Age before beauty doesn’t really describe Florida’s lacrosse team, but that’s mainly because it has nothing to do with teams or even sports.
The struggle is real for Florida’s offense.
The final 10 minutes of a game can contain more pressure than the first 50 minutes combined for a goalkeeper.
Shannon Gilroy has become the star of a team in a sport where toughness beats perfection.
If it weren’t for solid goalkeepers, No. 4 Florida (8-2, 1-0 American Lacrosse Conference) might not have held it’s 17-12 loss within reach of a win.
Beating a team 17-3 in the first half is not winning — it’s complete dominance.
No. 4 Florida is moving on up.
It was an ice-cold and windy kind of day in Baltimore at Loyola University Maryland on Tuesday.
Five games into the season and No. 5 Florida’s (5-1) defense has finally woken up.
After graduating 13 seniors in 2013, the No. 5 Gators (4-1) are quickly working to strengthen their depleted defense.
No. 7 Florida’s (4-1) offense prevailed against a sleepy Cincinnati (0-2) defense after a three-and-a-half-hour rain delay at Donald R. Dizney Stadium to win 19-6 on Sunday.
James Madison has not been this embarrassed since the War of 1812.
With age comes wisdom. But No. 8 Florida (2-1) would probably disagree.
There is only one player remaining from Florida’s inaugural 2010 class.
No. 1 North Carolina lived up to the hype, and then some.
No. 4 Florida opens its season against No. 1 North Carolina on Saturday at noon in its first game without its inaugural class.
The last time No. 4 Florida lacrosse went head-to-head with an opponent, it had 13 seniors and shared an American Lacrosse Conference title.
There weren’t any controversial stick checks or overtime periods.
Although it has existed as a program for fewer than four years, Florida has already developed an out-of-conference rival in Syracuse.
In what was likely their last game in Gainesville, Florida’s seniors emphatically ensured it wasn’t their last game as Gators.
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