
Jacksonville Sports News SOCCER: The featured presentation: sixth-ranked Florida State (19-4-1) take on. fifth-ranked Notre Dame (20-3-1) in the quarterfinals of the 2009 NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship on Friday, Nov. 27 at 2p.m. inside the Seminole Soccer Complex. It's the second year in a row, these two schools will square-off with a trip to the College Cup on the line.

Jacksonville Sports News For the fifth year, the St. Johns County Festival of Trees at World Golf Village will bring holiday cheer to the community and brighten the holiday season for needy families in the area. Beginning with the grand opening Friday, Dec. 4th at 6 p.m., the free event, open to the public through Sunday, Dec. 13th, will show...case over 65 decorated trees and wreaths throughout the St. Johns County Convention Center.

Jacksonville Sports News With a win over the University of Virginia this past weekend, the No. 15 Clemson Tigers clinched the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and a spot in the 2009 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship. Clemson will go head-to-head against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Saturday, Dec. 5 at Raymond James Stadium.

Jacksonville Sports News UF men’s tennis head coach Andy Jackson has announced five players who will join the Gators in the coming year. Sekou Bangoura, Jr. Nassim Slilam and Bob Van Overbeek have applied for admission and been accepted at UF and will compete with the team in the spring season of 2010, while Michael Alford and Andrew Butz ha...ve signed national letters of intent to join the Gators in the fall.

Jacksonville Sports News In a week where the second-round took more than 67 hours to finish and the event was cut to 54 holes, Anna Nordqvist needed just about two hours and eight holes to clinch her second-career victory on the LPGA Tour. The 22-year-old Swede carded seven birdies in a span of eight holes in the final round to earn a two-str...oke victory from 2009 Rolex Player of the Year Lorena Ochoa at the LPGA Tour Championship.

Jacksonville Sports News University of Florida senior quarterback Tim Tebow headlined the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Football Team announced on Tuesday. The winner of the Academic All-America® of the Year for the second year in a row, he is the first Scholar-Athlete to be named as the Academic All-America® of the Year for University Division Football in two consecutive years

Jacksonville Sports News The FSU cross country teams (Men- No. 20/ Women-No. 8) will take the course Monday, Nov. 23, for their final stint of the 2009 season at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. The Lavern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course will welcome elite teams including Oregon (Men- No. 8/Women- No. 4), Washington (Men- N...o. 15/Women- No. 1), Colorado (Men and Women- No. 6) and Syracuse (Men- No. 9/ Women- No. 12).

Jacksonville Sports News The University of North Florida men's basketball team begins a nine-game road swing Saturday, Nov. 21, as the Ospreys take on Illinois State at 5 p.m. ET at Doug Collins Court in Redbird Arena in Normal, Ill.

Jacksonville Sports News Former University of Florida golfer Deb Richard is one of six former NCAA student-athletes named a recipient of the 2010 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award. She is the fourth Florida student-athlete to receive this honor. Previous Florida recipients include Theresa Andrews (2008/swimming), Ann Woods Smith (2007/gymnastics) and Jack Youngblood (1996/football).

Jacksonville Sports News The University of Florida women’s basketball team had expectations of being a solid outside shooting team when the season began, however, the Gators didn’t find their shot until very late Friday evening, as they missed their first 12 from the three-point arc and dug themselves a hole they couldn’t dig out of and lost t...o Pittsburgh, 81-58, in the Petersen Events Center.

Jacksonville Sports News The Georgia volleyball dropped a three-set, Southeastern Conference match to Ole Miss at the Gillom Sports Complex on Friday evening. Ole Miss earned the shutout victory with set scores of 25-20, 25-14 and 25-20 to split the season series with Georgia. The Bulldogs won the first meeting in Athens in October, 3-1.

Jacksonville Sports News JU volleyball fell to No. 3 Florida Gulf Coast, 3-0 (27-28, 24-26, 18 -25), Friday evening in the semifinal round of the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament at Alico Arena. JU (19-9) could not generate any type of momentum in the contest and never held a lead in a set larger than three points. The Dolphins hit a match-l...ow .204 and finished with a season-low three team blocks.

Jacksonville Sports News The PGA TOUR announced today that Virginia Lane has been named the 2009 PGA TOUR Volunteer of the Year for her service to THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola in Atlanta. Lane, who has volunteered for nine TOUR Championships dating back to 1998, is currently the vice-chairman of Volunteer Services at THE TOUR ...Championship, overseeing five different committees.

Jacksonville Sports News RUGBY: The Hotels of Jacksonville Rugby League Atlantic Cup has raised over $500 for the Greater Jacksonville USO with the support of local Jacksonville businesses who donated prizes.







