Florida Hands Texas Its First Home Loss

Florida went into a sold-out Gregory Gymnasium on Sunday night and handed Texas its first home loss of the season, winning 21-25, 25-16, 24-26, 25-23, 15-11.

The match could have gone either way in each of the last three sets. In the third, Florida erased a 23-20 deficit with four straight points to lead 24-23, only for Texas to close the set 26-24. In the fourth, the Gators ran five straight to lead 18-14, the Longhorns answered with six in a row to lead 20-18, and Florida tied it at 23 before winning on two straight Texas errors. In the fifth, a 3-1 run put Florida ahead 11-9, and Kamryn Chaney finished it with a kill.