Special report on the Florida Gators lacrosse team:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The ninth-ranked Florida lacrosse team got to hoist the American Athletic Conference regular season trophy after clinching at least a share of the championship with its 22-9 defeat of Vanderbilt on a rainy Sunday afternoon at Donald R. Dizney Stadium.
With the victory, the Gators have now won the regular season conference championship both of their years in the AAC and have now won 10 regular season crowns across three conferences (ALC: 2011, ’12, ’13, ’14; BIG EAST: 2015, ’16, ’17, ’18; AAC: 2019, ’21).
Florida has also now won 38-straight regular season conference games, dating back to the start of conference play in the 2016 season.
Commodores | 2021 season: 11-2, 6-0 AAC
This is the 13th meeting between the Gators and Commodores
Florida holds the 10-2 series advantage
Home: 5-1 | Away: 4-0 | Neutral: 1-1
Last Meeting: May 2, 2019 | Cincinnati, Ohio | W, 19-10
Quick Facts
The Gators are 101-19 (.842) om the confines of Donald R. Dizney Stadium
Amanda O’Leary is the seventh winningest active Division I coach with her .752 winning percentage in 26 seasons (339-112)
O’Leary has the fourth-most wins of active Division I coaches with 339 and is 177-47 (.790) at Florida
When scoring at least 14 goals, the Gators are 142-2 (.986) in program history
Since 2011, Florida has the third-most wins of any Division I women’s lacrosse program with 167
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Gators lacrosse sweep the East Carolina Pirates
Florida improves to 6-0 in the AAC
Defender Kaitlin Dabkowski attacks the East Carolina net on April 1. Photo by Karina Wilson | The Independent Florida Alligator
Attacker Grace Haus dashed into the 12-meter fan early.
With an assist from attacker Brianna Harris, Haus ricocheted the yellow ball past goalkeeper Ashley Vernon who extended her arms out as far as she could but it wasn’t enough to stop the senior.
“Everyone was keeping their head up and moving the ball,” Haus said. “It was a good team effort overall.”
The No. 10 Gators continued their AAC dominance with a 19-7 over the Pirates. UF is projected to win the conference championship in May.
Kassidy Bresnahan finding the back of the net on a pass from
Shannon Kavanagh just under a minute into the game.
ECU answered to knot the game at 1-1, but Kavanagh tallied her first goal of the day to give Florida the 2-1 advantage with 25:09 left in the first half.
The Pirates responded to once again tie the game, but back-to-back goals from
Brianna Harris gave Florida the 4-2 lead with just over 21 minutes remaining in the frame. ECU went on a 2-0 spurt over the course of the next five minutes to tie the game at 4-4.
With the game knotted at 4-all, the Gators exploded for a 5-0 run – consisting of all man-up goals. Kavanagh kicked off the run, followed by goals from