Soccer Team Featured on Wednesday's Edition of GatorZone
Monday, September 27, 2010 | Soccer
The No. 7 University of Florida soccer team is featured in the Wednesday, Sept. 29 broadcast of the GatorZone television show. GatorZone airs on Sun Sports (Gainesville/Ocala Cox Cable channel 48 or 748) at 5:30 p.m. and the program will replay on Thursday, Sept. 30 at 9 a.m.
· UF Head Coach Becky Burleigh visits with Larry Vettel to catch up on the team after a five-match road stretch and to look forward to this weekend's home matches.
· One segment will highlight the team's efforts to promote cancer awareness. Every member of the soccer team met at Burleigh's house on Sept. 13 to tie-dye 400 pink t-shirts to give out to fans at the Gators “Kicking for the Cure” cancer awareness match against Mississippi State on Friday, Oct. 1. Each player made 10 shirts. Click here to see the story.
· The Gator soccer team will also be featured in a story about a leadership building exercise the squad participated in during preseason training camp. Members of the University of Florida's ROTC department put the team though the exercise, which was conducted near UF's Lake Alice.
· GatorZone reaches back into the vault to play the story that aired following Florida's soccer 1-0 win over North Carolina in the 1998 NCAA College Cup championship match.
Florida returns home to play host to a pair of league teams from the Magnolia State. Action begins Friday, Oct. 1 when Mississippi State (7-4, 0-2 SEC) visits the James G. Pressly Stadium. Match time is set for 7 p.m. Last year, UF and MSU played to a 1-1 2OT tie in Starkville. Then Mississippi (4-5-1, 0-1 SEC) comes to town for an Oct. 3 match, set for 1:30 p.m. The Rebels were the only league team to defeat UF in 2009, taking a 3-2 2OT win in Oxford. Both matches can be heard on WRUF SportsRadio 850, by simulcast on Cox Channel 946 (Gainesville/Ocala) or on www.GatorZone.com with Adam Schick and Matthew Stubbington covering the action. Live, streaming video of both matches is available on GatorVision Online – check out the GatorVision on www.GatorZone.com for complete information.
Friday's match is Florida's “Kicking for the Cure” match as the Gators look to raise breast cancer awareness. The Gator team gathered in mid-September and created 400 pink tie-dye shirts. Those shirts will be given out to the first 400 fans at Friday's match. Fans can enjoy a display of pink fireworks following Friday's match.
