The Gators jumped six spots from their No. 10 ranking at the end of the regular season.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida lacrosse team finished their historic 2024 season ranked No. 4 nationally in the end of season ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll, which was announced Tuesday. This is the Gators fifth top-five end of season finish in program history, and their first since 2014. It is the highest final ranking for UF since 2012, when they finished ranked third.
Florida moved up six spots from their previous ranking of No. 10 on May 6, good for the largest increase of any team during that time. UF finished the season with a 20-3 overall record and 6-0 in the AAC. They earned their 12th regular season conference championship, and their 11th conference tournament championship (10th consecutive).
The Gators compiled a 7-3 record against ranked opponents, with three of them coming on the road. Florida had 12 double-digit victories, totaling nine games with 20 or more goals scored and 17 games of allowing under 10 goals. UF ranked first nationally in scoring offense (17.61 goals/game), points per game (26.48), scoring margin (+9.09), shot percentage (.550), and clearing percentage (.959), along with ranking second in free position percentage (.639), third in assists per game (8.87), sixth in draw controls per game (17.70) and seventh in scoring defense (8.52 goals allowed/game).
The Orange and Blue’s 20 wins and 20 game winning streak were both the highest in the country and in program history. Florida’s 2024 totals of 405 goals, 204 assists and 407 draw controls are all records for most in a Florida season.
Florida’s end of season ILWomen/IWLCA rankings
2011
5
2012
3
2013
5
2014
5
2015
12
2016
6
2017
9
2018
6
2019
13
2020
8
2021
7
2022
8
2023
9
2024
4
2024 ILWomen/IWLCA Final Rankings
1
Boston College (20 – 3)
2
Northwestern (18 – 3)
3
Syracuse (16 – 6)
4
Florida (20 – 3)
5
Michigan (16 – 4)
6
Yale (17 – 3)
7
Penn (15 – 5)
8
Maryland (14 – 6)
9
Notre Dame (16 – 4)
10
Virginia (15 – 5)
11
Loyola (18 – 3)
12
Johns Hopkins (12 – 8)
13
Stony Brook (18 – 3)
14
Denver (16 – 4)
15
Princeton (11 – 7)
16
James Madison (14 – 6)
17
Stanford (13 – 5)
18
Penn State (11 – 8)
19
North Carolina (10 – 7)
20 Navy (15-4)
21 Drexel (13-6)
22 Colorado (13-6)
23 Fairfield (16-3)
24 Duke (10-9)
25 Richmond (13-6)
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