Category: Lacrosse

  • LAX: Florida travels to North Carolina to take on No. 1 Tar Heels

    The No. 8 Gators lacrosse team goes head-to-head against the No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels in another away game at Chapel Hill on Friday, Feb. 19 at 12 p.m. This will be the 13th meetup between the teams.  The Gators have tough competition in North Carolina.  Ranked first in all national polls, the Tar…

  • LAX: Florida beats Louisville in landslide season opener

    The Gators overcame a slow start to record a seven point victory over Louisville on Saturday. The No. 8 Gators lacrosse team proved their talent as they took the unranked Cardinals by storm in Louisville on Saturday.  Winning 14-7, Florida brought their distinctive drive and hunger to the field. At the beginning of the first…

  • LAX: Gators Finally Set to Return to Action

    Florida returns after an 11-month forced hiatus to battle the Louisville Cardinals. The time is finally here. The No. 8 Gators Lacrosse team make their 2021 debut as they face off against the unranked Cardinals in Louisville on Saturday. The last time Florida properly hit the grass was last March against Navy, almost two months…

  • A look back at UF’s shortened seasons as COVID-19 forces cancellations

    Unfair. That’s the word that comes to mind when I think about the way this pandemic has gripped the collegiate sports world and robbed so many student athletes of a proper ending to their respective seasons. I especially feel for those select seniors who didn’t know their last time out competing was it for them…

  • LAX: No. 8 Gators take down No. 3 Stony Brook

    Final: Florida 12, Stony Brook 10 For the second time this season, Florida lacrosse has defeated a top-three ranked opponent. Just two weeks after stunning No. 1 ranked Maryland, the Gators came back from a 5-1 first half deficit to top No. 3 Stony Brook. How It Happened: Florida dug themselves an early hole as…

  • LAX: Gators bounce back with convincing win over Kennesaw State

    After tough loss to then-No. 12 Loyola at home, the Gators were in desperate need of a morale boost in the form of a sizable win. Fresh off a drubbing at the hands of the Greyhounds, No. 8 Florida drubbed Kennesaw State, 21-6, today in Georgia. Saturday saw a stalled Gators (3-1) offense score a…

  • LAX: No. 4 Gators suffer major let down against No. 12 Loyola

    No one is immune to coming down from a high, including the formerly undefeated Gators. After a historic win in College Park, Maryland, where it knocked off the No. 1 team in the country at home, No. 4 Florida was brought back down to earth today in a crushing defeat at the hands of No.…

  • LAX: Shannon Kavanagh named US Lacrosse’s Player of the Week

    It’s a chilly afternoon in College Park, Maryland. The score, 14-14, and the time remaining, 49 seconds, glow in big, red digital font on the scoreboard. Midfielder Shannon Kavanagh has racked up seven goals in 59 minutes. A career-high. With 49 seconds left to play, the junior captain makes it eight to secure her team’s…

  • LAX: Gators upset No. 1 Maryland in College Park, MD

    The No. 14 Gators traveled nearly 800 miles to face a Goliath. Armed with a mere 0-5 all-time record against No. 1 Maryland, Florida aimed to topple a giant 86-consecutive home victories tall. While the team was acutely aware of what they would be facing this weekend, junior defender Kaitlyn Dabowski iterated her belief that…

  • LAX: Gators hold off Buffaloes, 11-10 in season opener

    Despite the cold front moving through Gainesville this weekend, things got heated in Donald R. Dizney Stadium this afternoon. 39 fouls, seven yellow cards and 45 shots on goal made for a fiery season opener for the Gators. The stadium was packed with a fervent home crowd that fueled the fight Florida needed to finally…