GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida plays host to Wisconsin Friday for NCAA Women's Soccer Second Round action.
The UF-UW match is the second of the day at Dizney Stadium. Auburn and Connecticut open the day's action at 3 p.m., with the Florida-Wisconsin match set for a 7 p.m. start.
Friday's winners meet Sunday at 2 p.m. in NCAA Third Round action.
This is the first meeting between Florida and Wisconsin. Both teams advanced to NCAA Second Round play with shutout wins versus instate rivals in last Friday's NCAA First Round action. Florida won 3-0 versus Florida Gulf Coast and the Badgers took a 1-0 win over Marquette.
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Ticket Information:
Tickets for this weekend's matches match are $7 for adults and $3 for children (12 and under), students and senior citizens.
The first 200 UF student showing at Gator1 card are admitted free.
Tickets can be purchased at the Gator Ticket Office, located at gate 1 of the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Tickets can also be purchased Friday at the Dizney Stadium ticket windows beginning at 1:30 p.m. For more information:
- visit the UAA Ticket Office site
- contact the UAA Ticket Office at (352) 375-4683, ext. 6800 or 1-800-34GATOR, ext. 6800 (state of Florida only)
Here's how to follow the Gators
Can't be at Dizney Stadium for Friday's matches? Here's how to follow the action:
- Follow the stream of the Auburn-UConn and Florida-FGCU matches on SEC Network + . Adam Schick and Matthew Stubbington will call the action.
- Hear Daniel Gillman and Annie Bobbitt's call of Friday's UF-UW match on FloridaGators.com
Florida in NCAA First Round:
Florida opened 2016 NCAA action with a 3-0 win versus Florida Gulf Coast at Dizney Stadium on Nov. 11. After a scoreless opening half, three different Gators scored in a 16-minute span.
Meggie Dougherty Howard scored first in the 66
th minute off the through ball from
Samantha Chung. Freshman
Julia Lester brought the ball in the box, hesitated while the defenders dropped and took advantage of that bit of space to score from 10 yard in the 78
th minute.
Savannah Jordan finished off the UF scoring in the 82
nd minute when she placed the ball just inside the post.
Florida turned in its ninth shutout of the season and eighth of last 12 matches.
Kaylan Marckese now moves to a tie for third on Florida's season shutouts list as she's been in goal for every match this season. The win advances UF after its opening NCAA match for the 16
th time in the program's 20 appearances.
About the Wisconsin Badgers:
Wisconsin is making it 19
th appearance in the NCAA Championships and first since reaching the 2014 second round. The Badgers claimed a 2016 NCAA at-large berth and are one of a national leading eight Big Ten representatives in this year's 64-team field (six advanced to NCAA Second Round). Wisconsin took fifth in 2016 Big Ten regular-season play with a 5-2-4 record.
Wisconsin's 10 overtime matches leads the nation in 2016 (Rhode Island & Rutgers are next at nine each). Senior All-American Rose Lavelle, the 2016 Big Ten Midfielder of the Year, leads the Badgers with six goals and 16 points. Caitlyn Clem was a Big Ten third team selection at goalkeeper. Her nine shutouts is fifth in the Big Ten and her GAA of 0.73 is third in the league.
Paulina Wilkins is in her 10
th season as the Wisconsin Badgers head coach.
Team Records:
Florida: 15-4-1, 8-3 SEC
UW: 9-4-8, 5-2-4 Big Ten
