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Positioned on the right side of the floor, Shainah Joseph jumped up and sent a kill to the back left corner of Auburn’s half of the court.
Carli Snyder approached the left side of the net. With a set from Cheyenne Huskey, the senior outside hitter smacked a shot across the court and into the deck at the beginning of the match to jumpstart Florida’s sweep of Alabama 25-17, 25-18, 25-17.
Caroline Knop and the Gators volleyball team is looking to put their loss to Kentucky behind them. “We want to be peaking in December and not October, so for us to put that loss behind us will be really important,” Knop said.
Caroline Knop and the Gators volleyball team is looking to put their loss to Kentucky behind them. “We want to be peaking in December and not October, so for us to put that loss behind us will be really important,” Knop said.
The No. 4 Gators are looking to rebound from a 3-1 home loss at the hands of then-No. 8 Kentucky on Sunday.
After losing to No. 5 Kentucky, the Gators knew the Wildcats earned the win. Rachael Kramer, Rhamat Alhassan and Mary Wise all shared similar thoughts following the match.
Rachael Kramer (above) and Florida's volleyball team lost its first match of the season Sunday afternoon against Kentucky. "I’ve got to give Kentucky a ton of credit,” Kramer said. "They were killing it across the net."
Rachael Kramer (above) and Florida's volleyball team lost its first match of the season Sunday afternoon against Kentucky. "I’ve got to give Kentucky a ton of credit,” Kramer said. "They were killing it across the net."
Kentucky’s Kaz Brown went up for the ball on the right side of the net. With two Gators in front and Allie Monserez crashing to aid them, Brown sent the shot toward the left side of Florida’s defense and found open space, doubling UK’s lead in the third set.
Last season in the Gale Lemerand Athletic Center, Alex Holston cocked back her left arm and fired a kill into the middle of the Ole Miss defense. Her kill set the tone in the third set for Florida and boosted its offense for the rest of the match.
Seven weeks into the season the 13-0, top-ranked Gators have won their first five SEC matches and face Ole Miss and No. 8 Kentucky this weekend.
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In the middle of the second set, Carli Snyder took a shot to the face after an attempted dig from libero Caroline Knop. The deflected ball didn’t stop her though, as she rebounded to carry her team to another SEC victory against the Texas A&M Aggies (4-7, 1-3 SEC), 26-24, 25-23, 25-27, 25-10.
Last year, Florida lost its first match of the season to a No. 1 team. This year, the Gators knocked off two top-five teams in the first weekend and have jumped out to a perfect start as the lone undefeated team in the nation.
It took Rhamat Alhassan three tries before she made the final point count.
In its first two games of the 2017 season, Florida showed a slight regress in its offensive abilities following a nearly nine-month hiatus from collegiate play. But now, a solid nine games into the season, the Gators are stepping up and proving why their offense in 2016 wasn’t a fluke.
The Gators volleyball team has only been pushed to a fifth and final set twice this season.
The No. 3 Gators (8-0) travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to take on the Razorbacks (11-2) in their SEC opener on Sunday at 2 p.m. EST.
Dec. 3, 2016 was a date to forget for the Florida Gators.
Her list of high school accolades takes up a whole laptop screen, and her talent and volleyball IQ takes up the whole court on gameday.
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