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Year In Review: 2019 College Volleyball

Our favorite images from the 2019 College Volleyball Season

By Matt Pendleton Photography

December 26^th, 2019

🏐 Year In Review

We love covering volleyball as it's a fast-paced and difficult sport to shoot. We're fortunate to have two premier college teams right in our own backyard and they attract equally premier competition. This season we covered the Florida Gators (NCAA D1) and Santa Fe Saints (NJCAA D1) both local to Gainesville.

As you see our favorite images from the season, you'll get an up-close view of how hard these teams work to compete.

The Gear

Here's the gear we use to cover college volleyball:

Photographers: Matt Pendleton
Videographers: None
Camera Gear: Canon 1D-X Mark II, Canon 1D-X, Canon 85mm f1.4L IS, Canon 24-70mm f2.8L II, Canon 70-200mm f2.8L II, Canon 200-400mm f4L IS w 1.4x extender, Lexar 32GB Memory Cards and Readers, and Tiffen UV filters
Lighting: Available light
Locations: University of Florida and Santa Fe College campuses in Gainesville, Florida

Florida v Stanford - Sept 04

The Florida Gators opened the home season against the eventual National Champion, the Stanford Cardinal, who were ranked #1 at the time of this match. Ultimately, the Gators lost 0-3.

Florida vs. FSU - Sept 17th

In their 8th match, Florida faced a familiar foe in the Florida State Seminoles. Every year this matchup proves to be a 5-setter but this year, the Gators won 3-0.

Florida vs. Auburn - Sept 27th

The Gators were coming into this match very hot on a 7-match win streak and a 9-2 record. They would end up defeating Auburn 3-0 and Georgia the next match 3-0 before losing to #15 Kentucky.

Santa Fe vs. Eastern Florida - Oct 15th

We're excited to debut our first shoot wit the Santa Fe Saints, the top community college in the nation and also local to Gainesville, Florida. Our good friend, Matt Stamey, let us get access to shoot for the Saints in their annual Pink Match.

The Saints defeated the Titans 3-0 in their last game before Sophomore Night (the equivalent of Senior Night at the university/4-year college level).

Florida vs. Arkansas - Nov 27th

We were fortunate to cover the Gators one more time over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The Gators defeated Arkansas 3-0 and went to 24-4.

The Gators finished the year 27-5 making the NCAA Tournament, winning the first and second rounds, and ultimately losing to #7 Minnesota in the Regional Semi-Final in Austin, TX.

That's a Wrap!

Another college volleyball season in the books. We had a great time covering both the Florida Gators and Santa Fe Saints. We're looking forward to next season's action and any new teams who want to work with us.