For 15 minutes, it appeared High Point would maintain steady control of Saturday’s game. Florida’s defense couldn’t find an answer to the Panthers’ repeated counter-attacks, and the offense struggled to evade pressure early-on.
The Gators couldn’t dig into its bag of tricks to mount a comeback at Scully-Fahey Field.
It had the makings of last weekend’s blowout loss at home against No. 5 Loyola-Maryland.
It was a week of highs and lows for the Gators.
It took 42 seconds for freshman attacker Kaala Puglisi to open today’s scoring.
The Gators dropped to eighth in the most recent Inside Lacrosse Maverik Women’s Division I Media Poll after their 17-6 drubbing at the hands of Loyola-Maryland Saturday at home.
It was a slow and methodical breakdown, Saturday against Loyola Maryland.
When all else failed, Florida turned to junior midfielder Shannon Kavanagh, its hero of games past. But even Superman lost a battle, and as No. 10 Loyola limited Kavanagh’s production, her team also suffered through kryptonite-induced weakness.
Neither Buffaloes nor Terrapins have been able to stand in the way of the No. 3 Gators’ path this season.
Following back-to-back wins against top-25 opponents, including this weekend’s upset win over No. 2 Maryland, the Gators rose nine spots to third in the Inside Lacrosse Poll. They also came in at No. 4 in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association poll.
For the second week in a row, junior midfielder Shannon Kavanagh proved to be the deciding factor for a Florida win.
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND — Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Sarah Reznick entered the season as the team’s starter following the graduation of Haley Hicklen.
Florida’s start to its season has all the makings of their own Groundhog Day-like story.
Shannon Kavanagh made an attempt to drive towards Colorado goalkeeper, Julia Lisella. Tied at one with roughly 20 minutes remaining in the game’s first half, Florida’s junior midfielder was looking to give her team its first lead of the game.
Amanda O’Leary opened the first media availability of the season, exuding nothing but confidence.
With nearly two weeks until the start of its season, Florida’s lacrosse team was named the favorite to win the American Athletic Conference, earning five of the six first-place votes in the 2020 Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
The Florida lacrosse team bounced back from a rough start to the 2019 campaign.
The Florida lacrosse team bounced back from a rough start to the 2019 campaign.
Senior attacker Lindsey Ronbeck has been the primary source of offense for the Florida lacrosse team throughout the 2019 campaign.
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