Bryson Turner

Black & Gold Banneret • 13th March 2024

Knight Cap: Tennis Success on the Road

This past week of UCF Knights sports saw one team earn its first conference win in comeback fashion, one team extend its top-five streak and another team building a new winning streak.

We recap all of the action, plus we give you our Knights of the Week and Play of the Week in this edition of Knight Cap on Wednesday, March 14, 2024.

In what commentator Peri Sheinin called a “complete act of determination,” the #62 UCF Women’s Tennis team overcame a 4-2 loss to Baylor, injuries and forfeits to

Black & Gold Banneret • 11th March 2024

Baseball Swept in First Big 12 Series

The UCF Knights baseball team got quite the welcome to Big 12 conference play, getting swept by the Oklahoma Sooners at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman, Oklahoma.

The Sooners (9-5, 3-0 Big 12) outscored the Knights (9-4, 0-3 Big 12) 29-8 across the series’ three games.

Despite getting rescheduled from Friday to Saturday due to inclement weather, Game 1 provided the closest game of the weekend, falling 4-3.

As soon as one team got an edge, the other would quickly respond to tie the game back u

Black & Gold Banneret • 8th March 2024

Knight Cap: Baseball takes down #4 Florida

This past week of UCF Knights sports saw one team pull off a Top 10 upset, one team conclude its regular season, another team rebounding from a stumble, and more.

We recap all of the action, plus we give you our Knights of the Week and Play of the Week in this edition of Knight Cap on Thursday, March 7, 2024.

The UCF Baseball team put the college baseball world on notice Wednesday night, stunning #4 Florida in Gainesville, 9-6.

With the win, the Knights have now won five consecutive matchups

Black & Gold Banneret • 6th March 2024

Baseball Loses a Battle, but not War

While the UCF Knights Baseball team could not continue its undefeated streak, it did still win its series against South Florida over the weekend, 2-1.

All three games had a margin of victory of two runs or less, making pitching a key asset for both teams in their victories.

Let’s go over how the Knights were able to pull it off:

The series started with a bang as the Knights took Game 1 with a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning, 3-2.

The game-winning bomb came off the bat of 1B Lex Boedic

Black & Gold Banneret • 29th February 2024

Knight Cap: Baseball stays undefeated

This past week of UCF Knights sports saw one team’s unbeaten streak continue, two teams getting bounce-back wins and one team making their Big 12 Championship debut.

We recap all of the action, plus we give you our Knights of the Week and Play of the Week in this edition of Knight Cap on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

The UCF Baseball team held off a late rally by Florida Atlantic to beat the Owls in Boca Raton, 11-6, Tuesday night.

The Knights built up a lead in the early third of the game wit

Black & Gold Banneret • 27th February 2024

Baseball Sweeps Samford

The UCF Knights Baseball team won its first series of 2024 with a sweep of SoCon favorite Samford.

The Knights outscored the Bulldogs 39-11 over the series with two games coming to an end early thanks to the mercy rule.

The weather just had to get one last interruption in.

UCF was already ahead 7-1 when the game was paused in the bottom of the fifth. By the time action resumed around two hours later, the Knights did not miss a beat, scoring five more runs to get themselves a double-digit lead

Black & Gold Banneret • 23rd February 2024

Knight Cap: Baseball Weathers Hurricanes

This past week of UCF Knights sports saw one team get a win on the road, one team have its best performance of the season and two teams continue losing streaks.

We recap all of the action, plus we give you our Knights of the Week and Play of the Week in this edition of Knight Cap on Friday, February 23, 2024.

The UCF Baseball team held off Miami (FL), 4-3, to beat the Hurricanes on the road for the first time since 2019.

Kyle Kramer was credited with the win as the first of five relief pitche

Black & Gold Banneret • 21st February 2024

Weather Cuts Baseball Opening Weekend Short

Before Mother Nature intervened later in the weekend, the UCF Knights Baseball team got off the Rich Wallace era with a 12-11 win over Bryant Friday night.

Let’s see how the Knights kicked off the Wallace era:

The Knights and Bulldogs put on an offensive spectacle for the 2,602 spectators packed into John Euliano Park to start the 2024 season, getting a combined 30 hits.

UCF was able to get on base early in innings, going 5-8 in its lead-off at-bats to Bryant’s 2-9. However, the Bulldogs did

Black & Gold Banneret • 16th February 2024

Knight Cap: Men’s Tennis off to Best Start in Program History

This past week of UCF Knights sports saw one team make history, one completing its first home stand and another struggling to establish momentum.

We recap all of the action, plus we give you our Knights of the Week and Play of the Week in this edition of Knight Cap on Friday, February 16, 2024.

Men’s Tennis off to best start in program history

The UCF Men’s Tennis team edged out Miami (FL), 4-3, to extend its opening winning streak to seven matches, its best start in program history.

Thanks

Black & Gold Banneret • 7th February 2024

Knight Cap: Women’s Golf Tees Off

This past week of UCF Knights sports saw one team’s road adversity continue, one team begin its spring slate and more.

We recap all of the action, plus we give you our Knights of the Week and Play of the Week in this edition of Knight Cap on Wednesday, February 7, 2024.

The UCF Track and Field team sprint and distance squads traveled to Boston last weekend for the Crimson Elite and the Scarlet & White Invite.
• Senior Rayniah Jones winning gold in the Crimson Elite’s 60-meter hurdles (8.05) an

Black & Gold Banneret • 4th February 2024

Women’s Basketball Rebounds for 2nd Big 12 Win

The UCF Knights Women’s Basketball team mounted a second-half comeback to earn its second Big 12 Conference victory Saturday afternoon, 71-66, over Iowa State.

The win comes four days after the Knights (11-9, 2-8 Big 12) suffered their worst loss of the season, a 41-point blowout to West Virginia.

“That was a game that we wasn’t in from the tip, and give West Virginia all the credit, we just wasn’t,” head coach Sytia Messer said. “So, I didn’t watch film. I did nothing with West Virginia but g

Black & Gold Banneret • 2nd February 2024

Knight Cap: Men’s Tennis win streak continues

This past week of UCF Knights sports saw one team’s season-opening fortune continue while a couple of others encountered their first adversity of the new year.

We recap all of the action, plus we give you our Knights of the Week and Play of the Week in this edition of Knight Cap on Friday, February 2, 2024.

The UCF Men’s Tennis team added to its season-opening winning streak with a 7-0 sweep of Florida Gulf Coast.

The Knights now stand at 5-0, an opening record not seen since 1999. It also ma

Black & Gold Banneret • 28th January 2024

Women’s Basketball edges Houston for First Big 12 win

The UCF Knights Women’s Basketball team picked up their first conference victory in the Big 12 era with a 92-87 overtime Space Game thriller against Houston Saturday afternoon.

The win breaks a seven-game losing streak, the program’s longest since 2015-16, and echoes its first victory of the AAC era back in 2013-14, also against the Cougars.

“We had a lot of weight on us to get that first win,” head coach Sytia Messer said after the game. “I just kept telling our players, ‘It’s coming. It’s co

Black & Gold Banneret • 28th January 2024

Shorthanded Men’s Hoops falls in Cincy

Despite a 12-point lead at the half, the UCF Knights Men’s Basketball team will be leaving Cincinnati with a 68-57 loss.

The Knights drop to 12-7 (3-4 Big 12), pulling even with the Bearcats (14-6, 3-4 Big 12) in the conference standings.

How did this all happen? How did UCF end up on the other end of a double-digit comeback? Let’s go over the key points:

UCF had Cincinnati’s number in the first half or, to be more accurate, guards Jaylin Sellers and Marcellus Avery had Cincinnati’s number in

Black & Gold Banneret • 26th January 2024

Tim Harris Jr. Rejoins UCF as Co-OC and WR Coach

Tim Harris Jr. is returning to the UCF Knights football team as its new co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.

Harris spent 2023 season as the running backs coach for the Miami Hurricanes. Before that, he worked in the same role and as a co-offensive coordinator at UCF in head coach Gus Malzahn’s first two years in the program in 2021 and 2022.

During those two seasons, Harris worked with running back Isaiah Bowser as he rushed for the eighth-most touchdowns in school history and t

Black & Gold Banneret • 26th January 2024

Knight Cap: Spring has Sprung

This first edition of the year will recap the UCF programs that began their spring seasons and other breaking stories revolving around UCF athletes.

So, from the indoor track to the tennis court and from all-star football games to a draft stage, let’s see how these Knights marked the new semester, plus we give you our Knights of the Week and Play of the Week in the first Knight Cap for the calendar year on Friday, January 26, 2024.

The UCF Women’s Tennis team opened up their 2024 season by ave

Black & Gold Banneret • 8th January 2024

Women’s Basketball Can’t Catch #11 Kansas State

The UCF Knights Women’s Basketball team remains in search of its first Big 12 conference victory after a 72-56 loss to #11 Kansas State at home on Saturday afternoon.

The Wildcats (15-1, 3-0 Big 12) extended their winning streak to nine games, thanks to jumping out to a 19-point lead at the half, making twice as many field goals as UCF (9-4, 0-3 Big 12) to that point. They proceeded to fend off the Knights for the rest of the second half, keeping their lead in the double digits.

“I think you h

Black & Gold Banneret • 31st December 2023

Men’s Basketball demolishes Bethune-Cookman, 98-54

The UCF Knights Men’s Basketball team concluded non-conference play by putting away Bethune-Cookman, 98-54, Friday night.

It was the highest-scoring game for the Knights (9-3) so far this season with five players scoring double-digit points with two more coming just one point shy of doing so.

“It just means that we’re all just connecting,” guard DeMarr Langford said after the game. “‘It’s we over me. It’s not your shot, it’s our shot,’ that’s what Coach preaches all the time, and they were a g

Black & Gold Banneret • 22nd December 2023

Men’s Hoops Survives Florida A&M, 69-56

The UCF Knights Men’s Basketball team struggled but ultimately pulled out a 69-56 victory over Florida A&M Thursday night.

Despite his second-lowest shooting percentage of the season, guard Jaylin Sellers led the way with 15 points thanks to going 5-16 from the floor and 5-5 from the free-throw line.

While he and three other Knights (8-3) got double-digit points on the evening, it does not change the fact that they shot a sub-.400 shooting percentage for the third time this season. Overall, UC

Black & Gold Banneret • 21st December 2023

Women’s Basketball Splits Last Non-Conference Games

The UCF Knights Women’s Basketball team will not take an unbeaten record into its Big 12 play debut.

The Knights suffered their first loss of the season Monday afternoon at the hands of FAU, 59-58, though they did rebound the following day with a 67-41 victory over Morgan State.

“I’m glad that we got a chance to get it out of our system and get rolling,” head coach Sytia Messer said after Tuesday’s win.

Guard Kaitlin Peterson led the way in both games, sinking seven field goals in both contes

Black & Gold Banneret • 21st December 2023

Women’s Basketball Splits Last Non-Conference Games

The UCF Knights Women’s Basketball team will not take an unbeaten record into its Big 12 play debut.

The Knights suffered their first loss of the season Monday afternoon at the hands of FAU, 59-58, though they did rebound the following day with a 67-41 victory over Morgan State.

“I’m glad that we got a chance to get it out of our system and get rolling,” head coach Sytia Messer said after Tuesday’s win.

Guard Kaitlin Peterson led the way in both games, sinking seven field goals in both contes

Black & Gold Banneret • 29th November 2023

Knight Cap: Women’s Hoops Stays Unbeaten

This past week of UCF Knights sports saw one team’s season come to an end while another one’s winning streak continued on a holiday trip.

We recap all of that action, plus we give you our Knights of the Week and Play of the Week in the final Knight Cap for the calendar year on Tuesday, November 28, 2023.

The UCF Women’s Basketball team continued its undefeated start to the 2023-24 season with a trio of victories in the Discover Puerto Rico Classic over the holiday weekend.

The Knights (6-0) m

Black & Gold Banneret • 15th November 2023

Knight Cap: Men’s Soccer Earns NCAA First-Round Bye, Plays Sunday

This past week of UCF Knights sports saw one team learn its postseason path and another finish off their season.

We recap all of that action, plus we give you our Knights of the Week and Play of the Week in this week’s Knight Cap for Wednesday, November 15, 2023.

The UCF Men’s Soccer team learned its postseason fate on Monday. The #12 seed Knights (10-3-2, 6-2-1 Sun Belt) were awarded a first-round bye and will play the winner of Vermont and Rider in Orlando on Sunday at 7 p.m.

Joining UCF in

Black & Gold Banneret • 7th November 2023

Knight Cap: Men’s Soccer Eliminated in Sun Belt Quarterfinals

This past week of UCF Knights sports saw Women’s Soccer learn its postseason fate and Men’s Soccer suffer a postseason setback.

We recap all of that action, plus we give you our Knights of the Week and Plays of the Week in this week’s Knight Cap for Tuesday, November 7, 2023.

The UCF Men’s Soccer team was sent packing from the Sun Belt Tournament in the quarterfinals Sunday thanks to a 2-1 loss to #7-seed South Carolina.

Despite the Knights (10-3-2, 6-2-1 Sun Belt) outdoing the Gamecocks in s