The
Florida soccer team (4-3-1, 1-1 SEC) opens a four-match home stand this Friday
when No. 23 Tennessee (6-1-2, 1-0-1 SEC) visits the James
G. Pressly Stadium. Match time is set for 7 p.m. and admission is free.
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Friday’s Match Information
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RV Florida
(4-3-1, 0-1 SEC) versus No. 23 Tennessee (6-1-2, 1-0-1 SEC)
Date
& Time:
Sept. 21, 2012 @ 7 p.m. ET
Site: James G. Pressly Stadium (4,500) The Coaches: Becky Burleigh, 18th season @ UF (386-106-33/23rd season overall – 304-83-27/UF), Brian Pensky (73-53-22/fourth season overall and 6-1-2/first season at UT)
Radio: ESPN 850
Streaming
video: live
streaming video available on GatorVision
- visit the site for more information
Internet: live stats and audio
for UF-UT match available on www.GatorZone.com
Admission:
free
admission
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It is
Gator Soccer Alumni Weekend and several from past Florida teams will be in
attendance at this weekend’s matches at Pressly Stadium. Alumni will be
announced at halftime of Friday’s match.
Both
teams come into Friday’s match after playing overtime contests last Sunday. The
Gators split in their opening weekend of Southeastern Conference play, dropping
their league opener 2-1 last Friday at Kentucky. Both teams scored penalty kick
goals in the opening half. McKenzie Barney hit her first collegiate PK
attempt for her second goal of the season in the 12th minute to give
UF an early lead. In the second half, a goal off a Wildcat corner kick gave UK
the final margin.
Sunday
at Auburn, Florida used Adriana Leon’s first goal as a Gator to claim a
2-1 OT win. Florida trailed after an early Tiger goal. Holly King
combined with fellow senior Jo Dragotta to score off a free kick to tie
the match in the 72nd minute. It was King’s second straight Sunday
with a goal off a Dragotta free kick. With just 32 seconds remaining in the
first overtime, Leon received the ball off Erika Tymrak’s free kick and
placed it in at the far post corner from 18 yards. She is the third in the
program’s 18-year history to make their first Gator goal golden, with all three
coming since 2008.
Tennessee
opened 2012 SEC action last Friday with a 2-1 overtime home win over Alabama
and then tied Vanderbilt 1-1 2OT Sunday. The Lady Vols came into league action off
their only non-winning weekend of the season, as they tied 0-0 2OT at Cal State
Northridge on Sept. 7 and then lost 1-0 at then No. 2 UCLA. Senior Amy Harrison
leads UT this season with four goals. Brian Pensky is in his first season as
the Lady Vols head coach, replacing Angela Kelly who is now the Texas head
coach.
These
two teams last met in the opening weekend of 2011 league play. The Gators fell
behind early and saw the Lady Vols build a 3-0 halftime lead. Tymrak scored on
a penalty kick early in the second half. In the 65th minute, Havana Solaun
scored on an unassisted goal to cut the UT lead to a single goal. UT’s Alexis
Owens finished off her first collegiate hat-trick in the 86th minute to give
the Lady Vols the final 4-2 score.
