As part of The Alligator Awards recognizing the best in UF athletics during the 2011-12 season, columnists Joe Morgan and Corey McCall will debate two of the five nominees in each week’s category. Vote for the winner online at alligatorSports.org.
As part of The Alligator Awards recognizing the best in UF athletics during the 2011-12 season, columnists Joe Morgan and Corey McCall will debate two of the five nominees in each week’s category. Vote for the winner online at alligatorSports.org.
For the first time since 2005, the Gators volleyball team reached the Elite Eight.
Taylor Unroe stepped to the back line to serve. By the time she was finished, the match was largely in hand and Florida was en route to its first Sweet 16 victory since 2005.
Florida entered the NCAA tournament with the nation’s most efficient offense, coming in as the only team with a hitting percentage above .300.
When the NCAA selection committee put together the pool last Sunday for this year’s volleyball tournament, Florida found itself in a tough spot.
For the second game in a row, Florida’s season looked in doubt at the end of the first set. The nation’s most efficient offense was out-worked and defeated 25-16 at the hands of Northern Iowa.
In the first set of Florida’s opening-round NCAA matchup Friday against Missouri, the Gators never saw a lead.
When Florida takes the court in Cedar Falls, Iowa, tonight at 6, it will be staring across the net at a team that embodies nearly everything it is not.
When Florida takes the court Friday night to begin the NCAA tournament, it will be thrown into a scenario equal parts familiar and different.
Although Gainesville is home to a regional in this year’s NCAA volleyball tournament, it’s going to take Florida two wins on the road if it wants to play in the O’Connell Center again this season.
Stephanie Ferrell didn’t take a single swing in the third set.
While many volleyball teams around the NCAA have already wrapped up their regular seasons, Florida’s players have one last test against South Carolina tonight in the O’Connell Center before they can enjoy a quick Thanksgiving break.
For Taylor Unroe and her family, butterflies and fairies have always served as a symbol.
In the first set of Florida’s senior-day match against Auburn, the Tigers seemed to only score points off the Gators’ mistakes.
Nobody is going to confuse the Florida volleyball team’s last three games of the regular season as marquee matchups, but the Gators are using them as confidence boosters.
Since beginning preparation for 2011, the Gators have had one broad goal: Peak in December.
On most days, Kristy Jaeckel is one of Florida’s most dominant and important offensive weapons.
After 21 years at Florida and 25 years of coaching college volleyball, Mary Wise doesn’t come across many firsts.
First-set losses have plagued Florida’s volleyball team all season.
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