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Florida sports' streak of misfortune continues as Gators fall in CWS
Florida Gators baseball lost the NCAA Men’s College World Series against LSU Tigers on Monday night at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha and joined a long list of teams from The Sunshine State to lose a final this past 30 days.
The Miami Heat fell to the Denver Nuggets in the 2023 NBA Finals in late May and the Florida Panthers followed suit two weeks later during the NHL Stanley Cup against the Vegas Golden Knights.
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Both the Heat and Panthers lost in a gentleman’s sweep, which was already enough to drive Florida sports fans crazy, but the streak of misfortune did not end there.
The Florida State Seminoles women’s softball team suffered a defeat to top-seeded Oklahoma Sooners on June 9 to add another name to the losers’ list.
Gators had an even worse fate in Game 3 of the CWS. They lost 18-4 as LSU set a MCWS-record of just 24 hits for that many scores.
Philly fans feel Florida’s pain
While the Miami Hurricanes and Florida Atlantic Owls did not lose in the final game of the NCAA basketball tournament, they were eliminated in the Final Four of March Madness.
Another city who knows what it feels to lose multiple finals in the same season is Philadelphia.
One year ago, on June 11, the Philadelphia Union lost the MLS Cup (final) to Los Angeles FC and the Phillies fell to the Houston Astros in the World Series.
The Philadelphia Eagles would go on to lose the Super Bowl to the Kansas City Chiefs and the 76ers can’t even reach the NBA finals. Philly fans feel Florida’s pain.