Florida is staring at a rare stretch of early starts, with its next two games locked into the noon window. The Gators will kick off against South Carolina at 12:45 PM this week, and their trip to Texas next week is set for 12 PM.
Both matchups were already designated for the early window, so the timing has nothing to do with last weekend’s result. Still, the noon slot has been rough on Florida lately.
The Gators have dropped four straight games that started at 12 PM, and the last time they played a noon game was in Austin two years ago, when Texas beat them soundly. Florida will get one more early kickoff later this season when it hosts Vanderbilt on November 21.
While the football schedule is bringing more early alarms, Florida Volleyball is making plenty of noise on the court. The Gators are 12-1 and riding a 10-match winning streak after knocking off No.
11 Tennessee and No. 3 Kentucky in the same weekend.
Sunday’s victory over Kentucky was the headline grabber: a five-set win that ended the Wildcats’ 29-game SEC winning streak. Florida’s defense drove the result, with Selena Leban finishing with 21 digs and Logan King adding seven blocks.
Kamryn Chaney paced the offense with 22 kills on a .250 hitting percentage. After Kentucky opened the deciding set with a 3-0 lead, Florida answered with a 10-2 run and closed it out 15-8.
The Gators are off to their best start since 2017.
Florida Soccer, meanwhile, saw its momentum slowed on Friday in a 2-1 loss to LSU. Zoe Main gave the Gators the lead in the 22nd minute, but LSU answered in the 30th minute and then scored the winner in the 52nd minute.
Florida created chances throughout the match and finished with an 18-6 edge in shots, an 8-3 advantage in shots on goal, and 10 corner kicks to LSU’s three. The Gators are now 5-4-3 overall and 1-2-2 in SEC play, sitting in 12th place in the conference.
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