Meagher ready for showdown with No. 2 Northwestern
By JOHN BOOTHE< | Apr. 13, 2011Each time Mikey Meagher takes her place between a pair of familiar orange goalposts, she finds herself up against the odds.
Each time Mikey Meagher takes her place between a pair of familiar orange goalposts, she finds herself up against the odds.
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With a top-10 clash against Northwestern looming just a week away, the Gators are using the motivation of a grudge match and another team’s trash talk to stay focused against Johns Hopkins this weekend.
Soon, just wearing goggles isn’t going to be good enough.
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As Amanda O’Leary coached Florida’s women’s lacrosse team to a two-goal victory over Penn State last season, she couldn’t help but think back to 1988.
In a matchup of two teams with four losses in American Lacrosse Conference play last season, Florida and Ohio State competed as if they were mad at somebody.
Don’t call it a setback.
Rarely does a 10-goal lead and a running clock after halftime translate into a lukewarm victory.
Although Fairfield isn’t the most highly touted team on Florida’s schedule, tonight’s matchup against the unranked Stags will still be the Gators’ tallest test.
Syracuse constantly shadowed Florida’s top scoring threat, chasing Kitty Cullen all over the field Saturday.
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So far this season for the No. 10 Gators, home is where the wins have been.
A day after cracking the top 10 for the first time in team history, the No. 10 Gators played like they deserved it with an 18-6 win over visiting Colgate.
For the second time this season, the No. 10 Gators are not only out for a win. They are looking for redemption.
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Spring break came a week early for the No. 14 Gators, but they weren’t spending it at the beach.
For more than four minutes in the second half Wednesday, No. 17 Florida was daring someone to come out and guard them.