Florida lacrosse routs Villanova on senior day
By ALEX MAMINAKIS | Apr. 11, 2015Florida sent its seniors out with a bang.
Florida sent its seniors out with a bang.
With just three regular season games remaining, Florida heads into the weekend atop the Big East standings in the team’s first year as a member of the conference.
Using defenders on offense — Florida may be on to something.
If the Gators buys into the old saying that defense wins championships, Florida took a step in the right direction toward that ultimate goal in their thumping of Georgetown on Saturday.
To say that conference play has been kind to Florida this season would be an understatement. The Gators have dismembered their Big East opponents so far in the team’s first season as a member of the conference. It was more of the same on Saturday.
Young players who make an impact on their team day-in and day-out can be the most valuable ones on the roster. They can also spell out success for years to come.
Some people like change.
In its first season as a member of the Big East, Florida is asserting itself as one of the conference’s frontrunners.
Florida lacrosse can’t afford to lose another game.
At Florida lacrosse practice on Tuesday, a small group of players were out warming up 30 minutes before practice was actually supposed to begin. It wasn’t a typical, light warm up, either.
Florida entered its road match against Vanderbilt on Sunday having lost three straight games.
For the second-straight Tuesday, Florida played host to a Top-25 team. And for the second-straight time, the Gators lost to that team by one goal.
The word lose, in any form, isn’t one that has typically been tossed around Donald R. Dizney Stadium since the lacrosse team's conception in 2010.
Florida’s tough stretch of opposition continued on Saturday with a second straight loss to a top five team, just the third time it has ever lost back-to-back games.
In Florida’s second game of the season against a top-10 opponent, the Gators couldn’t hang on long enough.
Assistant coach Michelle Tumolo is one of the Gators’ most valuable assets when Florida lacrosse plays Syracuse.
No. 6 Florida defeated Niagara 21-4 for their sixth straight win.
It was more of the same on the lacrosse field this weekend for Florida, as yet another dominant performance gave the Gators their fourth straight victory.
Seven days will have been the longest break in between games that Florida lacrosse has had so far this season.
Just four games into the season, Florida appears to have found its groove.