The Gators welcome Sacramento State, Clemson and Winthrop for the three-day tournament.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The third-ranked Florida volleyball team (4-0) is set to host the Gators Invitational, beginning Thursday afternoon.
The Gators welcome Sacramento State (5-1), Clemson (4-2) and Winthrop (0-6) to the three-day tournament.
Florida is set to take on the Sacramento State Hornets on Thursday at 7 p.m., the Clemson Tigers on Friday at 7 p.m. and then wrap up the invitational on Saturday at 3 p.m. against Winthrop. The neutral site matches will begin at 4 p.m. on both
Thursday and Friday, followed by a 12 p.m. first serve on Saturday.
Thursday’s match will air on SEC Network +, while Friday’s match can be viewed on the SEC Network with Kevin Fitzgerald and Missy Whittemore on the call.
All three matches can be heard on FloridaGators.com/watch with a mix of Tom Collett, Nick Cheronis and Nevada Cullen on the call.
Florida has faced off against both Sacramento State and Clemson in previous seasons, holding the 1-0 and 3-0 records, respectively. The Gators and the Eagles have not competed in program history.
Parking
- For the 4 p.m. matches on both Thursday and Friday, parking in the orange flat lot next to the Stephen C. O’Connell Center will lift at 3 p.m. for fans
- For Friday’s match, fans can also park at Flavet Field and walk over to the O’Connell Center
- Saturday Parking Information:
- Fans can park at Garage IX (South side of Gale Lemerand and Archer)
- There will be a free shuttle from 11:30-3 leaving the garage and dropping fans off at the O’Connell Center
- After 3 p.m., fans arriving will be charged
- Each person that parks in the garage will receive a voucher that they will use for the shuttle and fans should keep that voucher/ticket for the ride back post-match
National Spotlight
- As a team, the Gators are ranked in the Top-30 in the nation in the following:
- Hitting percentage (24th | .291)
- Assists per set (25th | 13.13)
- Individually, three Gators are ranked in the Top-15 nationally:
Players of the Week
- For their performances last week against two Top-5 opponents, Kennedy Martin and Alexis Stucky earned SEC honors
- Martin earned the second SEC Overall/Offensive Player of the Week title of her career on Sept. 4.
- Against two Top-5 opponents, Martin averaged 5.17 kills per set with a .343 clip, to go along with 1.83 digs per set, 0.83…
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