I watched it online - it was frustrating. Lacrosse is all about draw control - and Northwestern completely dominated it this time. Also, since the women's game doesn't have a shot clock, NU spent easily 20+ minutes of the 1st half doing nothing but stalling and playing keep-away with the ball, simply because they knew they could not survive in the fast-scoring game the Gators play. Thus it was an insanely low 5-2 at the half. To make things worse, when the Gator defense did stop NU, NU either recovered the ball, or UF simply turned it over.
Seriously, I think 50 of the 60 minutes were spent on UF's side of the field, mostly NU playing keep-away. It was a good game plan for NU, but frankly it was painfully boring to watch. On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > Didn't we just beat them a week or two ago by 18-4 or something? What > happened? > > Oliver Barry, CRS GRI > Bob Parks Realty, LLC > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > Office: 615-826-4040 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > [email protected] > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Shane Ford <[email protected]> > *Date:* May 6, 2013, 7:53:45 AM CDT > *To:* GatorNEWS <[email protected]> > *Subject:* *[gatornews] [SUN]: No. 4 Northwestern lacrosse runs past No. > 2 Florida* > *Reply-To:* [email protected] > > *FLORIDA LACROSSE* > > *No. 4 Northwestern lacrosse runs past No. 2 Florida* > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Northwestern's Taylor Thornton (9) moves the ball against the Florida > defense.**** > > *Brad McClenny/Staff photographer/FILE* **** > > Special to Gainesville SUN Gatorsports.com**** > > *Published: Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 4:44 p.m.* > > *Last Modified: Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 4:44 p.m.* > > ** ** > > No. 2 Florida (17-2) had no answer for No. 4 Northwestern as it fell in > the American Lacrosse Conference title game, 8-3, at Homewood Field in > Baltimore, Md. The loss may have hurt the Gators in the NCAA Tournament > seeding later in the day.**** > > Florida received the No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will host > Jacksonville and Denver in the first and second rounds Friday and Sunday at > Donald R. Dizney Stadium. Florida earned a bye in the first round and will > face the winner of the Dolphins and Pioneers matchup at noon Sunday. The > top six seeds receive first round-byes to automatically advance to the > second round.**** > > Maryland (19-0) received the No. 1 seed, with Northwestern, North Carolina > (14-3) and Syracuse (16-3) grabbing the first four seeds. Florida had wins > over the Wildcats, Tar Heels and Orange this season. Georgetown earned the > final bye in the tournament as the six seed.**** > > Three different Gators scored and senior goalie Mikey Meagher stopped six > shots Sunday, but it wasn't enough as Northwestern (17-2) outshot UF 24-9 > with the difference makers coming on draws. The Wildcats powered over the > Gators on the draw 10-3 and won all six draws in the first half.**** > > It was a much different contest than two weeks ago in Gainesville where > Florida overwhelmed Northwestern 22-4, as it produced its lowest scoring > total of the season on Sunday.**** > > “I have to give credit to Northwestern for coming in with a great game > plan, and they were the better team today,” UF coach Amanda O'Leary said. > “We knew possession was going to be a big part of this game and they just > dominated on the draws. So we go back to the drawing board to see where we > need to improve, and there is a whole postseason yet to be played.”**** > > ** ** > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
