Photos by Richard C. Ersted
STANFORD, California – The Florida soccer team saw its season end at Stanford Friday on a penalty kick decision in front of sell-out crowd of 1,900 at the Laird Q. Cagan Stadium.
| Friday's NCAA Quarterfinal Results |
| No. 1 region seed Stanford 2, No. 2 region seed Florida 2 (SU 4-3 PK) |
| No. 1 region seed Florida State 5, No. 3 region seed South Carolina 0 |
| No. 2 region seed Virginia 2, No. 1 region seed UCLA 1 |
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| No. 1 region seed Texas A&M vs No. 2 region seed Penn State^ |
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| ^scheduled for Nov. 29 |
| For all NCAA Quarterfinal Round scores, check out the NCAA bracket. |
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The two teams played to a 2-2 double overtime tie, forcing penalty kicks to determine which team would advance to the NCAA College Cup. A 4-3 penalty kick advantage sends the Cardinal to their sixth NCAA College Cup of the last seven season (2008, '09, '10, '11, '12, '14).
Stanford now advances to play Florida State in NCAA semifinal action next Friday at the FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida. FSU advances with a 5-0 win over South Carolina Friday afternoon in Tallahassee. Florida State was the 2013 NCAA runner-up with a 1-0 overtime loss to UCLA. The Bruins will not be back to defend their 2013 NCAA title, falling 2-1 to Virginia Friday in Los Angeles.
In Friday's NCAA Quarterfinal action, Stanford struck quickly in the fourth minute when Chioma Ubogagu put a cross across the face of the goal. Fellow senior Taylor Uhl put the ball in at the far post from a short distance to give the Cardinal the early lead.
The match was evened up in the 10th minute when Annie Speese took a free kick about 15 yards above the box. An attempt to clear the ball slipped backwards off a Cardinal player to the far corner of the goal.
In the second half, the teams traded goals off of corner kicks in just over a four-minute span. In the 75th minute, Kendall Romine gave Stanford a 2-1 leads when she headed in the Andi Sullivan corner kick.
Then in the 79th minute, Speese's corner kick was touched in at the near post by fellow senior Havana Solaun to tie the match.
After two scoreless overtime periods, the match moved to penalty kicks to determine the advancing team. Florida's first two shooters missed and Stanford owned a 2-0 lead after the first two rounds of penalty kicks. The third Cardinal shooter missed and the final three Gators successfully converted their PKs, but Stanford's final two players were successful to take the advancing spot.
Gator Stars
● Solaun scored her fifth goal of the last seven matches and has turned in at least a point in each match during that span. It was the 30th goal of her career, moving her into sole possession of 10th on Florida's Career Goals Leaders list. The nine goals in 2014 is career high for Solaun.
● Florida goalkeeper Taylor Burke equaled her career-high with eight saves Friday. Among the eight were several key saves. In the 34th minute, Lo'eau LaBonta took a hard 14-yard shot, but Burke made a diving deflection to keep the ball out of the goal. With just over two minutes, remaining in the second overtime, Burke made a one-handed save to keep Uhl's shot out of the net.
Team Records:
Florida: 17-4-2, 9-2 SEC
Stanford: 20-1-3, 9-1-1 Pac 12
Series Record:
Stanford leads 3-0-1 in the all-time UF-SU series. Three of the four matches in the series have gone to overtime, including a 1-0 OT win on Sept. 12, 2014.
In PK Situations:
| Gators in NCAA Quarterfinal |
| Year | Opponent | Result |
| 1996 | @ North Carolina | L, 9-0 |
| 1998 | Penn State | W, 3-1 |
| 2001 | @ UCLA | W, 1-0 2OT |
| 2003 | Florida State | L, 2-0 |
| 2014 | @ Stanford | T, 2-2 2OT (SU 4-3 PK) |
● Florida is now 2-5 all-time in penalty kick decisions and 2-2 in NCAA penalty kick situations.
What Becky Burleigh Said:
On tonight's match:
“I thought it was an unbelievable match. It was two great teams just battling it out. I was so proud of our team to go down twice to come back twice. The effort we laid on the line – I don't think this team has any regrets.
“I just think resilience is something we've worked on all season. The fact that this team was able to demonstrate that under the most pressure of situations was just a credit to them.” – Florida head coach Becky Burleigh
What can you take from this season?
“Obviously no one is happy with the loss, but this has been a really fulfilling season. I just felt like this team really came together. The growth and development we saw in them as players and as people was incredible. They have really set the standard for future Gator soccer teams.” – Florida head coach Becky Burleigh
Florida (17-4-2) vs Stanford (20-1-3)
Stadium: Cagan Stadium (1,900)
Weather: 52 degrees at kickoff
| Goals by Period | 1 | 2 | OT1 | OT2 | Total |
| Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Florida | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Scoring Summary
| No. | Time | Team | Goal Scorer | Assist | Description |
| 1. | 03:21 | SU | Taylor Uhl(10) | Chioma Ubogagu | Center from left, shot from 6 yards at far post |
| 2. | 09:35 | UF | Own Goal | | own goal off Stanford defender's head from free kick by Speese |
| 3. | 74:31 | SU | Kendall Romine(2) | Andi Sullivan | corner kick from right, header by Romine at far post |
| 4. | 78:46 | UF | Havana Solaun (9) | Annie Speese | Corner kick from right, came off players' body inside near post |
Penalty Kicks
| No. | Florida | +/- | | Stanford | +/- |
| 1. | Annie Bobbitt | 0 | | Kendall Romine | X |
| 2. | Annie Speese | 0 | | Lo'eau LaBonta | X |
| 3. | Pamela Begic | X | | Chioma Ubogagu | 0 |
| 4. | Havana Solaun | X | | Haley Rosen | X |
| 5. | Lauren Silver | X | | Jane Campbell | X |
| Final | | 3 | | | 4 |
Shots: Florida 9, Stanford 20
Saves: Florida 8 (Taylor Burke 8) , Stanford 2 (Jane Campbell 2)
Match tied, 1-1; PK's 4-3 to Stanford
