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Rhamat Alhassan jumps up to block the ball during Florida's 3-0 win against Florida A&M on Sept. 15, 2017, at the O'Connell Center.

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Gators prepare for senior day, final stretch of regular season

By Andrew Huang | Nov. 8, 2017

She’s an athlete.

Rhamat Alhassan finished Sunday's match against Tennessee with a total of six blocks, enough to set the Florida record for career blocks.

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Gators sweep Volunteers as Alhassan sets career blocks record

By Andrew Huang | Nov. 5, 2017

Shainah Joseph launched herself upward from the right side of the court. The redshirt senior hung in mid-air, wound up and spiked the ball straight into the middle of Tennessee’s defense. No one on the home team could return it.

Rhamat Alhassan had nine kills and seven blocks in Florida's 3-0 win against Kentucky on Wednesday in Lexington.

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Gators land their punches, reap revenge on Kentucky

By Justin Ahlum | Nov. 1, 2017

Rhamat Alhassan would not be stopped.

UF libero Caroline Knop serves the ball during Florida's 3-0 win against Florida A&M on Friday at the O'Connell Center.

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Gators volleyball team wants to ‘throw punches’ early and often in rematch with Kentucky

By Andrew Huang | Oct. 31, 2017

Florida’s volleyball players usually say they take things one match at a time because their only focus is the next opponent.

Rachael Kramer goes up for a block during Florida's 3-1 loss to Kentucky on Oct. 15, 2017, at the O'Connell Center. Kramer recorded 11 kills in a win against Mississippi State on Sunday.

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Gators volleyball team sweeps Mississippi State in straight sets

By Justin Ahlum | Oct. 29, 2017

In UF’s second contest in three days, Florida controlled its match and took home its 18th win of the season on the road against the unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs (9-17, 0-11 SEC), 25-18, 25-10, 25-15.

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Gators defense dominates Gamecocks for 11th sweep of the season

By Andrew Huang | Oct. 27, 2017

Rhamat Alhassan launched herself straight up in front the net, as if she was on a pogo stick, and did what she does better than all but two players in the country.

Lindsey Rogers watched as both of her parents dealt with cancer. Tonight at 7, the Gators will participate in the annual ‘Dig Pink’ match, which aims to raise funds and increase awareness for breast cancer.

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Fight of their lives: How cancer has affected the family of UF volleyball player Lindsey Rogers

By Andrew Huang | Oct. 26, 2017

Shock is all Steve Rogers felt when he heard the news, as he was lying in his hospital bed, recovering from surgery on his ruptured pancreas.

UF coach Mary Wise talks with her players during Florida's 3-1 win over Marshall on Sept. 17, 2016, in the Lemerand Athletic Center.

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Gators volleyball team continues to improve following season’s first loss

By Andrew Huang | Oct. 24, 2017

The Gators are beginning to bounce back from their biggest disappointment of the season.

UF outside hitter Shainah Joseph led all players with 13 kills on Sunday in the Gators 3-1 win against Auburn at the O'Connell Center.

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Shainah Joseph leads Gators volleyball team to road victory over Auburn

By Justin Ahlum | Oct. 22, 2017

Positioned on the right side of the floor, Shainah Joseph jumped up and sent a kill to the back left corner of Auburn’s half of the court.

Carli Snyder gets ready to spike the ball over the net during UF's 3-1 win against Florida A&M on Friday at the O'Connell Center.

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‘Bounce back’: Gators volleyball team sweeps Alabama in Tuscaloosa

By Justin Ahlum | Oct. 20, 2017

Carli Snyder approached the left side of the net. With a set from Cheyenne Huskey, the senior outside hitter smacked a shot across the court and into the deck at the beginning of the match to jumpstart Florida’s sweep of Alabama 25-17, 25-18, 25-17.

Caroline Knop and the Gators volleyball team is looking to put their loss to Kentucky behind them. “We want to be peaking in December and not October, so for us to put that loss behind us will be really important,” Knop said.

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Gators volleyball team ready to play Friday at Alabama

By Andrew Huang | Oct. 19, 2017

The No. 4 Gators are looking to rebound from a 3-1 home loss at the hands of then-No. 8 Kentucky on Sunday.

After losing to No. 5 Kentucky, the Gators will travel to Alabama to play the Crimson Tide and Auburn. “We played the best in the country, or will be, or is one of the best,” coach Mary Wise said of Kentucky following the loss.

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Gators eager to address the problems from their first loss of the season

By Justin Ahlum | Oct. 18, 2017

After losing to No. 5 Kentucky, the Gators knew the Wildcats earned the win. Rachael Kramer, Rhamat Alhassan and Mary Wise all shared similar thoughts following the match.

Rachael Kramer (above) and Florida's volleyball team lost its first match of the season Sunday afternoon against Kentucky. "I’ve got to give Kentucky a ton of credit,” Kramer said. "They were killing it across the net."

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Kentucky comes in ‘guns-a-blazin’ to hand Gators first loss

By Justin Ahlum | Oct. 15, 2017

Kentucky’s Kaz Brown went up for the ball on the right side of the net. With two Gators in front and Allie Monserez crashing to aid them, Brown sent the shot toward the left side of Florida’s defense and found open space, doubling UK’s lead in the third set.

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Gators collect another sweep, beat Rebels to stay perfect

By Andrew Huang | Oct. 13, 2017

As Florida’s libero, it’s not Caroline Knop’s job to score, but her perfectly-placed service ace split two Ole Miss defenders, sealing the deal on the road against Ole Miss on Friday.

Rachael Kramer (right) attempts a block during Florida's 3-0 win over Jacksonville on Sept. 16, 2016, in the Lemerand Center.

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No. 1 Gators volleyball team expects a ‘challenge’ tonight against Mississippi

By Justin Ahlum | Oct. 12, 2017

Last season in the Gale Lemerand Athletic Center, Alex Holston cocked back her left arm and fired a kill into the middle of the Ole Miss defense. Her kill set the tone in the third set for Florida and boosted its offense for the rest of the match.

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Gators volleyball notebook: UF preps for long weekend of SEC play

By Andrew Huang | Oct. 11, 2017

Seven weeks into the season the 13-0, top-ranked Gators have won their first five SEC matches and face Ole Miss and No. 8 Kentucky this weekend.

Chanelle Hargreaves serves the ball during Florida's 3-0 win against Florida A&M on Sept. 15, 2017, at the O'Connell Center.

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Gators sweep Bulldogs to remain lone undefeated team

By Andrew Huang | Oct. 8, 2017

Down 24-19 in the third set, Florida — on the brink of losing just its eighth set in 13 matches this season — turned to sophomore Chanelle Hargreaves, who served three consecutive times, each ending in a Florida point.

UF outside hitter Carli Snyder racked up double-digit kills and eight digs in UF's four-set win over Texas A&M on Wednesday in the O'Connell Center.

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Gators volleyball team remains undefeated with four-set win vs. Texas A&M

By Justin Ahlum | Oct. 4, 2017

In the middle of the second set, Carli Snyder took a shot to the face after an attempted dig from libero Caroline Knop. The deflected ball didn’t stop her though, as she rebounded to carry her team to another SEC victory against the Texas A&M Aggies (4-7, 1-3 SEC), 26-24, 25-23, 25-27, 25-10.

UF coach Mary Wise smiles during Florida's 3-0 win against Florida A&M on Sept. 15, 2017, in the O'Connell Center.

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No. 1 Gators look to stay unbeaten tonight vs. Texas A&M

By Justin Ahlum | Oct. 3, 2017

Last year, Florida lost its first match of the season to a No. 1 team. This year, the Gators knocked off two top-five teams in the first weekend and have jumped out to a perfect start as the lone undefeated team in the nation.

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No. 1 Gators volleyball team stays undefeated with three-set win over LSU

By Andrew Huang | Oct. 1, 2017

It took Rhamat Alhassan three tries before she made the final point count.