{"id":182524,"date":"2026-03-07T22:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182524\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T22:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:30:09","slug":"11-different-gators-score-as-no-8-florida-trounces-mercer-23-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182524\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Different Gators Score as No. 8 Florida Trounces Mercer 23-9"},"content":{"rendered":"

GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The No 8\/7 Florida Lacrosse Team (4-2) had 11 different players score as beat Mercer 23-9 at Donald R. Dizney Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
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\nThe Gators were led by Kaitlyn Davies<\/a> who registered 5 points (3 G\/2 A) and Hamilton Clark (4 G), Boo DeWitt<\/a> (4 G), and Gabbi Koury<\/a> (3 G\/1 A) who each had four points.
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\nMercer was led by Caroline Glus and Sofia D’Angelo who each scored three goals and Ansley Walters who scored one and had one assist.
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\nHow It Happened
\nFIRST QUARTER (Gators 10, Bears 2)<\/p>\n


\n\tMercer would open the scoring up with a Sofia D’Angelo goal off a Maya Maldonado pass the take a 1-0 lead with 14:11 left.
\n\tThe Gators would respond with goals by Boo DeWitt<\/a> (11:54) and Gabbi Koury<\/a> (11:21) 34 second apart, before Mercer tied it at 2-2 with a Josie Parett goal.
\n\tThe Gators would finish the final 8:12 of the first quarter with an 8-0 run with goals from Clark Hamilton<\/a> (8:12, 6:37), Boo DeWitt<\/a> (7:10, 0:26), Gabbi Koury<\/a> (5:45), Ava Kristynik<\/a> (3:21, 2:09), and Autumn Blair<\/a> (1:15). <\/p>\n

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\nSECOND QUARTER (Gators 17, Bears 4)<\/p>\n


\n\tMercer would respond to a Clark Hamilton<\/a> goal at 14:12 with a goal from Ansley Walters at 13:27.
\n\tGabbi Koury<\/a> (13:17) and Ava Tighe<\/a> (12:44) would score less than a minute apart before Mercer responded with a Caroline Glus goal at 11:06.
\n\tThe Gators would control the final 10 minutes of the first half, scoring four goals from Kaitlyn Davies<\/a> (9:46, 9:08), Boo DeWitt<\/a> (5:04) and Clark Hamilton<\/a> (00:43) to take a 18-4 lead into the half. <\/p>\n

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\nTHIRD QUARTER (Gators 19, Bears 6)<\/p>\n


\n\tThe third quarter would be the lowest scoring quarter of the day as the teams traded two goals apiece.
\n\tFlorida’s goals would come from Kaitlyn Davies<\/a> (14:37) and Molly Doran<\/a> (10:59) as Mercer goals came from Caroline Glus (12:33) and Sofia D’Angelo (2:16) <\/p>\n

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\nFOURTH QUARTER (Gators 23, Bears 9)<\/p>\n


\n\tMercer would respond to an Ava Tighe<\/a> goal at 13:30 with three straight goals coming from Gabby Brisbin, Sofia D’Angelo, and Caroline Glus.
\n\tThe Orange and Blue would extend their lead in the final 4:22 of the game with goals from Caylin Luciano<\/a>, Kennedy Richardson<\/a> and Maureen Arendt<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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\nKey Notes<\/p>\n

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\nUp Next
\nThe No. 8\/7 Gators will stay home and welcome the No. 25 Penn Quakers to Donald R. Dizney Stadium on Wednesday, March 11 at 12 p.m.
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