Gators sweep Michigan to make place in NCAA regional final - Volleyball news
The number 22nd ranked University of Michigan men’s volleyball team had a match with the squad from Florida on the Friday, December 9th, in the NCAA Tournament regional semi finals. The venue of the competition between the two sides
was the Stephen O'Connell Center in Gainesville. The Gators dominated and were able to make a clean sweep over Michigan by 25-21, 25-13 and 27-25 and gain a final spot.
The recent win has enabled the Gators to pull a total of 27 wins in this season so far. In contrast to this, the number of times that Florida has incurred defeat is only five. On the other hand, the Michigan squad has come to the end of the season with a
total of 22 wins that have been accomplished against suffering losses equal to 13.
The first set of the match started off with both sides coming out strong and stayed neck to neck for the major portion of the game. There was an intense struggle between the two sides and the match remained tied at 14-14. However, the Gators were able to
push themselves forwards to take a lead for themselves at 18-14. The Michigan team did not give up the chase and kept trailing behind but their effort did not prove too successful as the Gators were able to bag themselves the opening set at 25-21.
The momentum generated from winning the first set of the game did not get the Gators going in the second set while the Michigan was able to charge ahead early on by taking a lead of 3-0. However, the Gators were in no mood to let their opponents stretch
the advantage and put on a spurt of speed that got Florida into a leading position at 9-5. The match remained competitive as Michigan was rejuvenated after the time out to close in the gap at 13-11 but the Gators again moved forward to 21-13 that eventually
translated into another set win 25-13.
The third started much the same way as its predecessor with the Michigan squad taking the lead initially at 7-3 and forcing a time out by the Gators. However, Florida was able to rally together and make the set reach a tie at 12-12. After an impressive display
of volleyball skills from both ends and the match close at 24-23, it was the Gators that finally proved to be the better of the two by sealing the deal on 27-25.
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