As Florida gears up for arguably its toughest road weekend so far this season, coach Mary Wise is playing it cool and urging her players to do the same.
The No. 2 Gators (17-1, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) did more than collect their eighth and ninth consecutive sweeps last weekend.
Under Mary Wise’s tenure as coach, the Gators have lost to the Bulldogs only once.
It took everything the Gators had, but they were able to keep their sweep streak alive Friday.
When No. 15 Kentucky travels to Gainesville on Friday, it will have more than a chance to beat a rival.
Florida was forced to mount a three-set comeback to survive its most recent home matchup against Kentucky.
Chloe Mann’s name has been inked in the NCAA’s record books since her sophomore campaign.
Mary Wise put an exclamation mark on her career Friday night by notching her 700th victory as Florida’s coach by beating Texas A&M.
Last year in College Station, Ziva Recek hit .170 as Florida snuck past Texas A&M in five sets.
When Florida traveled to College Station, Texas, last year, it needed to a comeback from a 2-0 hole to beat Texas A&M.
They will single you out. Pick on you. And then cheer when you fail.
Florida used its powerful offense to make it to the Sweet 16 last season.
Associate coach Dave Boos said Florida’s back-row defense has made up for the front row’s mistakes this season. But on Sunday against Ole Miss, the Gators finally delivered at the net.
After a week of practice geared toward revamping the defense in time for Southeastern Conference play, coach Mary Wise said the payoff against Mississippi State on Friday was disappointing.
On Wednesday afternoon in the Lemerand Center gym, Dave Boos was invested in just one person: Nikki O’Rourke.
Alex Holston’s career at Florida is off to an impressive start.
During the past 13 years, the Gators have gone to the NCAA tournament every season and have won the Southeastern Conference 11 times.
The stat line reads the same for almost every game — Taylor Brauneis leads Florida in assists while Chloe Mann and Ziva Recek take turns leading in kills.
For the second straight weekend, coach Mary Wise found an opportunity to get Noami Santos-Lamb back on the court as she continues to rehab from a torn ACL in her left knee that she suffered Aug. 18, 2012.
After sweeping rival Florida State on Tuesday, it took the No. 4 Gators (10-1) volleyball team all it had to overcome Marquette (5-4) in three sets 25-21, 25-21, 25-13.
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