No. 11 Florida Soccer Meets No. 22 Auburn for Fourth Annual Kicking For the Cure Match
Thursday, October 6, 2011 | Soccer
The No. 11 Florida soccer team (10-3, 3-1 SEC) meets its fourth top-25 opponent of the season Friday when it plays host to No. 22 Auburn (9-2-1, 3-1 SEC) for the program's fourth breast cancer awareness match. Match time is set for 7 p.m. at the James G. Pressly Stadium and admission is free for all Gator soccer regular-season matches. The match airs live on FS-Florida (Gainesville/Ocala Cox Cable channel 70 or 1070).
| Friday's Match Info: |
| No. 11 Florida (10-3-0, 3-1-0 SEC) vs. No. 22 Auburn (9-2-1, 3-1-0 SEC) Date & Time: Oct. 7, 2011 @ 7 p.m. ET The Coaches: Becky Burleigh, 17th season @ UF (375-98-32/21st season overall – 293-75-26/UF), Karen Hoppa – 209-139-30/19th season overall & 145-95-22/13th season at AU Television: live on FS-Florida (Gainesville/Ocala Cox Cable channel 70 or 1070) Radio: none Video: live streaming video & audio available on GatorVision Internet: live stats and audio for UF-AU match available on www.GatorZone.com Tickets: free admission Match Promotions: Kicking for the Cure T-shirt Giveaway - the first 400 fans will receive a FREE pink "Kicking for the Cure" t-shirt.; Florida WBB/LAX/Softball Halftime Relay Race - the Florida Women's Basketball, Lacrosse, and Softball teams will compete in a special halftime relay race competition. For a complete list of promotions for Friday's match, please visit the Gator Outlook. |
The first 400 fans Friday receive a free pink “Kicking for the Cure” breast cancer awareness t-shirt. At halftime, the Florida Women's Basketball, Lacrosse, and Softball teams will compete in a special halftime relay race competition.
Auburn used a late goal by Jordan Miller to hand Florida a 1-0 defeat for its only loss of 2010 Southeastern Conference play. UF took the 2010 SEC regular-season title with a 9-1-1 record.
Last weekend, the Gators posted a pair of shutout wins versus SEC Eastern Division opponents. The Gators claimed a 2-0 win Friday over Vanderbilt off first-half goals by a pair of juniors - Erika Tymrak and Holly King. On Sunday, Florida provided all the scoring for the match in the second half, taking a 3-0 win over Kentucky. McKenzie Barney scored first in the 57th minute with freshman Annie Speese scoring Florida's final two goals for her second double-goal match of the season and second of the last six matches.
Friday's goal pushed Tymrak's team-high season goals total to nine, with all coming in UF's last 11 matches. She shares the SEC season goals lead with three sophomores – Georgia's Alexa Newfield, Mississippi's Rafaelle Souza and Tennessee's Caroline Brown. Speese is second among the Gators with five goals and was named the SEC Freshman of the Week on Oct. 3. After the pair of shutout wins, junior All-American center back Kathryn Williamson was named to Top Drawer Soccer's National Team of the Week and the SEC Defensive Player of the Week.
Florida's crowds – 2,541 versus Vanderbilt and 2,271 versus Kentucky – were the nation's top draws of the weekend. UF is No. 3 with its season average of 2,834 fans per match.
Auburn owns a 9-2-1 record, losing its season-opener versus current No. 5 Wake Forest and at Mississippi State on Oct. 2. The Tigers posted an impressive 4-0 win over current No. 4 Duke on Sept. 2. Senior Katy Frierson, who joined Florida's Erika Tymrak on the U.S. Under-23 National Team for three matches in Sweden in June, leads the Tigers with 15 points off of three goals and a league-leading nine assists. AU redshirt freshman Ali Elliott is the younger sister of three-time All-SEC first-team performer Ashlee Elliott, who finished her Gator career in 2010.
Friday's match can be heard on www.GatorZone.com with Adam Schick calling the action. Live streaming video of Friday's match is also available on GatorVision.
