The UCF softball team scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Wednesday to defeat Florida State 2-1 in dramatic fashion at the UCF Softball Complex. The Knights played in front of 538 fans.

Sophomore Darnell Sweeney made up for an error that allowed No. 4 Florida to break a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning on Tuesday by lining a two-out, two-run double to center to give UCF a 4-3 win in Gainesville.

Once the high school track season comes to a close, Boone’s Marvin Bracy will be competing against some of the country’s best in the Dream 100 race at the adidas Grand Prix on June 11 in New York City.

What a wild weekend. Rollins baseball ended a five-game skid while the softball team had its 32-game win streak snapped… UCF baseball was swept at home by Southern Miss… Lions and Preds both fall.

Earlier in the week Rayshaun Kizer and Robert Quiroga were named Arena Football League Players of the Week following Orlando’s 68-53 win over the Utah Blaze at the new Amway Center.

Prior to its home opener against on April 9, the Orlando City Lions of the United Soccer Leagues Pro Division get the regular season underway today in Virginia against the Richmond Kickers at 4 p.m.

Rain put a damper on the collegiate schedule this past week. No. 9 Rollins College women’s tennis team defeated No. 11 Florida Southern, while the Magic dropped close games to Atlanta and New York.

In the 8-2 win over No. 20 Stetson at Jay Bergman Field, Darnell Sweeney and Erik Hempe each drove in two runs while Chase Bradford struck out four in six innings in his first career start for the Knights.

The impressive career of Rollins College guard Nick Wolf was topped off with the senior standout being named a First Team All-American by Division II Bulletin and Second Team All-American by Basketball Times.

Magic center Dwight Howard was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for his efforts between March 21-27. Howard has won the award six times this season and 17 times in his career.