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EUGENE, Ore. -- A total team effort and a gutsy back-and-forth battle in the fourth set guided the No. 10 Gators to a 3-1 (25-16, 19-25, 25-16, 26-24) victory over host Oregon in Floridas VERT Challenge finale Saturday night at Matthew Knight Arena.?With the Gators up 2-1 in the match, Oregon threatened to tie it in the fourth after getting out to a 7-2 lead, then working its way to set point at 24-21. Florida buckled down and persevered, outscoring the Ducks 8-2 down the stretch, including the final five points of the frame for UFs first victory of 2016.For the second consecutive match, junior outside hitter Carli Snyder posted a double-double (16k, 13d), while junior middle Rhamat Alhassan (12k, 8b) and senior right side Alex Holston (14k, 6b) tied for the team lead with 17.5 points against the Ducks -- Holston with a career-tying six roofs, as the Gators moved to 1-1 on the young season.Junior libero Caroline Knop, who scooped up a career high 19 digs to lead UFs back row, added fire behind the service line for the Gators with three aces, contributing a six-point service run in the fourth before serving out the final four points of the match.Florida hit .517 in the first set, .583 with just one error in an impressive third frame and posted 12 blocks to Oregons six.It was a career night for a number of Gators in Eugene: sophomore middle blocker Taelor Kellum turned in a career match with 10.5 points on nine kills and three blocks, while redshirt sophomore Allie Monserez chalked up a career best 51 assists in setting the Gators to a .341 hitting efficiency on the evening including a .517 clip in the first set and a .583 hitting efficiency in the third. In her first start as a Gator, Morgyn Greer contributed seven kills and two blocks for the Orange and Blue.WORDS FROM WISE When you look at the weekend, both matches combined, we had so many opportunities to grow, to get better. There were so many players playing new positions, new roles, expanded roles, different roles. Today, whether it was Morgyn Greer stepping in, whether it was Carli Snyder the entire weekend, Allie Monserez with a career high assists; you look up and down our very deep roster and can point out so many great contributions.THE RECORDS No. 10 Florida: 1-1Oregon: 0-2NOTABLES Florida has played two matches of an eight-match road schedule to start 2016. Next up, the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing next weekendThe VERT Challenge is in its second year of a four-year rotation between four power programs: Florida, Nebraska, Oregon and Texas. The Longhorns hosted last season, while Gators will host the 2017 VERT Challenge with Nebraska on tap in 2018READ: Scott Carter: Gators Have Challenge Review System Handy As Season Opens. Of note, both challenges in the Nebraska, Florida match resulted in overturned calls, as did one call each for Oregon and Florida in Saturdays matchUP NEXT The Gators will keep road swinging with a three-match road trip Sept. 3-4 to East Lansing, Michigan, for the Spartan Invitational. Florida will match up with Central Michigan, Morgan State and Michigan State in the two-day tournament. Kyle Guy Kings Jersey . The 27-year-old Scrivens will be joining his third NHL club since signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2010. The move also reunites with him with head coach Dallas Eakins from their time together with the American Hockey Leagues Toronto Marlies. 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The match was similar to Isners quarterfinal victory over fifth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber which went to three sets, all tiebreaks and contained no breaks of serve. Harry Giles Kings Jersey . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. PINE BLUFF, Ark. -- DeAngelo Ballard ran for three touchdowns and passed for another and Alabama A&M beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 40-7 on Saturday.Ballard scored on runs of 26, 6 and 5 yards and threw 19 yards to Marceles Clash for another score. Ballard finished 17 of 27 for 214 yards passing and ran 89 yards on 15 carries.The Bulldogs (2-5, 2-4 Southwestern Athletic Conference) showed balance, passing for 214 yards and rushing for 253 for 467 yards total offense to 221 for the Golden Lions (1-5, 1-3).TThe Bulldogs other scores came on a 1-yard run by Jordan Bentley, who has 91 yards rushing, and Nick Carden field goals of 36 and 46 yards.ddddddddddddSWAC tackles leader, Bulldogs linebacker Kenneth Davis, had another 10, hitting his average.The Lions only score came in the fourth quarter on Brandon Duncans 19-yard pass to Willie Young. Duncan was 15 of 27 for 140 yards. ' ' '