The #5 Gators opened their season today in Baltimore vs. #11 Johns Hopkins. In a very tight match that was tied 6-6 at halftime, the Gators fell behiund in the 4th quarter, but scored 3 goals in the last 3:21, the go-ahead goal with 18 seconds left, to win 12-11. Johns Hopkins outshot Florida 37-19 and beat them in draw controls 15-7. But Gator goaltender Georgia Hoey had 10 saves to keep the Gators in the match and allow them to pull it out in the end. Just an FYI - The Florida Lacrosse program moved to the Big 12 in the offseason and are favorites to win that conference in their 1st year. Other teams in the league are: UC Davis, San Diego State, Cincinnati, Colorado and Arizona State. So far, 11 of our 17 matches are scheduled to be televised, but only on ESPN+. Next up is a home game Sunday at 11 am on ESPN+ against Kennesaw State. Go Gators! Here are some links of Lacrosse news to catch up anyone interested: Florida Lacrosse Comes in at No. 5 in ILWomen Top 25 Media Poll - Florida Gators Florida Lacrosse Welcomes 11 Newcomers to the 2025-2026 Class - Florida Gators Four Gators Named Captains for 2025 Lacrosse Season - Florida Gators Three Gators Earn USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-American Honors - Florida Gators Florida Lacrosse Announces Themes and Promotions for 2025 Home Games - Florida Gators
Forgot the season opener. The offense will be work in progress as we lost a ton of goal production to graduation. Go Gators
Yep - Gator lacrosse started in 2010. We won the now defunct American Lacrosse Conference in 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014. Then we joined the Big East and won it in 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018. The came the American Athletic Conference, which we won in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024. In 2023 we finished 2nd. Incredible consistent for Amanda O'Leary's teams.
Monaco Scores Game Winning Goal, No. 5 Florida Defeats No. 11 Johns Hopkins 12-11 in Opening Game Thriller - Florida Gators
The Hamilton girl, the #4 A from Atlanta and a lefty, has four goals and two others disallowed, is fun to watch vs Kennesaw State. Take a look at our top 10 career goal scorers and in four years she’ll replace one of them-imho. Our defense is solid. Go Gators
Yep that was the big difference to me and we're usually foo in that area. Had a free position shot to tie the game with just under 3 minutes left and couldn't make the shot. Then had 2 more shots at goal in the last 30 seconds or so and couldn't score. We lost a ton of talent and experince off last year's Final 4 team.
We don't play another ranked team all year, so I'd imagine we'll end up pretty highly ranked. It definitely seems as though there's a bit of a drop-off from last year, but it's hard to complain about what Amanda has done with this program.
Nice win. Here's a link to the article about the game. No. 9 Gators Gallop Past Greyhounds in Wire-to-Wire Victory - Florida Gators
