Gators’ explosive attack overpowers 'Bama in sweep
By Brendan Farrell | Oct. 25, 2019Sophomore Thayer Hall started from the back row, took a few steps, jumped and fired.
Sophomore Thayer Hall started from the back row, took a few steps, jumped and fired.
The Gators volleyball team enters this weekend on a roll. Florida has won 13 of its last 14 matches, with its only loss coming to No. 16 Kentucky on the road.
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Lauren Dooley stood at the net with a determined look on her face.
Gators volleyball returns home to face unranked South Carolina on Wednesday. No. 13 Florida is coming off a successful weekend where it swept Arkansas on Friday and rallied in a five-set match to defeat Texas A&M on Sunday.
A smooth start and a rocky middle left an uncertain result for Florida’s volleyball team Sunday afternoon.
It would have been easy to overlook the Razorbacks, especially after a heartbreaking five-set loss to conference forerunner Kentucky.
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Sunday afternoon’s game against No. 15 Kentucky presented multiple opportunities for Florida’s volleyball team: To finally get a statement win. To take a stranglehold on the SEC early in conference play. And to prove that it could go on the road against a tough opponent and come out on top.
Heading into their third SEC matchup of the season, the No. 12 Gators (11-2, 2-0 SEC) will make their conference road debut against the 15th-ranked Wildcats on Sunday afternoon in Lexington, Kentucky.
For the second week in a row, Florida’s volleyball team ranks 12th in the nation, according to the most recent AVCA poll.
Florida’s fate was practically etched on a tombstone Sunday afternoon, as it trailed Georgia 19-11 in the third set, having already lost the first frame.
The saying goes that the beginning of conference play is like the beginning of a new season, that you’re starting with a clean slate.
The Gators volleyball team begins SEC play this weekend at home with two matches in three days. It will face Auburn at 7 p.m. on Friday and Georgia at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Here’s what to know about Florida’s next two opponents:
Florida’s weekend went as expected, coming out of the Gators Invitational with three wins.
You don’t have to go far to see the last time Florida nailed back-to-back-to-back sweeps over its opponents.
Sophomore Thayer Hall jumped up for the ball and fired a kill past Northern Arizona’s Abby Akin, Hall’s 13th kill of the evening.
The No. 11 Gators volleyball team is fresh off a dominating sweep of in-state rival No. 23 Florida State. Florida hosts this weekend’s Gator Invitational, where it will play Liberty, Northern Arizona and Louisiana-Lafayette. Here are some things to know about UF’s competition this weekend:
Holly Carlton must have felt like she had the weight of the O’Dome on her shoulders after helping her team fight point after point in the second set, a frame the Gators trailed more than they led.
The Gators volleyball team (5-2) wrapped up a perfect 3-0 weekend on Saturday following a wild 3-2 win against Long Beach State. Here are two takeaways: