No. 6 Gators Lacrosse Pulls Out Win Against No. 23 Navy

No. 6 Florida Gators lacrosse team defeated No. 23 Navy, 14-13, in a game that came down to the fourth quarter Wednesday at Donald R. Dizney Stadium.

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Aggressive First Quarter

Navy scored the game’s first goal, finding the back of the net within the first minute. Navy was then able to score a second goal with 12:02 left. Florida (5-2) responded with the first Gators goal scored by Kaitlyn Davies with 8:05 left in the quarter with a free-position shot. 

Florida tied up the game with a goal by Gianna Monaco, assisted by Frannie Hahn with 4:43 left on the clock. Gators took the lead with a second goal by Monaco assisted by Hahn once again with 2:36 left. With 23 seconds left on the clock, the Navy found the back of the net to tie the scoreboard. Navy was able to score one more goal with five seconds left.

Navy (5-3) was up 5-4 at the end of the first quarter. Navy came out extremely aggressive fouling a total of 8 times, doubling Florida’s fouls for the quarter.

Second Quarter

The first goal of the quarter was scored by the sibling duo. Josie Hahn scored the goal assisted by her sister Frannie Hahn. Navy scored two more goals. Gators lacrosse was down 6-4 with 5 minutes left of the quarter. 

With three minutes remaining, Gabby Greene found her first goal of the game. UF trailed by one until Navy scored another goal with 1:43 left. Florida scored the last goal of the quarter with a free position shot by Clark Hamilton with nine seconds remaining.

Going into halftime, the Gators trailed Navy 7-6.

Navy Dominated Third Quarter

Florida started off the quarter with the first goal scored by Greene and assisted by Hahn with 10:48 remaining. Navy then responded with four goals until Florida called a timeout with 4:06 left in the quarter.

Davies scored the first goal out of the timeout with 1:52 left. Jordan Basso scored another goal for Florida, assisted by Hahn with 31 seconds remaining.

The third quarter ended with UF trailing 11-9.

Florida Come Back

Hamilton, the Big 12 Freshman of the week, came out strong in the fourth quarter with two goals that tied the score 11-11. However, Navy responded with two more goals. UF trailed by two once again.

Florida came out of the timeout with the Hahn sister duo scoring again with 5:40 left. With 5:19 left, Florida was able to tie the scoreboard, 13-13, with a goal from Basso assisted by Hahn.

For the third goal in a row and the Gator win with 3:14 left on the clock, Jenny Markey scored another goal that was assisted by Hahn.

“I really have to compliment our team. We were down 11-7 and we could have packed it in and called it a day, but we didn’t,” coach Amanda O’Leary said. “We worked really hard, goal for goal, dug in defensively, made some saves, and got the ball in our offensives hands and they did the rest.”

Florida Record

Redshirt freshman Frannie Hahn had eight assists to tie for the most assists in one game in Florida history.

“We kind of expect that,” O’Leary said. “She has set the bar really high and she has exceeded all expectations for us. I could not be more proud of her effort.

“She has done a phenomenal job for us game in and game out and has not disappointed at all.”

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