GREENVILLE, N.C. — Vanderbilt takes on Florida for the 2022 American Athletic Conference Championship at 10 a.m. CT on Saturday in Greenville, North Carolina with action airing on ESPN+.
• The Commodores are looking for their first conference tournament championship. Vanderbilt won the ALC regular season title in 2010.
• Melissa Hawkins needs four caused turnovers to match the Vanderbilt record for career CTs at 133.
• Bri Gross is two goals away from the 100 for her career and is looking to become the 16th Commodore to reach the century mark.
• Vanderbilt beat Temple 11-10 in an overtime thriller on Thursday evening to earn its first AAC Tournament win in three tries.
• The Dores trailed by as many as three goals to the Owls before fifth-year senior Gabby Fornia took over, scoring four goals and an assist in the fourth quarter and overtime.
• Fornia scored the game-tying goal with 11 seconds left in regulation and then won it for Vandy in OT.
• Paige Gunning put on a gutsy performance in goal. She finished with 11 saves and set up Fornia’s game-tying goal with an impressive interception near midfield to give Vandy one final chance to keep the season alive.
• Vanderbilt placed three Dores on the All-AAC first team, tied with Temple for second most in the league.
• Gabby Fornia, Bri Gross and Melissa Hawkins were all unanimous selections to the first team. Maddie Souza, Karlie Bucci and Kayla Rieu were named second-team All-AAC.
• Fifth-year senior Gabby Fornia became the first AAC women’s lacrosse player to earn three first-team All-AAC honors.