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Florida closed out its non-conference season with a double-digit win against Murray State on Tuesday afternoon at the Stephen O’Connell Center, extending its undefeated home record to 6-0.
With 45 seconds left, the Gators held possession and just a one-point lead over the Dayton Fliers. After using some clock, graduate student guard Kiara Smith drove and found junior guard Lavender Briggs at the top of the key.
George Mason’s Amaya Scott held the ball at the top of the arc, her team leading by just three points with two minutes to play. She kicked the ball out to Tamia Lawhorne on her right, who briefly hesitated before draining a dagger from deep to ice the game. Scott added a layup on the next possession for good measure.
Saint Louis won the jump ball to start Friday night’s game, but just eight seconds later, Florida set the tone as junior guard Nina Rickards blocked the Billikens’ first shot attempt of the game.
Florida played lackluster defense in three games at the preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament, but the Gators responded against Grambling State by putting on a defensive clinic on their home court.
The Gators women’s basketball team picked up two losses in the preseason WNIT this past weekend, falling to both Towson and North Carolina State by double-digits
Cincinnati Reds second baseman and former Gator Jonathan India was named National League Rookie of the Year Monday after posting the league’s fifth-best on-base percentage among qualified hitters.
Towson guard Aleah Nelson channeled her inner Stephen Curry Friday against Florida.
Florida women’s basketball begins the preseason Women’s National Invitational Tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina, this weekend and will face Towson in its first game Friday.
Florida dominated an outmatched Flagler College, a Division II school, on Friday night en route to a 101-56 victory in interim head coach Kelly Rae Finley’s first game at the helm since she took over for former coach Cam Newbauer who resigned due to personal reasons in July.
Amber Nguyen stepped up to take Vanderbilt’s fifth and final spot kick, needing a goal to keep her team’s season alive. She aimed for the top right corner, sophomore goalkeeper Alexa Goldberg dove, but Nguyen’s kick went wide. After a late equalizer in regular time, Florida had stormed back to knock off the defending Southeastern Conference champion Commodores.
The Gators’ battle for postseason play will conclude in a home matchup with South Carolina on Thursday night at 5:30 p.m.
Florida plays two more matches before the curtains close on the regular season. Ideally, teams begin to play their best soccer when the postseason rolls around, but the Gators sit squarely in the middle of a five-match skid.
Georgia graduate forward Mollie Belisle cut into the box, tracking the elevated cross from her teammate Dani Murguia. With five minutes left on the clock, she jumped and headed the ball into the back of the net to give the Bulldogs the decisive goal of the match.
Florida is on the brink of postseason play. The Gators still control their own destiny, but they badly need points in their final three conference matches to secure a Southeastern Conference playoff berth.
Standing patiently on her side of the pitch, Auburn goalkeeper Maddie Prohaska awaited the first shot attempt from a lackluster Florida offense. The first half ticked by, second by second, but the shot never came.
The Volunteers handed the Gators its second loss of SEC play on Thursday night in Knoxville, Tennessee behind forward Claudia Dipasupil’s first-half goal on a penalty kick.
After five straight matches against unranked opposition, Florida’s difficult schedule continues with a road test in Knoxville, Tennessee, versus the No. 12 Volunteers Thursday at 6 p.m.
The Diz was electric, with Gainesville faithful packing Donald R. Dizney Stadium on Sunday afternoon in hopes that Florida could extend its win streak in conference play against the visiting Rebels.
After three straight scoreless regulation periods for Florida soccer, goals from graduate forward Kit Loferski and sophomore defender Georgia Eaton-Collins earned the Gators a second conference win in Starkville on Sunday night.
Solutions by The State News
