Gators Looking to Finish Perfect Conference Season Saturday at Connecticut
Friday, April 17, 2015 | Lacrosse
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STORRS, Conn. – The No. 8 Gators will look to finish off a perfect BIG EAST regular-season schedule on Saturday when they travel to face Connecticut at George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex at noon.
Florida (12-4, 6-0) clinched the BIG EAST regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament with its win over Cincinnati and UConn's loss to Georgetown on Wednesday night.
UConn (8-6, 3-2) enters Saturday coming off a last-second loss to Georgetown on Wednesday. Had the Huskies defeated the Hoyas, Saturday's game would have been for the BIG EAST regular-season championship.
This weekend's game will also give the Gators a preview of the playing surface for the BIG EAST Tournament. The end of the year tournament will be held at Connecticut from April 30 to May 2.
Saturday's contest between the Gators and Huskies will be the first meeting between the two schools.
Quick Hits
- After Wednesday's win and UConn's loss to Georgetown, Florida clinched the BIG EAST regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the BIG EAST tournament
- Dating back to the 2011 season Florida has won five-straight regular-season conference titles – the first four coming in the American Lacrosse Conference
- UF is 27-5 all-time against conference competition during the regular season and has won 15-straight regular-season conference games
- In six BIG EAST games, the Orange & Blue have outscored their opponents, 111-26, and have not allowed more than five goals in a game over the last five contests
- Florida's offense leads the nation in scoring offense, averaging 16.06 goals per game
- Florida has nine student-athletes that have scored 10 or more goals. No other school in the BIG EAST has accomplished the feat
- Senior Nora Barry was nominated for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on Tuesday. The award is given annually by the SEC to the conference's top scholar-athlete
- Dating back to 2014, sophomore Mollie Stevens has scored a goal in 19-straight games, one shy of tying the program record held by Ashley Bruns
- Senior Shannon Gilroy ranks first in the country with 78 points and second in goals 57
- Gilroy is the NCAA's active career goal scoring leader (238) and ranks 13th all-time in NCAA history
- In six BIG EAST games, Gilroy has registered 35 points, 25 goals and 10 assists, and has tallied at least five points five games
- Gilroy registered two points against Cincinnati to give her 300 career points – the most of any active student-athlete
- Gilroy earned her eighth weekly BIG EAST honor this past week after being named the conference's Midfielder of the Week for a fourth-straight week
- Florida ranks No. 8 in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Poll and No. 8 in the Media Poll
Video/Radio Links
Video and radio coverage will be provided through Connecticut's HuskyVision. For the link to the video coverage, click here.
When/Where
Saturday's game will be played at George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex on the campus of Connecticut. Opening draw is scheduled for noon and admission is free.
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