Season Opener Baseball: The 2010 baseball season opener was postponed on Feb. 2 due to inclement weather. Following a three-game weekend road series Tampa will return home on Feb. 10 as they take on SSC rival Rollins. The Spartans finished the 2009 season ...

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Remember last fall’s Spartan Blackout? The concept was devised by the University of Tampa Athletic Department last year. Spartan Blackout is where UT’s home fans fill the venue with as many black shirts as possible in support of the team during a ...

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Ever since they were born, the Messina twins have been surrounded by one sport and one sport only, basketball. Gianna and Catriana were born into a basketball family. Both their dad and brothers played. “Our two older brothers played basketball, and our ...

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For the UT women’s basketball team, good things come in twos – and threes. Twin sisters Gianna and Catriana Messina combined for 11 three-pointers as they helped lead No. 16 Tampa (17-2, 7-1 SSC) to victory Jan. 23 at the Martinez ...

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The University of Tampa men’s basketball team dropped a heartbreaker to Barry University 77-75 Saturday afternoon. The loss drops the Spartans to 8-8 on the season, with a 3-5 record in conference play. UT has now lost five games in a row. The ...

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Baseball is Back Baseball: The University of Tampa baseball team will kick off its season on Feb. 2 at 6 p.m. UT enters the season coming off a 39-17 record in 2009. Tampa returns two of its top three hitters in ...

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With the same intensity she showed in her high school days, Kamari Smith breaks into the UT basketball program becoming a regular for Coach Tom Jessee. The guard, an Orlando native, has been averaging 15 minutes per game and has seen ...

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The University of Tampa men’s basketball team (8-6, 3-3 SSC) finished their winter break on a low note, losing three straight conference games. In what has proven to be a back-and-fourth season, the Spartans went 3-4 between semesters. The seven game stretch ...

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Basketball Ranks W. Basketball: After posting a pair of SSC wins the Spartans moved a spot up in the recent standings to number 16. UT began the season ranked number 22 and have been ranked as high as number 12 this year. UT ...

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The University of Tampa women’s basketball continued its strong season during the winter intermission. The No. 16 lady Spartans went 6-1 during the break, including a 4-1 mark in Sunshine State Conference play. Tampa rebounded from a loss in the Armstrong Atlantic ...

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SSC Honors W. Basketball: The University of Tampa women’s basketball team was awarded its second straight Sunshine State Conference Player of the Week Honors. Tiara Cook tallied 21 points, eight rebounds and five steals in just 18 minutes on the court. Cook’s performance ...

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UT women’s basketball coach Tom Jessee called Melbourne’s Charles and Ruth Clemente Center “a very tough place to play.” The team got the message. The No. 15 Spartans leaped to a fast start on the Sunshine State Conference schedule, defeating the ...

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