via UF press release  

The Buffs Defeated Jacksonville 23-18 on Friday to Advance to Play the Gators

  Meet Notes (PDF) Interactive NCAA Tournament Bracket GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 6-seeded Florida is set to take on No. 15 Colorado on Sunday in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament at Donald R. Dizney Stadium. The opening draw is set for 12 p.m. A live stream will be available for the game, with Ryan Urquhart and Gator lacrosse alumnus Annabeth Collins on the call. NCAA Tournament Round 1: Florida vs. Colorado/Jacksonville Colorado advanced from the First Round of the NCAA Tournament after defeating Jacksonville on Friday afternoon. The Buffs topped the Dolphins 23-18 to earn their date with Florida. The Gators faced Colorado in the season opener, defeating the Buffs 16-9 in Gainesville, Fla. The Buffs earned an at-large bid to the tournament after falling in the Pac-12 Championship to Stanford. Colorado is 13-5 overall and finished 9-1 in conference play. Florida and Colorado have met only once in program history, with that meeting coming as a win for Florida earlier this season. A trip to the NCAA Quarterfinals awaits the winner of Sunday’s game and they will face the winner of No. 3-seeded James Madison and Virginia. Should both seeded teams win their games on Sunday, Florida will travel to James Madison. Ticket Information Gator Ticket Office | (352) 375-4683 or 800-344-2867 Adults: $5 Students & Children: $3 Students with a Gator1 ID: FREE Records Florida (16-3) Colorado (14-5) #Flax vs. The Field:

• In the regular season, Florida went 2-0 against the two other teams in the field and outscored them 32-14
• The Gators scored 16 goals against both opponents
• Lindsey Ronbeck led the offensive attack in both games, finishing with eight points on five goals and three assists
• Haley Hicklen recorded 25 saves during the two games, with a blistering .689 save percentage

  No. 6 Florida vs. No. 15 Colorado Broadcast Information Time & Date: Sunday, May 13 at 12 p.m. Live Stream: YouTube Live Stats: Sidearm Series Information – No. 6 Florida vs. No. 15 Colorado

• This is just the second meeting between Florida and Colorado
• Florida leads 1-0
• Home 1-0 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0
• Last Time: Feb. 11, 2018 | Gainesville, Fla. | W, 16-9

  Coach O’Leary’s Insight On using the past as a lesson: “We don’t really talk much about it. The past is the past and this is a brand new season for us. Colorado coming in here is no different. They are an excellent team, really well coached and they have some really great offensive players. They are sound defensively, especially in goal, so this is a great team.” On not overlooking teams because they have beaten them earlier in the season: “That is the big thing, it happened last year against USC. We have learned from that – we can’t take any team for granted. This team knows that going into the game, it was one of their mantras this entire season. They know they have to take it one game at a time and need to succeed every day.” Haley Hicklen‘s Thoughts: On team’s mindset going into NCAAs: “With it being tournament time, you either advance or you go home. Being here the past two years, we ended our season kind of early on an unexpected loss for us – we’re using that to fuel the fire. We’re going out there every day, we’re practicing hard, and we’re looking towards this weekend as, again, it’s win or go home, so we got to go in there hard and ready to play this weekend.” On early exits the last two years: “You’ve got to learn from your mistakes, so it’s not something that we want to focus on necessarily, but we want to learn from it. We want to remember that feeling; remember that it’s not fun. It’s not fun to go home early when you know you can make it far and you have that ability, so we’re remembering that feeling, but we’re not focusing on the loss.” Florida Quick Facts

• This is the third year in a row that the Gators are hosting the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament and seventh time overall
• Florida is 6-7 overall in the NCAA Tournament, including a run to the Final Four in 2012
• #PirrecaPower: Pirreca sisters Shayna and Sydney have combined to score 33% (106/322) of Florida’s goals in 2018
• Shayna Pirreca is on a 39-game streak of scoring at least one goal, the longest streak in UF history. Her 41 consecutive games with a point is third-best in program history
• Florida owns a record of 87-14 (.861) record in the confines of Donald R. Dizney Stadium

  Numbers of Note

• 19: The Gators’ school record for wins in a season. UF is three wins away from tying that record in 2018
• 8: Conference championships for Florida in nine seasons (2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014 in the ALC, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 in the BIG EAST)
• 6: Florida now has six consecutive tournament championship in program history (2012 & 2014 in the ALC, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 in the BIG EAST)
• 6: Number of conference Coaching Staff of the Year awards that Florida has received under the direction of Amanda O’Leary (2011, 2012 & 2014 in the ALC, 2016, 2017 & 2018 in the BIG EAST
• 4: NCAA Quarterfinals berths for the Gators since the program, started in 2010 (2011, 2012, 2013, & 2014)
• 1: Final Four berth for the Orange and Blue in 2012

  Up Next The winner of this Sunday’s game advances to the Quarterfinals, where they face the winner of No. 3 James Madison and Virginia. Follow the Gators #FLax Twitter Instagram Facebook