No. 9 Florida Soccer Plays Host to Florida Atlantic Friday
Thursday, August 26, 2010 | Soccer
The No. 9 University of Florida soccer team (2-0, 0-0 SEC) plays host to the Florida Atlantic Owls (0-1, 0-0 Sun Belt) on Friday, Aug. 27. Match time is set for 6 p.m. at the James G. Pressly Stadium. Admission is free for all 2010 Gator soccer regular-season matches.
| Friday's Match Info: |
| Florida vs. Florida Atlantic Friday, Aug. 27 @ 6 p.m. (ET) Site: James G. Pressly Stadium (4,500) Admission: Free The Coaches: Becky Burleigh, beginning 16th season @ UF (346-93-29/20 seasons overall - 264-70-23/UF), Brian Dooley, 11th season @ FAU & 15th season overall (175-88-19 – overall & 122-76-15 – FAU) Television: None Internet: live stats & streaming audio for UF-FAU match available on www.GatorZone.com Streaming Video: live streaming video available – go to www.Gatorzone.com and click on GatorVision link for complete information |
| Please note the early start time – 6 p.m.
Click here to see interviews with Taylor Travis and Tahnai Annis. |
This is fourth meeting between the two programs. When the two teams last met for the second match of the 2008 season, Florida used the first collegiate goal by then-freshman Tahnai Annis to claim a 2-1 OT win. In the last meeting between the two teams in Gainesville, the match was played in a heavy rainstorm and was ended after regulation at 0-0.
Florida opened its 2010 season last weekend with a pair of wins over in-state rivals. The first came when freshman Taylor Travis hit the golden goal in the 107th minute to give UF a 2-1 2OT win over Miami. Redshirt sophomore McKenzie Barney started the scoring for the match early in the second half, marking her fourth consecutive home match with a goal (dating back to 2009). Her golden goal performance earned Taylor a spot on the national CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime Performers list for the opening week of the season.
On Sunday, a pair of second-half goals from junior Tahnai Annis gave Florida a 2-0 win at then No. 25 UCF. With her second career two-goal game, Annis earned a pair of weekly honors. She is part of the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week and also is the Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week.
Florida Atlantic opened up their season on Friday night with a 4-3 loss at Stetson University, despite outshooting Stetson by 10. The Owls are led by senior defender Janelle Blake, who was selected to the Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Team. FAU was voted to finish ninth in the SBC in a preseason vote by league coaches.
Live, streaming video of Friday's match can be seen at www.GatorZone.com – just click on the GatorVision icon for more information. The match can be heard live with Adam Schick and Matthew Stubbington calling the action on AM 850 WRUF or via simulcast on Gainesville/Ocala Cox Cable channel 946 and www.GatorZone.com.
