Florida Gators

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida soccer starts Southeastern Conference road play Thursday at Kentucky. Match time is 7:30 p.m. at the Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex. Tickets range in price from $5 to $8.
 
Here's how to follow the Gators:
Video: SEC Network + . Announcers: Dave Baker and Stuart Pope
Listen: Hear Kyle Crooks call of Thursday's match on GatorVision.com
Stats: FloridaGators.com
 
Gators in Last Weekend's Action:
Florida dropped a 2-1 match to Vanderbilt in its only contest of last weekend. Vanderbilt's Kaylann Boyd scored the only goal of the first half off a 30-yard shot in the 13th minute. Senior Laís Araujo's goal in the 78th minute tied the match. Her sharply angled shot off the assist from Deanne Rose ended Florida's six-match scoring drought. Vanderbilt's game-winner in the 88th minute came when Caroline Saltmarsh sent a corner-kick clearance ahead to Paola Ellis who put it in from five yards.
 
Last Meeting Between UF-UK:
The two teams met in Daytona Beach, Fla., for the Oct. 19, 2017 match due to the Richard Spencer speech on the UF campus.
 
Two players subbed in to provide a goal late in the opening half and then early in the second half as UF took a 2-0 win. Sarah Troccoli scored the first with just under 30 seconds remaining in the half. Madison Alexander scored the second from 17-yards at 51:57.
 
Kentucky Quick Hits:

• Kentucky opened SEC play Thursday with a 1-0 loss at Missouri.
• The Wildcats have gone to overtime three times this season. There are 24 teams in Division I play with more than three OTs this season and among league teams, Missouri leads with four 2018 overtime matches.
• Sophomore Yuuka Kurosaki leads UK in goals (4) and points (9). Freshman Hannah Leonard has played every minute in goal and owns a goals-against-average of 1.67.
• Ian Carry was elevated to UK's head coach after the 2016 season.

 
2018 Records:
Florida: 2-6-1, 0-1 SEC
Kentucky: 4-6, 0-1 SEC
 
Series Record:
Florida leads 21-4-3.