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Middle blocker Mann dominates in MVP performance
By KATIE AGOSTIN | Aug. 26, 2012Junior Chloe Mann couldn’t be a more different player than she was at this time last year.
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Recek, freshmen carry Gators in volleyball double-header
By KATIE AGOSTIN | Aug. 25, 2012During Živa Recek’s first match as a Gator, she was having trouble with the change of pace. In the first set alone, she had one kill against an error in seven total attacks.
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Volleyball unveils 5-1 system and sweeps FIU in season opener
By JONATHAN CZUPRYN | Aug. 25, 2012Mary Wise can finally breathe. The new offense worked.
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Gators set to begin 2012 campaign with new offensive system
By KATIE AGOSTIN | Aug. 23, 2012When the Gators open their season against Florida International tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the O’Connell Center, they’ll have the opportunity to do something they haven’t done since 2007 — run a 5-1 offense.
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Wise ready for new year after offseason filled with change
By JONATHAN CZUPRYN | Aug. 23, 2012This offseason has been a time of major change for coach Mary Wise.
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Senior Smith steps into leadership role for Gators volleyball
By KATIE AGOSTIN | Aug. 22, 2012Last year, the Gators had five seniors in their starting lineup. Among those five were All-Americans Kelly Murphy and Kristy Jaeckel, who accounted for 43 percent of Florida's kills, 47 percent of assists and 48 percent of the team's service aces in 2011.
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Brauneis brings proven talent, fresh offense to Florida
By KATIE AGOSTIN | Aug. 22, 2012There was no doubt that Taylor Brauneis was Louisville's dominant setter for the last two years. The junior led the team with 1,100 assists in 2010, and continued her top performance in 2011 when she was responsible for 85 percent of the Cardinals' assists.
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The Alligator Awards: Which Gators game was the best last season?
By COREY MCCALL | July 30, 2012As 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.
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Column: ‘Poppins v.Voldemort’ paves way for other dream showdowns
By JOE MORGAN | July 25, 2012With the eyes of the world watching, a spoonful of sugar will make the Dark Lord go down in London on Friday. Actually, it will take several spoons.
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The Rally: Which Gators comeback was most impressive last season?
By JOE MORGAN | July 16, 2012As 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.
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Column: Women’s athletics stealing championship spotlight at UF
By JOE MORGAN | May 23, 2012Florida is a girls school. With all due respect to Florida State’s days as a women’s college, UF is the place to be for the fairer sex in the Sunshine State
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Florida volleyball falls to Illinois in Elite Eight
By MEGAN WALSH< | Dec. 10, 2011For the first time since 2005, the Gators volleyball team reached the Elite Eight.
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Gators volleyball sweeps Michigan, advances to Elite Eight
Dec. 9, 2011Taylor 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.
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UF offense continuing to shine in NCAAs
Dec. 5, 2011Florida entered the NCAA tournament with the nation’s most efficient offense, coming in as the only team with a hitting percentage above .300.
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Unseeded Gators earn trip back to Gainesville for Sweet 16
By MEGAN WALSH< | Dec. 4, 2011When the NCAA selection committee put together the pool last Sunday for this year’s volleyball tournament, Florida found itself in a tough spot.
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Gators volleyball advances to round of 16
Dec. 3, 2011For 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.
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Florida rallies past Mizzou and into second round
By MEGAN WALSH< | Dec. 2, 2011In the first set of Florida’s opening-round NCAA matchup Friday against Missouri, the Gators never saw a lead.
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Gators open NCAA Championship against future SEC foe
Dec. 1, 2011When 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.
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Unseeded Florida has chip on shoulder entering tournament
Nov. 30, 2011When Florida takes the court Friday night to begin the NCAA tournament, it will be thrown into a scenario equal parts familiar and different.
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Gators volleyball receives unseeded bid to NCAA Tournament
By MEGAN WALSH< | Nov. 27, 2011Although 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.
