Florida Women's Volleyball

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#6 UF went into Austin and beat #3 UTex 3-2. The game was on the Longhorn Network. I split my time switching between the match and the UF at FSU football game. It was a great match. It avenges a 3-1 loss to UTex in Gainesville back in September.

UF has hopes of receiving a 1 seed in the NCAA tourney. The Gators are the SEC Champion going 18-0 in SEC play.

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Given that 6th ranked UF went undefeated in SEC play and beat 3rd ranked UTex in Austin to close the season, I think the Gators should have been higher than the overall 8 seed. However, the important thing is UF is hosting as they should be:

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Published: Sunday, November 30, 2014 at 11:57 p.m.



Last Modified: Sunday, November 30, 2014 at 11:57 p.m.


Florida, the SEC regular-season champion, earned the No. 8 overall seed in the NCAA women's volleyball championship.


UF (25-3, 18-0 SEC) will host Alabama State, Miami and Central Florida for the first and second rounds. The Gators will take on the Hornets of Alabama State (20-18, 8-0 SWAC) in the first round at the O'Connell Center on Friday at 7 p.m. The winner of that match will face the winner of the Miami-UCF first-round match Saturday at 7 p.m.

The third-round matches will take place Dec. 12, and the quarterfinals are slated for Dec. 13. The semifinals and championship game will be played Dec. 18 and 20 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Four other teams from the SEC also were invited: Kentucky, LSU, Texas A&M and Alabama. FSU is also hosting an opening weekend.

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UF is the lone SEC team left in the volleyball tourney. As the 8 seed, the Gators will face 1 seed Stanford in the Elite Eight on Saturday if both win in the Sweet 16 on Friday.

UF plays Illinois for a chance to take down the #1 ranked and #1 seeded team in the nation. One would have thought the win in Austin over UTex would have put the Gators in a better position than the 8 seed given the task of beating Stanford.

The good thing is the games in this part of the bracket are being played in Ames, Iowa instead of at Stanford. As shown at UTex and in UF's non-conference schedule, the Gators are capable of beating anyone in the nation.

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8 seed UF beat 9 seed Illinois to advance to the Elite Eight to play 1 seed Stanford on Saturday night. The match will be televised by ESPN, ESPNU I think. The Gators won set 1, lost sets 2 and 3, and won sets 4 and 5 to win what has been reported to be a "thriller" by ESPN. Too bad it wasn't on television.

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8 seed UF beat 9 seed Illinois to advance to the Elite Eight to play 1 seed Stanford on Saturday night. The match will be televised by ESPN, ESPNU I think. The Gators won set 1, lost sets 2 and 3, and won sets 4 and 5 to win what has been reported to be a "thriller" by ESPN. Too bad it wasn't on television.

Saw a little of the Stanford match last night (my youngest is a volleyball player) and Stanford is good. Real good but Florida hung with them. Just too much power on the outside for the Cardinal. Wish I could have seen more because it sounds like each game was pretty tight.

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I've seen all of the Final Four teams. If Stanford doesn't win it all, I'll be surprised. Stanford has no weaknesses. UF gave it their best shot, but it wasn't near enough against a superior Stanford team.

BYU is the oddball of the Final Four. They've got a 6'8" woman, looks older and was drafted to play in the WNBA before deciding to play another year of volleyball, but they don't have the speed or talent to play with Stanford, Texas, or Penn State. If UF had gotten a higher seed which they deserved to avoid Stanford in the Elite Eight, the Gators would likely have been a Final Four team, a better fit than BYU by far.

I'm going to root for BYU to pull it off, but it looks like Stanford's championship to me.

The Gators had a great year finishing 28-4, won the SEC going 18-0, successfully played an outstanding ooc schedule, and advanced to the Elite Eight before running into the Stanford buzz saw. To top it off, the Gators best two players are a freshman and a sophomore. Volleyball at UF is going to remain highly competitive. HC Mary Wise is doing a great job for UF.

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Wednesday June 24, 2015
Florida Women Finish Second in 2014-15 Capital One Cup


McLEAN, Va. – Two NCAA titles among a total of nine top-10 finishes in the 2014-15 season gives Florida a runner-up in the women’s Capital One Cup. In its fifth year, the Capital One Cup honors NCAA Division I athletics programs for their cumulative on-field performance across multiple men’s and women’s sports.

This past year, Gymnastics and softball repeated as NCAA champions in 2015. The gymnastics title was the third consecutive for the Gators, as its 0.05 winning margin equaled the slenderest in the meet’s 34-year history. Softball took its second straight Women’s College World Series title. The Gators are the first in the 11-year history of the WCWS Championship Series format to claim the title by winning Games 1 and 3.

The complete list of Florida women's 2014-15 top-10 teams includes:
•Gymnastics (No. 1)
•Softball (No. 1)
•Women’s Indoor Track & Field (No. 4)
•Soccer (No. T-5)
•Women’s Tennis (No. T-5)
•Volleyball (No. T-5)
•Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (No. 8)
•Women’s Swimming & Diving (No. 9)
•Lacrosse (No. T-9)

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Thursday June 25, 2015
SEC Releases 2015 Volleyball Television Schedule

The Gators will play nine SEC Network/ESPNU matches in 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- For the second consecutive year Southeastern Conference volleyball will see extensive coverage on national television -- SEC Network and ESPNU will air 50 women’s volleyball matches. National coverage of both soccer and volleyball has quintupled since SEC Network’s launch last fall.



A total of nine Florida matches this upcoming season will air live on SEC Network or ESPNU, with another batch of SEC Network + matches to be released at a later date. The University of Florida unveiled its competitive 2015 schedule in May. A business trip to Hawaii, an elite Florida-Nebraska-Oregon-Texas tournament in Austin, Texas, and matches against 10 NCAA Tourney teams from last season are just a few highlights of the 2015 University of Florida volleyball schedule.



Of the Gators’ 10 matches this season against 2014 NCAA Tournament teams, four will air on SEC Network: Kentucky (Sept. 27 & Oct. 18), at LSU (Nov. 20) and at Texas A&M (Nov. 22). UF will debut on national television with the home match against Kentucky Sunday, Sept. 27.



Florida debuts the 2015 campaign Aug. 29 with a two-match road trip to the northeast before the Gators head to Austin for a power tournament featuring Florida, Nebraska, Oregon and Texas, followed by the Outrigger Resorts Volleyball Challenge in Honolulu. In all, the Orange and Blue will play seven matches on the road before opening at home in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center with St. John’s Sept. 17. Florida volleyball season tickets, Gold and Platinum cards are now on sale.



2015 VOLLEYBALL TV SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS

· Wednesday Night Volleyball: beginning September 23, ESPNU will air 10 consecutive weeks of SEC Volleyball; SEC Network will also air a game on Wednesday nights creating a weekly doubleheader of SEC volleyball across national television networks

· A total of 40 volleyball games in 2015 will air on SEC Network (nine Gator matches)

· Another 10 volleyball games will air live on ESPNU (one Gator match)



2015 Florida Volleyball Schedule | Complete SEC Soccer & Volleyball Release




Florida Volleyball Appearances on SEC Network or ESPNU in 2015


Date

Time (ET)

Matchup

Airing on


Sun, Sept. 27

1 p.m.

Kentucky at Florida

SEC Network


Wed, Sept. 30

8 p.m.

Florida at Missouri

SEC Network


Sun, Oct. 4

4 p.m.

Florida at Arkansas

SEC Network


Sun, Oct. 11

3 p.m.

Auburn at Florida

SEC Network


Wed, Oct. 14

6 p.m.

Florida at Tennessee

ESPNU


Sun, Oct 18

1 p.m.

Florida at Kentucky

SEC Network


Fri, Oct. 23

7 p.m.

Arkansas at Florida

SEC Network


Fri, Nov. 20

6 p.m.

Florida at LSU

SEC Network


Sun, Nov. 22

2 p.m.

Florida at Texas A&M

SEC Network



An additional slate of games, available on SEC Network + via WatchESPN, will be announced at a later date. The complete list of SEC volleyball and soccer action set to appear on The SEC Network or ESPNU can be found here.

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#4 UF at #3 UTex today at 3 PM EST. Wowzer, it looks like an Elite 8 or Final Four matchup. The match will be televised on the Longhorn Network. I'm going to record it for playback after the football games:



Friday September 4, 2015
No. 4 Gators Sweep No. 11 Oregon to Open VERT Challenge in Austin



AUSTIN, Texas. -- Senior middle Simone Antwi hit .867 with a team-best 13 kills and sophomore Alex Holston turned in her third career double-double with 10 kills and a career-tying 11 digs as the No. 4 Florida volleyball squad swept No. 11 Oregon (25-18, 25-19, 25-20) at Gregory Gym Friday for its first top-25 victory this season.



While the Gators’ offense was hitting on all cylinders, senior libero Nikki O’Rourke led Florida’s back-row efforts with a career-tying 19 digs as the Gators improved to 3-0 with their VERT Challenge opener. It won’t get easier for the Orange and Blue this weekend as UF squares off with host team No. 3 Texas in a 3 p.m. (ET) clash Saturday afternoon.



Florida hit a season-best .440 against Oregon, including a staggering .607 in the third and final set, to serve the Ducks (5-1) their first loss this season. Senior setter Mackenzie Dagostino (46 assists) quarterbacked a UF offense that had four players with double-digit kills, including sophomore middle Rhamat Alhassan (11) and senior outside hitter Živa Recek (11) in addition to Antwi and Holston.



Alhassan had a team-best 13.5 points, chipping in a service ace and three blocks to complement her 11 kills and .500 hitting efficiency.



Paul Sunderland and Nell Fortner will have the Gators-Longhorns call on Longhorn Network Saturday, while Tom Collett will have all the action on ESPN Gainesville (FM 95.3, AM 850).



The weekend set in Austin counts as the Gators’ second road trip of the season and is the middle stretch of a seven-match road strand to open the 2015 campaign before the Gators debut in the O’Dome Sept. 17. Florida and Oregon met Friday for the first time since 1996, while the Gators and Longhorns have a rich rivalry. Last season UF and UT went 1-1, as Texas took the match in Gainesville in September (3-0), while Florida claimed a thrilling five-setter in Austin in November (3-2). While the focus is on Austin this weekend, a dazzling trip to Honolulu, Hawaii, awaits the Orange and Blue next week.



MARY’S MINUTE

“It was a match where our offense was right on track from the first contact. It was as well a setting performance for Mackenzie Dagostino as we’ve seen in her and our hitters made some great choices. Defensively it’s such a challenge to play that elite of an offense. Today our offense really did its job.”



2015 RECORDS

No. 4 Florida: 3-0

No. 11 Oregon: 5-1

· Friday’s match marked the second overall meeting between the Gators and Ducks, the first since 1996



KEY NUMBERS

· .867 | Senior middle Simone Antwi’s hitting efficiency Friday evening, just shy of her career-best .875 against Mississippi State last season

· 11 | Career-tying digs for sophomore right side Alex Holston, who notched her third career double-double in the win against the No. 11 Ducks

· 5 | Gator players that hit over .300 in UF’s sweep of Oregon, including Antwi (.867), sophomores Rhamat Alhassan (.500) and Carli Snyder (.412), senior Živa Recek (.348) and Holston (.318)

· 1 | After going 7-3 against ranked opponents in 2014, Florida wasted no time downing its first top-25 match-up this season with the sweep against Oregon. UF will have the chance to go 2-0 against ranked foes Saturday against No. 3 Texas



UP NEXT

In its second match of the VERT Challenge, the Gators will take on host No. 3 Texas in a 3 p.m. (ET) Saturday showdown.



Last time out at Texas (Nov. 29, 2014):

The 2014 SEC Player of the Year Alex Holston slammed down a staggering 29 kills and junior setter Mackenzie Dagostino posted her fourth double-double of the season with 57 assists and 16 digs, as No. 6 Florida used an all-around team effort to upset No. 3 Texas in a five-set thriller to cap off the regular-season slate at Gregory Gym in Austin (26-28, 25- 20, 25-23, 22-25, 15-12). Holston (29) and freshman outside hitter Carli Snyder (17) each notched double-digit kills -- Holston with the third-most in a single match in school history in the rally scoring era. Holston’s 32 points were also the third-most in Gator history in the rally-scoring era as the right-side hitter added four blocks and a service ace to her line Snyder’s 18 kills against Texas in Gainesville last season mark a career high. Her 17 against the Longhorns in Austin are her second-most as a Gator thus far.



FLORIDA AT TEXAS BROADCAST INFORMATION

University of Texas (Sept. 5)

Time: 3:00 p.m. ET

Live Stream: Longhorn Network

Radio: GatorVision

Live Stats: Sidearm Stats



UF | TEXAS SERIES HISTORY

· 2015 Record: 3-0

· Series Record: Florida leads, 13-8 (13-7 under Mary Wise)

· 3-set: 3-4; 4-set: 2-3; 5-set: 8-1

· Home: 6-4 | Away: 5-3 | Neutral: 2-1

· Last Time Out at Austin: Nov. 29, 2015 | W, 3-0 (26-28, 25-20, 25-23, 22-25, 15-12)

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#4 UF wins 3-1 at #3 UTex:



Saturday September 5, 2015
No. 4 Florida Downs No. 3 Texas 3-1, Wins Second Top-25 Match of Weekend


AUSTIN, Texas. -- No. 4 Gator volleyball made it 2-for-2 against top-11 opponents this weekend to improve to 4-0 with a 3-1 win at No. 3 Texas in front of a packed Gregory Gym Saturday afternoon at the VERT Challenge in Austin.



The Gators won the physical war at the net with 16.5 blocks, compared to just six for the Longhorns (4-1), while contributions from all over the court propelled the Gators to their second consecutive upset over Texas in Austin -- and second straight victory over a ranked opponent in as many matches.



Senior setter Mackenzie Dagostino turned in her second double-double this season with 45 assists, 11 digs, while freshman Rhamat Alhassan racked up a match-high 21 points with 13 kills, two service aces and nine blocks towards UF’s efforts.



Senior outside hitter Živa Recek hit a team-high .562 with nine kills on 16 errorless swings and led all Gators on the court with 12 digs. Senior libero Nikki O’Rourke chipped in nine scoops as a total of five Gators had five or more digs on the defensive end.



To cap off a stellar first set for the Orange and Blue, redshirt freshman defensive specialist Lindsey Rogers served out the last two points with a senior Simone Antwi and Carli Snyder roof to seal the deal for the 25-20 Florida win. Trailing 21-18 to Texas in the second, sophomore Sam Dubiel served up three straight points to tie the set at 21-all, but the Longhorns scored the next four to take set two 25-21 and even the match at 1-1 heading to the break.



A .517 combined hitting efficiency enabled the Gators to cruise to a 25-18 set-three victory and the fourth, while it took a 26-24 final, was all Florida for the 3-1 finale as junior right side Alex Holston and Antwi broke a 24-24 tie with back-to-back slams for the W.



Next up, the Orange and Blue will trek to Hawaii for a long-awaited trip to Honolulu for the Outrigger Resorts Volleyball Challenge. The Gators will play Eastern Washington, Hawaii and San Diego State during their stay on Oahu.



MARY’S MINUTE

“Rhamat’s numbers are going to garner a lot of attention, as they should, but this is a team win because so many people contributed. Winning in Austin is not easy, whether it’s late in the season or early in the season, but today we got such great contributions by so many people it enabled us to be successful.”



2015 RECORDS

No. 4 Florida: 4-0

No. 3 Texas: 4-1

· Saturday’s tilt marked the 22nd meeting in the history of the series between the Gators and Longhorns, and is the seventh time the two programs have met since 2010. The Gators and Longhorns have now met nine times in Austin, with six of those victories belonging to UF. Florida owns the all-time advantage in the history of the series with Texas, 14-8



KEY NUMBERS

· 21 | Points for sophomore middle Rhamat Alhassan, who had 13 kills, two service aces and nine blocks in UF’s 3-1 victory to lead the Gators and tie for the lead on the floor

· 7 | Double-doubles for senior setter Mackenzie Dagostino during her time as a Gator. Mack’s 45 assists, 11 digs marked her second double-dip this season

· 5 | Players with double-digit points towards the Gators’ efforts (Alhassan 21, Holston 14.5, Snyder & Recek 12, Antwi 10)

· 2 | After going 7-3 against ranked opponents in 2014, Florida wasted no time notching two top-15 victories at the VERT Challenge against No. 11 Oregon (3-0) and No. 3 Texas (3-1)



UP NEXT

Florida will continue an 11-day road swing in Honolulu, Hawaii, for the Outrigger Resorts Volleyball Challenge. The Gators will match up with Eastern Washington, host No. 17 Hawaii and San Diego State in the three-day tournament next week. UF’s tilt with Hawaii will mark the Gators’ third ranked opponent in the span of a week.