A pair of top-10 individual finishes helped the UCF women’s golf team earn its first tournament win since 2002 as the Knights took the team title on Tuesday at the Don Shula Golf Resort’s Hurricane Invitational in Miami Lakes.
Another school record fell on Saturday as UCF’s 4×400 meter relay team clocked in with a time of 3:43.38 at the Tyson Invite at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark.
One big step forward and a couple steps back sums up opening weekend for the UCF softball team. At the NTC Elite Invitational the Knights beat No. 16 Tennessee before dropping games against No. 7 Georgia and Chattanooga.
It’s been a week since the UCF men’s basketball team last took the court, when they came away with a 67-56 win on the road. The effort broke a three-game losing streak and credited Kirk Speraw with win No. 275 as head coach of the Knights.
The UCF indoor track and field season took another impressive turn last weekend when senior LaKendra Thames set two school records on back-to-back days at the Rod McCravy Invitational in Lexington.
It’s being billed as the best recruiting class in program history. With 23 signees from three states among the 2010 recruiting class, the UCF football program is hoping this crop of student-athletes raises the bar for years to come.
Still just one win shy of becoming the winningest coach in program history, the milestone for Kirk Speraw may lack the kind of celebration it otherwise deserves as UCF has hobbled along over the past month.
Two former UCF Knights participated as starters in the NFL Pro Bowl as Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall and Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Asante Samuel represented the gold and black with big plays in Miami.
UCF senior Tiki James started the season by collected her second Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week award after posting an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the 60-meter hurdles.
On a day where Knights fans hoped to see coach Kirk Speraw earn the school record for most wins, UTEP guard Randy Culpepper hit nine 3-pointers to tie a C-USA record as the Miners shot UCF out of their own arena 96-59 in front of 6,413.