Special report on the Florida Gators lacrosse team:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The eighth-ranked Florida lacrosse team dominated the Temple Owls 19-4 on Saturday afternoon at Donald R. Dizney Stadium to secure the 2021 AAC Tournament Championship.
The Gators improve to 16-2 on the year and have won 13-straight games, while Temple falls to 12-5 on the year.
Florida secured its seventh-consecutive tournament championship and eighth overall. The Gators were able to hoist both the regular season championship trophy and tournament championship trophy for the eighth time in program history.
Brianna Harris and Shannon Kavanagh each posted six goals on the afternoon to lead the way offensively for the Gators. That mark was a career-best for Harris, surpassing her previous high of five (twice).
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.
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
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Special report on the Florida Gators lacrosse team:
DELAND, Fla. – The high-powered offensive attack of the sixth-ranked Florida lacrosse team led them past the Stetson Hatters 19-7 on Saturday afternoon.
The Gators move to 3-1 on the year, while Stetson drops to 0-2.
Florida had 11 different players score on Saturday afternoon, led by five goals from Shannon Kavanagh – a season-best mark. Ashley Gonzalez followed with a career-high three goals of her own, securing the first hat trick of her career.
Maggi Hall and Paisley Eagan tallied two goals apiece on the afternoon, while Liz Harrison, Emily Heller, Danielle Pavinelli, Grace Haus, Shelton Sawers, Janine Suris and Kaitlyn Dabkowski each pitched in one goal. Harrison and Suris both registered their first career goals in the game.