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Baseball Bashes For Six Straight Ws

With a 7-4 victory over defending NCAA D-II champs West Chester University last Tuesday, the University of Tampa baseball team approached the halfway mark of their 2013 campaign with confidence. The...

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Lax Looks to Win Out

After their tightly played 8-7 victory over Wheeling Jesuit last week, the University of Tampa’s lacrosse team is looking to maintain momentum and finish with a strong regular season.  Currently the...

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Matthews Grooves Along, Tennis Keeps Rolling

Imagine playing in a heated tennis match, anticipating a serve from your opponent.  You drop into your athletic position, racket across your body, bouncing back and forth on the balls of your feet....

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15-Seed Florida Gulf Coast Headlines Sweet 16

March Madness has begun, destroying every bracket in its path. With over 8.5 million brackets entered on ESPN.com, only 1200 were left perfect after the first day. By the 2nd day, that number was down ...

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Midnight Hoops Club - Rule No. 1: Get Buckets

It started with a few men looking to play a game of pickup basketball after a long day of work. While most on the UT campus spend late night hours cramming for tests or unwinding ...

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Women’s UT Softball Wins Against Florida Southern

 I met up with a couple of my friends and walked over to the UT girls’ softball game against Florida Southern around 5 p.m. this past Friday. I had never been to a UT game ...

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Letter to Mysterious Man of Cass Bar

Dear Mysterious Man of Cass Bar, You truly embodied the place for me. The Spirit of Cass Bar. The Aura of The Drunken Monkey. The Mood of The Double-Decker Lounge. The Tone of The Study ...

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Intramural Sports Rundown - Sports at UT aren't just for daylight

At 11 p.m. on any given day of the week, some UT students are just starting to have fun. At the Bob Martinez Sports Center, Intramural Sports turn the shyest student into a competitor, flinging ...

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Pitino Enters Hall, Cardinals Win Title

There will probably never be a greater basketball day for Rick Pitino, than Monday. In the morning, it was announced that he would be part of the 2013 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame.  Then ...

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Softball Enters Final Stretch in ‘Must Win’ Mode

After coming off an impressive win streak, the University of Tampa softball team has their eyes and focus on finishing up the season on a strong note.  The Spartan team has only conference games left ...

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Baseball Climbs National Ranks to No. 2

On a rainy Thursday afternoon with the baseball diamond drowned with puddles and slick grass, the players stood at the batting cages, leaning on their bats, joking with one another as they waited for...

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New Stadium Brings USC Championship

Thanks to the contributions of Vince Naimoli and family, the University of Tampa Spartans Lacrosse team now has an exclusive place to call home. On Friday, April 5, the Spartans debuted in their snazzy...

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Health a Major Factor in Rays Potential

Despite a 90-win season last year, the Tampa Bay Rays failed to make it to the playoffs. This year, they’re back to prove that they can contend in the highly competitive American League East Division, ...

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No. 2 Barry Humbles UT Tennis with 9-0 Drubbing

The University of Tampa women’s tennis team suffered a 9-0 defeat to end their regular season against No. 2 ranked Barry University.  The team finished the season 14-5 with all five losses coming...

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New Field is Turf-ific

Greg Griffo took a quick glance at the score as he lazily walked around midfield. He juggled the ball with his stick before dropping it on the ground; the defender took a step towards him. ...

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Women’s Lacrosse Prepares for Takeoff

“I’m so excited and honored that I have been given the opportunity to be the first head coach of the new women’s lacrosse team here at UT,” said Gallagher.  “I just cannot wait to build ...

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Tennis Feels Heat of SSC Tourney

The University of Tampa Women’s tennis team will head to Boca Raton this week to begin the Sunshine State Conference Tournament.  The No. 14 ranked Spartans drew the six seed in the SSC and will ...

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AFC East Stays Busy

With the 2013 National Football League draft only a couple weeks away, the dust has all but settled from the frenzy that is free agency. As always, there have been teams who have fared better ...

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Heat Still Favorites Entering Playoff Time

It almost seemed like the Lakers couldn’t catch a break from the beginning. Both Pau Gasol and Steve Nash missed over 20 games, Dwight Howard’s inconsistencies, and now Kobe Bryant’s Achilles injury...

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Post-Injury, Will We Ever See Mamba Again?

Attention conspiracy theorists: Any hypothesis that says that Kobe Bryant is not a human being has now been proven wrong. After a gut wrenching ACL injury endured against the Golden State Warriors, it...

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