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UF's Carli Snyder (left) and Rhamat Alhassan celebrate during Florida's 3-0 win against New Hampshire Dec. 3, 2015, in the O'Connell Center.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Florida advances to Elite Eight with five-set win over Wisconsin

By Patrick Pinak | Dec. 11, 2015

The Gators finally won a fifth set.

Noami Santos-Lamb swings for a kill attempt during Florida's 3-2 win against Oklahoma on Aug. 30, 2014, in the O'Connell Center.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

From student-athlete to student: A volleyball player’s story

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Dec. 8, 2015

Noami Santos-Lamb steps onto the court of the O’Connell Center with all the confidence in the world.

UF defensive specialist Lindsey Rogers serves during Florida's 3-0 win against Auburn on Oct. 11, 2015.

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UF volleyball advances to Sweet 16 with win over FSU

By Brian Lee | Dec. 5, 2015

With Florida trailing 23-19 in a crucial third set against Florida State, the Seminoles seemed poised to take a stranglehold on the match.

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Florida sweeps New Hampshire in first round of NCAA Tournament

By Patrick Pinak | Dec. 3, 2015

From start to finish, New Hampshire didn’t have an answer for Alex Holston.

UF setter Abby Detering serves during Florida's 3-0 win against Auburn on Oct. 11, 2015, in the O'Connell Center.

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Pocket Aces: Setters’ dominating serves highlight Gators victory over New Hampshire

By Brian Lee | Dec. 3, 2015

With the Gators up 18-6 in the second set against New Hampshire, Abby Detering walked to the back line to serve.

UF outside hitter Ziva Recek (middle) celebrates with teammates after a point during Florida's 3-0 win against Alabama on Nov. 13, 2015, in the O'Connell Center.

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Slovenian Success: Ziva Recek nears end of Florida volleyball career

By Brian Lee | Dec. 2, 2015

When Ziva Recek first stepped on to the University of Florida campus, she barely spoke English.

They lost three senior backrow players from a year ago and lost five conference matches for the first time in 25 years under Mary Wise, but the Gators still made it to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. Here are our two features on two players who got them there: Patrick Pinak's story on the knitting middle blocker Rhamat Alhassan (http://www.alligator.org/sports/volleyball/article_0a8cb024-8447-11e5-9fdb-c7277e26ef59.html) and Brian Lee's look at Ziva Recek's journey (http://www.alligator.org/sports/volleyball/article_a26ac8a4-9973-11e5-87b8-c375ed626332.html)

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UF volleyball unsatisfied with simply competing in NCAA Tournament

By Brian Lee | Nov. 30, 2015

The Florida volleyball team is in familiar territory.

UF coach Mary Wise calls out to setter Mackenzie Dagostino during Florida's 3-1 loss to Kentucky on Sept. 27, 2015, in the O'Connell Center.

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UF volleyball to host opening rounds of NCAA Tournament

By Patrick Pinak | Nov. 29, 2015

The Florida volleyball team received the No. 11 seed in the 2015 NCAA Tournament on Sunday and is set to host the first and second rounds of the tournament in the O’Connell Center.

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Gators sweep LIU Brooklyn in emotional Senior Day victory

By Patrick Pinak | Nov. 27, 2015

Mary Wise doesn’t tear up often, but she made an exception for Mackenzie Dagostino.

Rhamat Alhassan swings for a kill attempt during Florida's 3-0 win against Texas A&M on Oct. 9, 2015, in the O'Connell Center

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Gators volleyball collapses against Texas A&M

By Brian Lee | Nov. 22, 2015

In the final Southeastern Conference match of the season, the Gators volleyball team turned in one of its most disappointing performances.

UF middle blocker Simone Antwi swings for a kill attempt during Florida's 3-1 win against Florida State on Sept. 20, 2015, in the O'Connell Center.

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Florida powers past LSU behind blocking

By Patrick Pinak | Nov. 21, 2015

The Gators threw a block party Friday night, and Simone Antwi hosted it.

UF outside hitter Ziva Recek digs a ball during Florida's 3-0 win against Alabama on Nov. 13, 2015, in the O'Connell Center.

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Florida volleyball focusing on fixing defensive flaws

By Patrick Pinak | Nov. 18, 2015

Tick. Tock.

Sophomore right-side hitter Alex Holston swings for a kill attempt during No. 8 seed Florida's 3-1 win against Miami in the second round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament on Dec. 6 in the O'Connell Center.

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Florida volleyball’s Alex Holston powering offense

By Brian Lee | Nov. 16, 2015

As Alex Holston goes, so does the Gators’ volleyball team.

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Florida volleyball continues sweep streak against pesky Volunteers

By Patrick Pinak | Nov. 15, 2015

Ziva Recek used her rifle of an arm when she needed it most.

UF right-side hitter Alex Holston (3) celebrates during Florida's 3-0 win against St. John's on Sept. 17, 2015, in the O'Connell Center.

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Florida volleyball rebounds after loss, sweeps ‘Bama

By Brian Lee | Nov. 14, 2015

After a tough five-set loss to Auburn last Sunday, the Florida volleyball team responded with a victory over Alabama on Friday night.

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Gators look to get back on a roll against Alabama

By Patrick Pinak | Nov. 12, 2015

One block is all it would’ve taken.

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UF volleyball focused on improving careless play

By Brian Lee | Nov. 9, 2015

It took 25 years for the Auburn volleyball team to finally beat the Gators under coach Mary Wise.

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Gators point to service errors for five-set loss to Auburn

By Patrick Pinak | Nov. 8, 2015

Mary Wise had never lost to Auburn — until Sunday.

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UF earns ninth straight win with sweep of Mississippi State

By Patrick Pinak | Nov. 7, 2015

Alex Holston was clutch Friday night.

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UF volleyball peaking heading into weekend matches

By Brian Lee | Nov. 5, 2015

With only seven games left until the postseason, the Gators are playing their best volleyball of the year.