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penalty kick from each team provided all the scoring of the opening
half. Florida was awarded a penalty kick in the 12th minute when senior
All-American Erika Tymrak was fouled in the box. Fellow senior McKenzie
Barney converted the first penalty kick of her UF career. It was the
first penalty kick awarded to the Gators this season, with the last
coming Sept. 25, 2011, at Tennessee.
The
score was knotted in the 30th minute when the Gators were cited with a
foul in the box, giving the Wildcats their second penalty kick of the
season. Arin Gilliland hit her attempt to give UK its first successful
penalty kick of the season.
A
goal off a corner kick gave the Wildcats the final 2-1 margin early in
the second half. Courtney Roetzman scored her first goal of the season
off the scrum following the kick from Danielle Krohn.
Florida
continues SEC road play Sunday at Auburn. The Tigers lost 2-0 to No. 21
Missouri on Friday. Match time for the UF-AU contest is set for 3 p.m.
at the Auburn Soccer Complex.
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TENNIS: Florida fared well on the first day of the Bedford Cup at the
Ring Tennis Complex. UF went 2-1 in doubles action and won all but one
of its singles matches.
“It
was a great to be back in Gainesville and to be back on our home
court,” said head coach Bryan Shelton. “It’s great to have the all the
teams from the state of Florida competing here, as well.”
The
doubles tandem of Bob van Overbeek and Gordon Watson won a first-round
match, 8-2, against Stetson’s Laurynas Antropikas and Egor Panyushkin.
The pair suffered a setback in the round of 16, losing 8-5 to Florida
A&M’s C. Salif Kante and Takura Happy.
Fresh
off their Southern Intercollegiate Doubles Championship, Mike Alford
and Florent Diep defeated Florida State’s Jordan Kelly- Houston and
Michael Rinaldi to advance to the quarterfinals. Alford and Diep
received a bye to the round of 16.
In singles action, Alford, Diep, and Watson all won their first-round matchups. Luke Johnson lost 6-1, 6-3 to Omar Aly of Miami.
“I was very happy with the way Mike Alford finished in singles,” Shelton said. “He really put it all together and stepped up.”
