Freshman goalie key in win
Feb. 20, 2013After a Stony Brook narrowed Florida’s lead to 12-8, coach Amanda O’Leary took a timeout with 19:37 left in the second half.
After a Stony Brook narrowed Florida’s lead to 12-8, coach Amanda O’Leary took a timeout with 19:37 left in the second half.
Tampa 2 is a defensive football strategy created by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1990s. Mixing his lacrosse and football background, Nick Williams formed a deviation of the Tampa 2 to incorporate in lacrosse.
Three years, three flights and three losses.
Like every other game in her career, Florida senior midfielder Brittany Dashiell had coaches and teammates cheering her on. But on Saturday and Sunday at the Disney Wide World of Sports in Lake Buena Vista, they were cheering for Dashiell from the stands.
Josh: This year’s Florida lacrosse team has a chance to be dominant. The Gators lost just one player from last year’s squad, which made it to the national semifinals. No Florida team that finished one game short of the finals the previous season has returned as high of a percentage of its lineup since the last men’s basketball championship run in 2006-07. If the Gators aren’t hoisting the championship trophy in Philadelphia on Memorial Day weekend, it will be legitimately shocking, and you can’t say that about any other team.
Despite making history, the Gators season ended in disappointment.
The final week is here for The Alligator Awards and I’m tasked with introducing the nominees for “Best Female Athlete.” I hope you’re ready for stats on stats on stats, and as always, a few movie references. Don’t worry, none are related to “John Carter.”
With the eyes of the world watching, a spoonful of sugar will make the Dark Lord go down in London on Friday. Actually, it will take several spoons.
As a part of The Alligator Awards recognizing the best in UF athletics during the 2011-12 athletic season, columnists Joe Morgan and Corey McCall will debate two of the five nominees in each week’s category. Vote for the winner online at alligatorSports.org.
STONY BROOK, N.Y.- The Gators thought they were seconds away from advancing to the NCAA Championship game.
Florida is a girls school. With all due respect to Florida State’s days as a women’s college, UF is the place to be for the fairer sex in the Sunshine State
For the Gators, reaching the pinnacle of women’s lacrosse has been a quick ride, but the trip is not over yet.
The Gators only needed three goals to reach the Final Four. They scored 15.
The Gators know they are on the cusp of making school history and are ready to take on the challenge.
The Gators’ first-round game in the NCAA Tournament did not go as planned, but they achieved the desired result.
Shannon Gilroy scored twice and top-seeded Florida advanced to the second round of the NCAA women's lacrosse tournament with a 6-4 victory over Albany (N.Y.) on Saturday.
A torch was passed on Saturday. But it wasn’t given over willingly.
Two UF lacrosse players were named as nominees for the 2012 Tewaaraton Award on Wednesday.
The Gators are playing their best lacrosse of the season. They are coming off their biggest win in the program’s three-year history.
It was an even more daunting task the second time around, but the Gators found a way again.