The Gators announced that fans will be in attendance at Florida volleyball games this season.
During typical times, the O’Connell Center would be packed in mid-September with fans hoping to see coach Mary Wise and the team finally win that elusive national championship they’ve been seeking for years.
Florida volleyball’s 2019 season will be remembered like a lot of its other seasons: A strong regular season before bowing out in the NCAA Tournament.
Coach Mary Wise knew one of her student managers for Florida volleyball was different than most quickly. In her 33 years of coaching, she had never seen someone so interested in the minute details of her program.
There was nothing seniors Rachael Kramer and Allie Gregory could do but watch the ball hit the hardwood, signaling the end of both the Gators’ season and their college careers.
It didn’t take much for Florida’s volleyball team to take a 3-0 win over UCF, even without its star hitter in sophomore Thayer Hall – who missed her second-straight game with an undisclosed injury.
The Gators didn’t have their star player in outside hitter Thayer Hall on Thursday night. But even leaning on its bench players in Hall’s absence Florida was still fine against Alabama State.
Saturday’s five-set win over the Texas A&M Aggies was memorable in more ways than one.
The Gators’ volleyball team has made it a habit of dominating teams at the bottom of the SEC standings this season.
The disparity between the top two teams in the SEC and the rest of the conference was on full display Sunday afternoon.
There has been a constant on Florida’s volleyball team since 2011: the presence of at least one Monserez sister.
The loss to Kentucky on Sunday was disappointing. There’s no getting around that.
Florida had something to prove coming off a five-set battle to the Kentucky Wildcats, which ended in an emotional loss for a growing No. 15 Gators team.
It took five sets for Florida’s dreams of an SEC Championship title to turn into a nightmare.
Coach Mary Wise stood up on the sidelines and emphatically extended her arms in and out, portfolio in hand.
Sophomore Thayer Hall took her position behind the service line, bounced the ball a few times and served.
It wasn’t too long ago that Florida’s volleyball team sat around then-3-year-old Sophia Murrillo and officially welcomed her into their family with her very own jersey.
The Gators volleyball team continues to roll in SEC play.
Having Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew in town put the spotlight on Mississippi State on Sunday afternoon as he watched his younger sister Callie from the bleachers.
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