Special report on the Florida Gators lacrosse team:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The NCAA Tournament returns to Gainesville as the sixth-seeded Florida lacrosse team welcomes Mercer, Jacksonville and Vanderbilt to Donald R. Dizney Stadium.
Florida will be back in the friendly confines of The Diz on Friday, taking on the Mercer Bears at 4 p.m. That game will be streamed on ESPN3 and can be heard on FloridaGators.com/watch.
Approximately 45 minutes after the matchup between the Gators and the Bears, Jacksonville will take on Vanderbilt under the lights.
The winner of each of the first round matchups will face off on Sunday at 12 p.m. for a chance to make the NCAA Quarterfinals.
May 10, 2021
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Just over 24 hours after winning the 2021 American Athletic Conference Tournament, the Florida women’s lacrosse team received the sixth overall seed and earned hosting rights in the NCAA Tournament first and second rounds.
No. 6 seed Florida will face Mercer at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 14 at Donald R. Dizney Stadium, followed by a matchup between Jacksonville and Vanderbilt at 6:30 p.m. The winners of each game will face off on Sunday, with opening draw slated for 12 p.m.
UF enters the NCAA Tournament riding a 13-game win streak, going undefeated in conference play. The Gators are 2-1 against the Gainesville field and have gone 5-2 against the overall tournament field in the 2021 campaign.
Fri Apr 16 2021 | Ellla Brockway | College
PHOTO BY VANDERBILT ATHLETICS
Five minutes into her official visit to campus, Melissa Hawkins had a feeling that Vanderbilt was the place she wanted to spend the next four years. She fell in love fast with Nashville, the school’s special education department and its lacrosse program.
The rest of her tour convinced her that Vanderbilt was not just the place she wanted to be, but the place she was
meant to be. As Hawkins, her mother Karen and then-assistant coach Beth Hewitt turned the corner out of the lacrosse locker room, they saw a sign for Hawkins Field, the Commodores’ baseball stadium.
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