Florida Gators

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Ten different Gators scored Saturday -- including three goals each from Sammi Burgess, Nicole Graziano and Mollie Stevens -- as No. 3 Florida defeated Dartmouth, 16-6, to move to 4-0 on the season and deliver head coach Amanda O'Leary her 100th win at the University of Florida.
 
O'Leary, the fifth winningest active Division I women's lacrosse coach, is now 100-27 (.787) all-time at Florida, boasts a career record of 262-92 (.740) and has her Gators squad 4-0 for the second time in the program's young history.
 
Burgess scored three of Florida's first four goals of the game in the first 12 minutes to stretch the Gators lead to 4-1, and well-balanced attack kept the momentum in favor of the Orange and Blue offensively. Sam Darcangelo, Carli Marsh and Allie Pavinelli all cashed in their first scores of the season, while Caroline Fitzgerald also sent in her first goal of the year after a fast break to give Florida four consecutive games with a defensive score.
 
The Gators' high pressure, scrappy defense helped limit Dartmouth to just three goals in each period. Florida led 10-3 at the half after Lindsey Ronbeck connected with Stevens for an over-the-shoulder success at the buzzer. Senior defender Sydney DuPre made it four straight games with multiple caused turnovers, forcing two against the Big Green, while Lauren Lea chipped in a pair as well. Senior goalkeeper Mary-Sean Wilcox moved to 4-0 in the cage for UF and had at least one save for the 10th straight game with three against Dartmouth.
 
Graziano's season-best three goals were just the tip of the iceberg as the fifth-year Gator also came up with a team-high four draw controls and posted a team-best four points with an assist on Burgess' second score of the day.
 
With a comfortable 15-5 lead in the second period, UF took advantage of the opportunity to get its bench some quality experience with 10 players subbing in down the stretch to represent the Orange and Blue for the first time in 2016.
 
THE RECORDS
No. 3 Florida: 4-0
Dartmouth: 2-1
 
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O'LEARY ANALYSIS
"I'm really proud of the team's effort today. We had a really big win last Saturday and to come off that win and compete to the best of our ability today was great. Similar to North Carolina, we came out stronger in the second; we made some adjustments at the half. We have another really big challenge ahead of us Tuesday at Syracuse and we'll look to clean up some things and keep improving."