PANAMA CITY — If there was any ambiguity regarding Gulf Coast coach Phil Gaffney’s feelings about facing his former team on Thursday night, the first-year Commodores coach quickly cleared it up.
When first-year Gulf Coast head coach Phil Gaffney walks out onto the court for Thursday’s home game against Georgia Highlands, he’ll see plenty of familiar faces on the other bench.
PANAMA CITY — Going into the season, Gulf Coast coach Roonie Scovel was skeptical that her team could navigate its early schedule unscathed without the services of 6-foot-2 Georgia Tech transfer D’Asia Gregg, who won’t become eligible until the spring semester.
Gulf Coast will be back in action Tuesday night to put its four-game win streak on the line as Lurleen B. Wallace (0-3) comes to the Billy Harrison Field House for a non-conference matchup at 5 p.m.
GC women take another comeback win
PANAMA CITY — For the second time in a week, Gulf Coast rallied back from a double digit deficit to edge past Florida Southwestern State.
No. 1 Gulf Coast will make its home debut Friday at the Billy Harrison Field House with the first of a two-day, four-team tournament featuring three of the nation’s top 25 teams.
Gulf Coast knocked off St. Johns River State on Sunday afternoon in the championship game of the Sun-Lakes Conference/District P Tournament in Avon Park.
By Dustin Kent
When Gulf Coast starts the new season Friday, the Lady Commodores will begin in the same place they left off last season: as the top team in the country.
For Immediate Release/GC Athletics: Lady Commodores Volleyball team finish Conference season play as Sun Lakes Conference Co-Champions Monday, October 28, 2019
The Lady Commodores finished their Conference season (8-2) as Sun Lakes Conference Co-Champions tied with St. Johns River. This past weekend the ladies hosted Pasco-Hernando State College and South Florida State College in the Billy Harrison Field House. They won against both teams, Pasco-Hernando State College (25-18, 26-28, 27-25, 25-23) and South Florida State College (25-16, 22-25, 19-25, 25-16, 15-5). The Lady Commodores final game of the regular season will be played Tuesday, October 29, 2019 in the Billy Harrison Field House vs. Andrew College at 6pm.
The 2019 Sun Lakes Conference Gulf District Championship will be held in Avon Park, FL on the South Florida State College campus Nov. 2nd-3rd. The Lady Commodores are seeded as #1 for the tournament which was decided through the Set Percentage tie breaker. During the two matches played vs. St. Johns River, the Lady Commodores won four sets out of the sevens sets played. The first match for the Lady Commodores will be 4:30PM EST on Nov. 2, 2019 vs. the winner of the South Florida State College/Pasco-Hernando State College match which will be played at 11:30AM EST on Nov. 2, 2019.
The Gulf Coast volleyball team has moved back into a tie for first place in the loss column in the Sun-Lakes Conference standings following a road win on Saturday.
OCALA — The Gulf Coast volleyball team opened its season with four matches in the Central Florida Invitational and finished 2-2 with wins over Florida Gateway and Pasco-Hernando and losses to Miami-Dade and College of Central Florida.
The Gulf Coast women’s basketball team saw five of its top six scorers depart from last season’s national championship squad, including top two scorers Brittany Davis (16.4 points per game) and Alexus Dye (15.3).
PANAMA CITY —On Wednesday, Gulf Coast introduced new softball coach, Scot Thomas, and he almost made it through his introduction without being interrupted by his phone.
PANAMA CITY — For the better part of the last two decades, when anyone mentioned the words “Gulf Coast basketball,” the first thought for most with any knowledge of junior college basketball has been the Gulf Coast women, and with good reason.
