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M. Basketball. UCF to Open C-USA Championship Against SMU Wednesday
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 6, 2010, 11:07 pm
The UCF men’s basketball team has earned the ninth seed at the GMC Sierra 2010 Conference USA Championship in Tulsa, Okla., and will begin the event Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. Eastern against eighth seed SMU. The tournament will be held at the BOK Center…

W. Basketball. John Denton’s Knights Insider: Knights in Pursuit of Title
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 6, 2010, 10:22 pm
The UCF women’s basketball team hits the Conference USA tournament on Monday as the defending champions after having become the first team in league history to win four games in four days last season…

Softball. Lane Ties C-USA Triples Record as UCF Softball Wins Twice
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 6, 2010, 10:00 pm
Junior Tiffany Lane (Moreno Valley, Calif.) tied the Conference USA record for career triples Saturday as the UCF softball team continued to impress on the second day of the UCF Tournament. The Knights defeated Providence in the opener, 6-1, before coming back to defeat Boston College, 2-1, in dramatic fashion in the nightcap at the UCF Softball Complex…

My Baseball observations
UCF Fan Forum on UCFSports.com - CorporateRobot - March 6, 2010, 9:36 pm
Here's a few of my observations on Baseball so far: 1) We have the right coach. It was fun to watch Rooney run out and argue with the umps on some calls last night.…

W. Basketball. UCF’s Cannon Named to C-USA All-Conference Third-Team
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 6, 2010, 9:30 pm
Highlighted by surpassing the 1,000-point barrier and becoming one of the top-10 rebounders in Conference USA history, junior Emma Cannon (Rochester, N.Y.) had another impressive season in a UCF uniform. She was recognized for her strong play by earning a spot on the C-USA All-Conference Third-Team, the league office announced Saturday…

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UCF's Right Field Baseball Deck opens up tomorrow night
UCF Fan Forum on UCFSports.com - Knight_Light - March 6, 2010, 5:17 am
See info, video and photos below.…

Online Petition to change the logo on the license plate is up
UCF Fan Forum on UCFSports.com - jetsaholic - March 6, 2010, 12:41 am
Sign the petition. Forget about the fact that it will work or it will not. Just sign the damn thing. This is a good idea and we need to support. it. I didn't see one n…

Softball. UCF Softball Wins Fourth-Straight over College of Charleston
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 5, 2010, 11:05 pm
For the fourth-straight game, senior Ashleigh Cole (Pace, Fla.) was solid in the circle for the UCF softball team, as the hurler led the Knights to a 4-1 victory over the College of Charleston Friday night at the UCF Softball Complex…

Baseball. UCF Falls in Game One to Central Michigan, 11-5
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 5, 2010, 10:19 pm
On another unseasonably cool night in Orlando, the UCF baseball team dropped an 11-5 decision to Central Michigan Friday. The Knights (7-3) will now try to return the favor with game two vs. the Chippewas (2-2) Saturday at 4 p.m…

W. Tennis. Women’s Tennis Posts a 4-3 Victory Over Louisiana-Lafayette
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 5, 2010, 7:52 pm
The UCF women’s tennis team (7-1) kept it’s winning streak alive at six by defeating Louisiana-Lafayette (2-4), 4-3. Despite losing the doubles point, the Knights fought back to collect four singles points…

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M. Basketball. Sosa Named to C-USA All-Academic Team
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 5, 2010, 11:38 am
UCF sophomore guard Isaac Sosa (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) is one of five league players voted onto the 2009-10 Conference USA Men’s Basketball All-Academic Team, the league office announced Friday. Sosa is the first UCF student-athlete to earn a spot on the all-academic squad since it was created in 2007…

M. Tennis. Men’s Tennis Hits the Road for Dual Match Weekend
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 5, 2010, 11:18 am
The 75th-ranked UCF men’s tennis team continues the action this weekend as it travels to South Carolina. On Saturday the Knights will face off against Clemson at 2 p.m. at Hoke Sloan Tennis Center, and continue their weekend Sunday against Winthrop at 10 a.m…

Football. Former Knight Michael Lynche Advances on American Idol
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 5, 2010, 9:26 am
Former UCF football player Michael Lynche survived another round of cuts last night on FOX’s “American Idol” and the former defensive tackle is now one of 16 candidates still standing on the show…


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W. Basketball. UCF to Face Marshall in C-USA Championships
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 4, 2010, 11:24 pm
With the final regular season games around Conference USA having been played on Thursday night, the league office released the bracket for the 2010 GMC Sierra Conference USA Women’s Basketball Championships, and the UCF women’s basketball team learned the road it will take while aiming to defend its title next week in Tulsa, Okla…

Recent UCF grad moving to South FL (not USF, the actual real S FLa)
UCF Fan Forum on UCFSports.com - mattyboyucf08 - March 4, 2010, 8:18 pm
Any advice on where to move? I currently work in Tampa and just got a promotion which will require me to move to South Fla? My office is in Hollywood. Any ideas or thoughts fo…

Football. Plenty of Excitement Awaits on Hall of Fame Weekend
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 4, 2010, 6:45 pm
The temperatures in Orlando might still feel like winter but spring will be here shortly and it is never too soon to start making your plans for UCF’s annual Hall of Fame Weekend, April 16-18…

Baseball. Knights Welcome Central Michigan to Orlando Friday-Sunday
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 4, 2010, 5:11 pm
The new Right-Field Deck opens this weekend when UCF hosts Central Michigan in a three-game set beginning Friday at 6:30 p.m. Junior lefty Johnny Sedlock will make the start on the mound in game one…


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Softball. UCF Softball Hosts Six-Team UCF Tournament this Weekend
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 4, 2010, 1:21 pm
The UCF softball team opens a season-long 17-game homestand this weekend when it hosts the UCF Tournament at the UCF Softball Complex. The event, which is set for March 5-7, will have the Knights faceoff against Boston College, College of Charleston, Georgia Southern, Harvard and Providence…

Baseball. Rooney Set to Appear on AlumKnight Live on 740-AM The Game
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 4, 2010, 12:02 pm
UCF head baseball coach Terry Rooney is scheduled to be a regular guest on AlumKnight Live on 740-AM The Game. The show, dedicated to UCF fans, airs Thursday nights from 8-9 p.m., and tonight will feature a special prize from the leader of the Knights…

M. Basketball. UCF Hoops Fastbreak: Knights Set Attendance Record
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 4, 2010, 8:45 am
Four years ago, members of the UCF sports marketing staff were impressed when 3,725 fans attended the Knights’ regular-season finale against East Carolina, which served as the last game inside the old UCF Arena. The crowd was the seventh-largest in school history…


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W. Basketball. Kelly, Aggessive Knights Win Finale, 84-72
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 4, 2010, 1:07 am
One after another, UCF players stepped up and made plays, and one after another, UCF players stepped up and made shots. No player stepped up more than sophomore Ashia Kelly (Longview, Texas), who surpassed her career-high in points in the second half alone and led six players in double figures as the aggressive Knights (10-15, 7-9 C-USA) closed the regular season with an 84-72 victory at Southern Miss (9-20, 5-11) Wednesday night in the regular-season finale for both teams…

Taylor Mays runs a 4.24 @ the combine!
UCF Fan Forum on UCFSports.com - SouthernMiss3613 - March 3, 2010, 10:48 pm
He is 6'3" and 230 pounds.…

Baseball. UCF Baseball Suffers Loss to North Florida
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 3, 2010, 9:54 pm
A six-run eighth inning enabled North Florida to take down UCF, 13-6, Wednesday in Orlando. The Knights held a 5-4 lead through the first inning but were unable to hold on as they fell to 7-2 on the season…

Football. 2010 UCF Football Season Ticket Renewals Are Arriving!
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 3, 2010, 5:20 pm
The UCF Athletics Ticket Office recently issued 2010 football season ticket renewals to its patrons. All ticket holders should have received a personalized renewal brochure and invoice through the mail and, in addition, season ticket holders will receive a new e-brochure through their registered e-mail accounts on file…


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Baseball. Rockledge’s Taylor Named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 3, 2010, 12:10 pm
Coming off a Freshman All-American season in 2009, UCF sophomore catcher Beau Taylor was selected to the 2010 Coleman Company-Johnny Bench Award Watch List by the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission. It’s the third-straight year the Knights have placed a catcher on the prestigious list…

M. Tennis. Knights Make Noise in Men’s Tennis Rankings
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 3, 2010, 10:40 am
Off to a 5-2 start this season, the UCF men’s tennis team has entered the national rankings. Head coach Bobby Cashman’s Knights are ranked 75 as a team in the March 2 Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings…

M. Basketball. UCF Hoops Fastbreak: Rompza Featured on ESPNChicago.com
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 3, 2010, 10:12 am
UCF sophomore guard A.J. Rompza (Chicago, Ill.) is certainly proud of his hometown. Seemingly whenever the point guard is talking about his path to Division I basketball, he always mentions that his current position would not of been possible had he had not been raised in Chicago…


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Duffy powers UCF past Duquesne
Rivals.com CA - March 2, 2010, 11:20 pm
UCF Baseball improved to 7-1 with a win against Duquesne on Tuesday in what was one of the wildest games in recent memory. The Knights ame back from a 10-2 deficit, but chipped away at the lead before eventually prevailing, 12-11. Come inside for postgame interviews with head coach Terry Rooney, Chris Duffy and Alex Besaw

M. Basketball. John Denton’s Knights Insider: UCF Drops Close Contest to ECU
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 2, 2010, 10:24 pm
This time, there would be no comeback for UCF to force overtime. And just like four nights earlier in Marshall, the Knights were left with another crushing loss that frustrated the young, fatigued team…

M. Basketball. UCF-East Carolina Postgame Notes
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 2, 2010, 9:59 pm
Playing in its home finale, the UCF men’s basketball team fell 68-66 Tuesday to East Carolina. The Knights will conclude their regular season Saturday at Rice…

Baseball. UCF Wins Wild, Windy Affair Over Duquesne, 12-11
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 2, 2010, 8:18 pm
Hitters loved the conditions in Orlando Tuesday where a strong wind blew out to center, and after Duquesne held a 10-2 lead through the top of the second, UCF stormed back for a 12-11 victory. It was the Knights’ eighth-straight win at home dating back to 2009 as they stretched their record this year to 7-1…

Heard some of these HPU coaches came from UCF
UCF Fan Forum on UCFSports.com - apex_pirate - March 2, 2010, 5:51 pm
Which ones and were they decent? Couldn't really find any info on them at their site. We're supposed to play them tomorrow night but it looks like it's postponed…

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KIRK KIRK KIRK KIRK!!!!
UCF Fan Forum on UCFSports.com - ucfbreath - March 2, 2010, 3:27 am
sorry i always wanted to start a mocking thread like this.…

W. Golf. Women’s Golf In Second Heading Into Final Round of UCF Challenge
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 1, 2010, 8:48 pm
Strong play by junior Katie Detlefsen (Eagan, Minn.) led the UCF women’s golf team to a three-way tie for second place after the first two rounds of the annual UCF Challenge on Monday at the par-72, 6,301-yard RedTail Golf Club in Sorrento, Fla…

M. Golf. Men’s Golf Moves to Fourth at John Hayt Invitational
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 1, 2010, 4:26 pm
Thanks to impressive rounds from junior Nuno Henriques (Funchal, Portugal) and freshman Reid Martin (Mukilteo, Wash.), the UCF men’s golf team is tied for fourth after 36 holes at the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational at the Sawgrass Country Club. The Knights entered the day tied for seventh, and are now ahead of several nationally-ranked squads…


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M. Basketball. Final Basketball Radio Show Set for Monday at Smokey Bones
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 1, 2010, 10:17 am
The Kirk Speraw Radio Show, live from Smokey Bones in Waterford Lakes, concludes this Monday. The hour-long program, beginning at 7 p.m., airs on the UCF-ISP Sports Network and 740 The Game in Orlando…

M. Basketball. Marc Daniels’ From the Press Box: A Game to Remember
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 1, 2010, 8:52 am
Exhausting. Draining. Emotional. Mind-boggling. Never-ending. Dramatic. Crushing. Memorable. And I didn’t even play…

The History of UCF Football…Finally, It’s Game Day!
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 1, 2010, 8:52 am
The following story is part one in a series of eight exclusive feature stories detailing the founding and heritage of UCF Football, entitled “Saturday Knights Live…the History of UCF Football.…

John Denton’s Knights Insider: Weekend Filled with Drama for Knights
UCFAthletics.com FL - March 1, 2010, 8:31 am
Say this much about UCF athletics: The Knights know drama … and domination, too…


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