Florida, Auburn compete in O’Dome
By IAN COHEN | Nov. 11, 2014It’s difficult to recall the first point of any match, let alone one played nearly eight weeks ago.
It’s difficult to recall the first point of any match, let alone one played nearly eight weeks ago.
Florida could taste the victory.
Florida volleyball looks to stay unbeaten in Southeastern Conference play when it takes on Alabama (19-5, 7-3 SEC) tonight at 7 in the O’Connell Center.
Florida volleyball’s conference play is dying down and while that means the postseason is approaching, it also means that Southeastern Conference honors are right around the corner.
Coming into the season, Rhamat Alhassan was a big question mark for Florida volleyball.
Over the course of the last month, Florida’s volleyball team has been rolling.
Florida volleyball took another sweep against Georgia on Wednesday, extending the Gators set win streak to 15.
The last time Florida played Georgia, both teams were cruising through the season with winning records and a promising future.
On its deepest roster since at least 1996, Florida volleyball has offered fans a mixture of players ranging from a duo of setters to six defensive specialist options.
If depth were money, Florida volleyball would be rich.
In the midst of a 10-match winning streak, Florida handed in its sharpest offensive performance of the season.
It was the opening round of the 2011 NCAA tournament, and Florida and Missouri were meeting for the first time in program history.
Havana Solaun lost everything she had worked for in just two seconds. All it took was a twist, a tug and a tear and everything was gone. Her season. Her opportunity to train with the Canadian National Soccer Team. And her chance to lead Florida to its second national title.
Coming into the 2014 season, UF volleyball coach Mary Wise said Florida was looking to become more dominant on defense.
It was a late-August afternoon in the Gale Lemerand practice gym, and starting setter Mackenzie Dagostino was explaining why Florida’s practices are never lackadaisical.
In a battle to stay undefeated in the Southeastern Conference, No. 8 Florida volleyball swept unranked Arkansas in one of the Gators’ most highly contested matches of the season.
After the match’s first set, it appeared as if South Carolina would be the first Southeastern Conference team to hand Florida a loss this season.
Mary Wise has not had much reason to be angry this season.
In a perfect world, freshmen would be good enough to start as soon as they enter college.
For the second consecutive weekend, No. 9 Florida (12-3, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) closed its weekend matchups with two wins against conference opponents.