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Kentucky’s win-or-go home contest vs Florida postponed to Wednesday

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6 months ago

June 18, 2024

Kentucky’s win-or-go home contest vs Florida postponed to Wednesday

OMAHA, NE (WYMT) – After suffering its first loss of the NCAA Tournament, No. 2 Kentucky will play with its season on the line on Wednesday night.

The original first pitch was set for Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. However, due to inclement weather, the game time was postponed to Wednesday, June 19 at 11:00 a.m.

🚨SCHEDULE UPDATE🚨
Due to the threat of severe weather in the Omaha area, tonight’s game has been postponed to tomorrow.
Our elimination game vs. Florida is set for a 11 a.m. ET first pitch on Wednesday, June 19. The game will still air on ESPN.#WeAreUK x #MCWS pic.twitter.com/XmDHfsL4a3
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— Kentucky Baseball (@UKBaseball) June 18, 2024

Kentucky (46-14, 22-8 SEC) fell to [3] Texas A&M on Monday night, 5-1, to move into the elimination bracket. The Aggies scored all five of their runs in the sixth inning and the Wildcats did not manage a hit until the seventh. However, the Cats did win the program’s first-ever MCWS game on Saturday, defeating [10] NC State, 5-4, in ten innings.

In Monday’s loss, Ryan Nicholson tied the Kentucky single season home run record, blasting his 23d long ball of the season in the ninth inning. He is now tied with AJ Reed (2014), John Wilson (1999), and Jeff Abbott (1994) for the most home runs in a single year. Nicholson has already hit five home runs in the NCAA Tournament and two during the MCWS.

Florida (35-29, 13-17 SEC) will enter the elimination game on the backs of a 5-4 win over NC State on Monday. After dropping their MCWS opener to Texas A&M, 3-2, the Gators survived for another day, improving their record to 4-0 in elimination games this season. After ending the regular season only one game above .500, the Gators made it to Omaha after upsetting a pair of national seeds on the road, defeating (11) Oklahoma State in the Stillwater Regional before taking down (6) Clemson in the Clemson Super Regional. 1B/LHP Jac Caglianone leads the Gators on both sides of the ball, batting .413 with 34 home runs while holding a 5-2 record on the mound with a 4.76 ERA.

Florida leads the all-time series 150-74-1, but the Wildcats did take two of three in Gainesville earlier this season. Both Kentucky wins came in extra innings. It was Kentucky’s first series win over Florida since 2016, and the first in the Swamp since 2015.

The Aggies are only one win away from the championship series, but the winner of Wednesday’s contest would need to beat Texas A&M twice to advance.

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South Florida rings in Christmas with 5OT win in Hawaii Bowl

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6 hours ago

December 25, 2024

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South Florida rings in Christmas with 5OT win in Hawaii Bowl

A very merry Christmas to South Florida. (Photo by Darryl Oumi/Getty Image

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
As South Florida won the Hawaii Bowl by a hair.

As much of the nation’s children were sleeping with dreams of Santa, the Bulls were winning one of the wildest games of bowl season, a five-overtime, 41-39 thriller over San José State in the Hawaii Bowl. It was the NCAA’s first bowl or postseason game to go more than three overtimes.

The game nearly ended in a back-and-forth regulation, however, as South Florida got the ball back with less than a minute left and down by three points. A good punt return and pair of first downs got them into field goal territory, at which point kicker John Cannon got a charitable bounce to tie the game.

Overtime then developed into a classic college football shootout, with the teams exchanging touchdowns, then field goals, then two-point conversions, then failed two-point conversions. With each set of plays, the game inched toward midnight ET, until it was finally Christmas for much of the country.

The game ended a half-hour later, when USF converted its two-point attempt and got the stop it needed.

USF got the win despite being outgained 441-291 and gaining only 1.6 yards per rush. Its biggest plays came on special teams and defense, including a 93-yard kick return touchdown by Ta’Ron Keith. USF quarterback Bryce Archie finished 24-of-34 with 235 passing yards and an interception.

It was the kind of game designed for the people who want to spend the final hours of Christmas Eve cheering for a tug-of-war between two Group of 5 programs. The win gives South Florida back-to-back winning seasons and bowl wins, having gone 7-6 last year with a win in the Boca Raton Bowl.

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1 killed, several injured in Florida boat explosion

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13 hours ago

December 25, 2024

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1 killed, several injured in Florida boat explosion – CBS News

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At least one person was killed and six others injured when a boat exploded in a marina in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Three people suffered traumatic injuries. Cristian Benavides reports.

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Boat explosion at a South Florida marina kills 1 and injures 5 others

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24 hours ago

December 24, 2024

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Boat explosion at a South Florida marina kills 1 and injures 5 others

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A boat explosion at a South Florida marina has left one person dead and five others injured, officials said.

The explosion occurred Monday night at the Lauderdale Marina, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said in a social media post.

Rescue workers transported five people to local hospitals, three with traumatic injuries, officials said. A sixth person was found dead in the water several hours later by the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

Fire rescue officials said they didn’t immediately know what caused the explosion.

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