Call it revenge, retribution or redemption. Whichever you prefer, that’s what Florida got Sunday afternoon.

Two months after Jacksonville upset the Gators and sent something of a shockwave through the women’s lacrosse world, Florida didn’t let it happen again. Grace Haus scored a career-high seven goals, Sarah Reznick made nine saves and the Florida defense held the nation’s sixth-best scoring offense to just three goals on 17 shots in a 17-3 win in Gainesville.

Sixth-seeded Florida will play third-seeded Syracuse in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals in the Gators’ sixth quarterfinal appearance in program history.

“There’s always that ‘revenge’ factor. You want redemption,” Florida coach Amanda O’Leary said. “You want to improve throughout the season, and I think that’s what it shows. It shows tremendous growth by our team — the fact that we lost 12-11 and then came out and dominated for a good portion of this game.”

Florida jumped out to a 4-0 lead and led 10-1 at the half. Brianna Harris’ first of three assists gave Florida a 7-1 lead and gave her 200 career points. She is just the 10th Gator to hit that milestone.

The goals kept coming. Even after Jacksonville showed some life and scored two of the first three goals of the second half, Florida bounced back. A furious ride and smothering defense helped the offense build a 13-3 lead with 16:55 left, initiating the running clock the rest of the way.

Part of Florida’s success came with a complete 180 on the draw. In the first meeting on March 13, Jacksonville dominated the draw 18-6. Not this time. Florida held a 15-7 advantage, as Shannon Kavanagh controlled a game-high seven by herself.

“That was a big emphasis when we were watching film and when we were at practice this week, fighting for the 50-50 ground balls,” Haus said.

The win didn’t come without a potential cost. All-American defender Cara Trombetta was carried off the field midway through the game and did not return. She eventually appeared back on the sideline supported by crutches with her knee wrapped. O’Leary said she was unsure of the severity of the injury when speaking after the game.

If Trombetta can’t play against Syracuse next weekend, then the rest of the defense will have to play as it did without her against Jacksonville. Even without Emily Hawryschuk and Megan Carney, both of whom went down with ACL injuries this spring, the Orange offense has produced eye-popping numbers.

Syracuse coasted to a 20-8 win over Loyola on Sunday.

Reznick is the backbone of that defense. O’Leary said she had “an All-American day, no doubt.” Haus praised her, too.

“Sarah’s just unreal,” she said. “She blows our minds in practices and in games.”

Reznick, a redshirt-freshman who is actually in her third year on campus, has allowed just 100 goals in 20 games this spring. She sports a .587 save percentage with 142 saves.

Much of that success is enabled by the defense in front of her, and O’Leary praised the unit up and down several times during her five-minute press conference.

“I think it was composure,” O’Leary said of her team’s adjustment after losing to Jacksonville. “I thought we were very composed on the defensive end, stepped up and really contained their top scorers.”

Certainly motivated to avenge that loss, the Gators played with an extra fire in their final home game of the year.

Call it what you want — revenge, redemption or any other word in the glossary. Regardless of the word, the Gators will gladly take it.