GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Gator fans won't have to go far to take in a UF volleyball match this season, as the
Lemerand Athletic Center, right on the UF campus, will be the home of Florida Volleyball for the 2016 season while the Stephen C. O'Connell Center
continues a $64.5 million renovation.
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With a capacity of approximately 700 in the Lemerand Athletic Center Gym, 2016 Florida Volleyball tickets will be the hottest ticket in town, and the intimate atmosphere will be second-to-none.
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"Gator volleyball will be the must-have ticket this fall so I encourage Florida fans to get their orders in early. The venue presents some unique challenges, but Gator fans have always been there for us in the past," head coach
Mary Wise remarked. "We look forward to making the Lem every bit as successful as the O'Dome."
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Ticket renewals for the Gator Attack Club, 2015 season ticket holders and 2015 Gold & Platinum Card holders will begin at the end of June according to the schedule below.
Tickets are limited and availability is based on priority, and first come, first served.
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TICKET RENEWAL INFO | Gator Ticket Office Online | Call: 352-375-4683 x 6800, open M-F, 8:30a-5p
Season Pass Prices:
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IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING
The Lemerand was the site for Florida's 3-2 opening round win over Texas Tech in the 1995 NCAA Championship action, marking the last match played in the Lemerand during fall-season action.
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FLORIDA'S 2016 SCHEDULE
A total of 12 home Gator volleyball matches this season are scheduled to be played in the Lemerand, which houses UF's three practice gyms, an equipment room, a training room and locker room that the Orange and Blue currently utilize to train.
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Florida will open play at home with the annual Active Ankle Challenge Friday and Saturday, Sept. 16-17, in the Lemerand Athletic Center when Jacksonville, FAMU and Marshall visit Gainesville.
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The Orange and Blue will play nearly a month on the road to kick off the campaign, first heading to the West Coast to Eugene, Ore., for the 2016 installment of the VERT Challenge. Florida will take on defending national champion Nebraska in its season-opener before clashing with the Ducks for a second straight season, this year on their home court.
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Next up, tournaments hosted by Michigan State (Sept. 3-4) and LIU Brooklyn (Sept. 10-11) on the road before a mid-week date with Florida State (Sept. 14) in Tallahassee.
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Then it's home to the Lemerand for the Active Ankle Challenge before kicking off Southeastern Conference play on the road Sept. 23 & 25 at Ole Miss and Alabama, respectively.
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Florida will host Kentucky (Sept. 28), Tennessee (Oct. 2), Mississippi State (Oct. 21), Georgia (Oct. 23), Ole Miss (Oct. 28), LSU (Oct. 30), South Carolina (Nov. 11), Alabama (Nov. 13) and Auburn (Nov. 23) at home in league play.
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