Florida and Texas Tech Meet Sunday for NCAA Soccer Third Round Action at Dizney Stadium
Saturday, November 22, 2014 | Soccer
GAINESVILLE, Florida – No. 2 region seed Florida and No. 3 region seed Texas Tech meet Sunday, Nov. 23 for NCAA Soccer Second Round play. Match time is set for 2 p.m. ET at the Donald R. Dizney Stadium.
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| 2014 NCAA Third Round Information | |
| Gainesville, Fla. Site: Donald R. Dizney Stadium | |
| Friday, Nov. 21 – NCAA Second Round | |
| 3 p.m. - No. 3 regional seed Texas Tech 2, Auburn 1 | |
| 7 p.m. - No. 2 regional seed Florida 3, California 1 | |
| Sunday, Nov. 23 – NCAA Third Round | |
| 2 p.m. – Florida versus Texas Tech | |
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| Tickets: | $7.00 adults |
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| $3.00 children 12 & under, students and senior citizens |
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| First 200 UF students with identification (Gator1 ID card) are admitted free |
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| For more information, contact the UAA Ticket Office at (352) 375-4683, ext. 6800 or 1-800-34GATOR, ext. 6800 (state of Florida only) |
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| Internet: | Live stats available on www.NCAASports.com; live audio & video for UF-UC match available at www.GatorZone.com |
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Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for children (12 and under), senior citizen and students. The first 200 UF students showing a Gator1 identification are admitted free.
The Florida-Texas Tech match can be seen on the SEC Network+ or listen to Corey Brook's call at GatorZone.com.
In the Gators' Last Outing:
Friday in NCAA Second Round play, Florida scored early and late to take a 3-1 win over California. Annie Speese gave Florida an early lead when she successfully completed a penalty kick in the third minute. Florida pushed the lead to 2-0 in the 13th minute. From just inside the midfield circle, Speese sent a ball right which Savannah Jordan ran onto just above the box. She sent a perfectly paced ball through the box which Havana Solaun put a right-footed touch on just before the Cal goalkeeper and a defender got to the ball.
Cal sliced the lead to a single goal four minutes later when Celeste Boureille put in a deflection off the post. The final goal came with less than 60 second left in regulation. Senior Jillian Graff chased down a ball that was headed out of bounds, won it, hurdled over a Cal defender and then took a touch toward the end line before sending the ball to Jordan at the top of the box. Jordan took the ball left and when the Cal goalkeeper came off her line, used her left foot to put the ball in at the far post with the clock showing 89:05. It was Jordan's 18th goal of the season and her 40th as a Gator.
NCAA Action:
UF is one of eight programs playing host to 2014 NCAA Second and Third Round action this weekend. Tournament play continues when NCAA Quarterfinal action will be held Nov. 28, 29 or 30 on four campus sites with the Women's College Cup set for Dec. 5-7 at the FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida.
NCAA Third Round action is set for Sunday at the eight sites across the nation.
Team Records:
Florida: 16-4-1, 9-2 SEC
Texas Tech: 16-3-2, 4-3-1 Big 12
Gator NCAA Notes:
● Florida is one of nine programs to hoist the NCAA Championship trophy in the 32-year history of the event. The Gators, in the program's fourth year, took the 1998 NCAA title in Greensboro, North Carolina, with a 1-0 win over North Carolina.
● The Gators have compiled a 27-15-3 record in their 18 NCAA appearances.
● Florida's 18 overall NCAA appearances is tied for 15th among Division I programs. Of the teams among the top 15, Florida is the youngest as the UF program is in its 20th season.
● This is Florida's 12th straight NCAA appearance – which ranks 10th for active streaks of consecutive NCAA Championship berths. North Carolina leads all as the Tar Heels have appeared in all 33 NCAA Championship fields.
● Fourteen of the 16 teams seeded for the 2014 NCAA Soccer Championships advanced to the NCAA Third Round. This is Florida's 10th NCAA Round of 16 appearance in the program's 18 appearances.
● A league-record matching eight Southeastern Conference teams received 2014 NCAA bids – Florida, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina and Texas A&M. The SEC makes up 25 percent of the 2014 NCAA Round of 16 (Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Texas A&M). The SEC's four in the Round of 16 is second only to the Atlantic Coast Conference's five.
About the Texas Tech Red Raiders:
The Red Raiders are making their first NCAA Round of 16 appearance in 2014. They advanced with a come-from-behind 2-1 win versus Auburn in the Gainesville site's opening match on Friday. Both of the Red Raider's goals came from long range Friday as Paige Strahan tied the match with her 23-yard strike in the 31st minute. The game-winning goal came off a 45-yard free kick by Alli Murphy in the 87th minute.
Junior Janine Beckie, the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, leads TTU with 36 points off 16 goals and four assists. Sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Watson has played every minute of the 2014 season, owns a goals-against-average of 0.72 and has turned in nine shutouts.
This is the third consecutive and overall NCAA appearance for the Red Raiders.
NCAA Play at Dizney Stadium
NCAA soccer action makes its debut this season at the Donald R. Dizney Stadium. The Florida lacrosse team has played seven NCAA games at the Dizney Stadium since the program received its first NCAA berth in 2011. The Gators won 3-0 over Mercer Sunday in the first NCAA Soccer match played at Dizney Stadium and then added a 3-1 win over California in Friday's NCAA Second Round.
The Gator soccer team played two 2014 regular-season matches at the Dizney Stadium to make the venue available if the Gators received a NCAA bid. Florida soccer made its first appearance at Dizney Stadium for a 3-0 win over South Florida on Aug. 22 and also turned in a 3-1 win over Missouri on Sept. 28.
