his second-lowest output of the from Feb. 21 has Florida with a near double-double effort season. He did, however, notch projected as a No. 9 seed playing against UK. The sophomore put six rebounds and six assists. Illinois in the fi rst round. The up 19 points and nine rebounds Tre Mann was the benefi ciary Kentucky and LSU games present in the loss. Johnson is averaging of Locke’s off night, matching his opportunities to improve on its 16.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per career-high with 13 points in 29 potential seeding and both teams game in February on a scorching minutes of play. The freshman are currently ahead of the Gators 54 percent shooting clip. guard provided the outside in the SEC standings. Kerry Blackshear Jr. turned in shooting spark that was missing his best performance since the from the UF offense by connecting Samantha Harrison // Alligator File Photo win against Auburn on Jan. 18. on a trio of three-pointers. @Kkylewood Gators forward Keyontae Johnson scored a team-high 19 points in He scored 18 points, his highest In the end, Immanuel [email protected] total in seven weeks, and grabbed the road loss to Kentucky. Key performers in Florida’s sweep of Miami UF is 8-0, of to best Impact Hitters Impact Pitchers start under O’Sullivan counterpart. The junior right-hander The sophomore from pg. 1 The sophomore pitcher al- outfi elder hit 7 for allowed one run on two BASEBALL, Jacob Young Tommy Mace hits in seven innings lowed two runs and two hits 13 with two RBI, two man lefty once again, and the pitched. He also struck in the opening inning and a doubles and a run decision paid off. scored. out eight batters. solo homer to shortstop Josh Barco responded by strik- Rivera at the top of the second ing out the next batter to The junior right- to give the Gators an early 3-0 The freshman hander allowed one retain Florida’s lead and he Josh Rivera shortstop hit 5 for Jack Leftwich advantage. run on four hits and fl exed his muscles as he made 11 with three RBI, a struck out six batters. Center fi elder Jud Fabian his way into the dugout. homerun and two runs homered off Cecconi, too. scored. The freshman’s composure His home run over the left- The freshman left- and confi dence on the mound fi eld wall in the fi fth inning hander allowed one in just his second career start The junior designated run on two hits in 5.1 was his third of the season, Hunter Barco helped the No. 2 Gators to Jordan Butler hitter hit 3 for 7 with innings pitched. He which leads the team. Fa- one RBI and one run a 5-3 victory over the No. 3 also struck out seven bian was a combined 2 of 12 scored. batters and earned his Hurricanes. With UF (8-0) from the plate against Miami fi rst career win. sweeping UM (4-3) over the throughout the weekend be- weekend, it has now won fore his solo blast. each of the last six regular- Cecconi was replaced season series between the two in the following inning by programs, including 15 of the freshman left-hander Carson last 18 games. Palmquist, who surprised “It’s great to have a great some Florida batters with arm, but you still have to his slider and breaking ball command your secondary throughout the game. pitches,” O’Sullivan said in a He fi nished the day with release. “I was really pleased fi ve strikeouts and gave up he was able to fi nd that in the zero hits or runs to the 10 UF fi fth inning.” batters that he faced. Barco hurled 92 pitches The Hurricanes cut their against Miami. He faced 23 defi cit to just one in the bot- batters and struck out seven, tom of the eighth following a giving up only two hits and two-run homer from Gil off one earned run in 5.1 innings Gators right-hander David Lu- pitched. ethje, but Florida ultimately “When he has his slider for clung on to its lead, giving strikes, with the fastball he O’Sullivan his fi rst 8-0 start has, and he’s got that change- since coming to the program up that’s got some tumbling in 2008. Alligator File Photo action, he’s really tough to Sophomore Jacob Young had a multi-hit day in each game this weekend. He brought his average up to .407 hit,” O’Sullivan said. after his seven-hit weekend, two of which were extra base hits. UM right-hander Slade Ce- @bryan_2712 cconi wasn’t as solid as his [email protected]