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• Women's tennis: Embree, Gators advance to fourth straight NCAA Final Four Published 05/19/2013 at 9:31 p.m.

  URBANA, Ill. – Florida seniors Lauren Embree (Marco Island, Fla.) and Caroline Hitimana (Waterloo, Belgium) stepped up and led the Gators to a hard-fought 4-2 win against California and advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Championships played at the ...

• Minors: Stone Crabs clip Miracle, 2-0, in series finale Published 05/19/2013 at 9:01 p.m.

  The Charlotte Stone Crabs shut out the Fort Myers Miracle, 2-0, at Charlotte Sports Park on Sunday afternoon in Port Charlotte.

• College baseball: FGCU earns series win over rival Stetson Published 05/17/2013 at 10:40 p.m.

  FORT MYERS, Fla. – With Atlantic Sun Championship seedings still up for grabs as the final weekend of league plays out, the FGCU baseball team continued to help its cause on Friday evening at Swanson Stadium, earning a series win ...

• Minors: Miracle's Baxendale, bats mow through Crabs, 8-0 Updated 05/17/2013 at 9:46 p.m.

  D.J. Baxendale and Matt Hauser combined to toss a second consecutive shutout by the Fort Myers Miracle pitching staff in an 8-0 win over the Charlotte Stone Crabs on Friday at Charlotte Sports Park.

• Women's tennis: Embree, Gators advance with 4-0 win over Duke in NCAAs Published 05/17/2013 at 8:28 p.m.

  URBANA, Ill. - Olivia Janowicz (Palm Bay, Fla.) and Brianna Morgan (Beverly Hills, Calif.) posted straight-set singles wins and helped top-seeded Florida blank No. 15 Duke, 4-0, and march into the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships played at the Khan ...

• Men's golf: FGCU's Edward Figueroa remains in top 20 at NCAA regional Published 05/17/2013 at 8:26 p.m.

  FGCU men’s golf freshman Edward Figueroa (Naples, Fla./St. John Neumann) kept himself in contention for the advancing Tallahassee Regional individual spot on Friday, carding a second round even-par 72 to sit in a tie for 20th place a Golden Eagle ...

• Lee deputy, girlfriend arrested on marijuana charges Published 05/17/2013 at 9:15 a.m.

  A Lee County Sheriff’s deputy and his girlfriend were arrested on marijuana charges Friday morning.

• Minors: Rogers shuts down Jays, Miracle win 2-0 Published 05/16/2013 at 10:21 p.m.

  Taylor Rogers pitched seven scoreless innings and the Fort Myers Miracle shutout the Dunedin Blue Jays, 2-0, to split the series in a game four finale at Hammond Stadium on Thursday night.

• College baseball: Knapp’s strong start leads FGCU to shutout of Stetson Published 05/16/2013 at 9:52 p.m.

  FORT MYERS, Fla. – As the final Atlantic Sun Conference regular season series got underway on Thursday night at Swanson Stadium, the FGCU baseball team used seven stellar innings of work from junior right-hander Ricky Knapp (Port Charlotte, Fla./Port Charlotte ...

• Men's golf: FGCU's Edward Figueroa eagles last hole for 68 in NCAA Regional Published 05/16/2013 at 8:33 p.m.

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Ignited by three birdies in his first four holes and an eagle on the par-5, 532-yard 18th hole to close out his first NCAA Championship round, FGCU freshman Edward Figueroa (Naples, Fla./St. John Neumann) carded a four-under ...

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