No. 24 Gators Win 2-1 Over Auburn

Friday, October 18

Gainesville, FL

7 PM

Florida Gators

10-5-0,SEC 6-1

Auburn

6-7-2,SEC 3-4

Auburn University

Florida

Kouri Peace is congratulated after scoring Florida's opening goal in Friday's 2-1 win over Auburn. It was Peace's third goal of the season.

No. 24 Gators Win 2-1 Over Auburn

Friday, October 18, 2019 | Soccer

Box Score Photo Gallery by Matt Stamey

Two Gators scored in their second consecutive match - freshman Kouri Peace and junior Parker Roberts.

By: Mary Howard

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – It was another come-from-behind win for the No. 24 University of Florida soccer team. The Gators won 2-1 over Auburn on a drippy Friday evening at the Donald R. Dizney Stadium.

The Gators trailed after the Tigers scored in the 16^th minute. Florida freshman Kouri Peace scored in the 37^th minute to tie the match and junior Parker Roberts hit the game-winner in the 48^th minute.

SEC Race:
Wins tonight move Florida and Arkansas (3-1 at Texas A&M) to the top of Southeastern Conference standings. The Gators and Razorbacks are tied with 18 points and South Carolina is third at 17 after tying 1-all at Tennessee.

Three matches remain on the SEC regular-season schedule for all 14 teams.

Friday's scoring:
The Tigers won the ball at the top of the Gators' defensive half. Jessie Gerow pass found Angeline Daly making a run above the box. Daly received the ball, won a joust and then hit a 19-yard right-footed strike which scored in the 16^th minute.

Peace tied the match in the 37^th minute. The cross Carina Baltrip-Reyes sent from the touchline was dummied by Deanne Rose at the near post. The ball continued moving across the goal before Peace put it in from six yards.

Florida used an early second half goal to take the lead. Freshman Ava Kuyken's ball found Cassidy Lindley moving above the box. Lindley and her defender moved horizontally above the box before Lindley sent the ball into space. Roberts caught up to ball and beat the goalkeeper with a shot to the far post corner.

Gator goalkeeper Susi Espinoza had a couple key saves tonight – a kick save on Jessie Gerow's shot in the sixth minute and coming off her line to close the angle on Angeline Daly's shot in the 74^th minute.

Worth Noting

Parker Roberts now has four goals in 2019 – setting her career high for goals in a season. She had three goals as a freshman at Kansas in 2015 and as a UF sophomore in 2017. Four goals shares second with Cassidy Lindley and Deanne Rose among the 2019 Gators.
Kouri Peace scores in her second consecutive match, with her three goals this season coming in her last eight appearances.
Outside back Carina Baltrip-Reyes recorded her first point of 2019 on the Gators' opening goal.
Lindley now leads the 2019 Gators with five assists, which equals her 2018 season assists total
Florida has scored three goals this season in the 48^th minute.

Records:
Florida: 10-5-0, 6-1-0 SEC
Auburn: 6-7-2, 3-4-0 SEC

Next Up:
The Gators are at Tennessee next Thursday for a SEC Network match.

Thursday, Oct. 24 at Tennessee (8-5-2, 2-4-1 SEC)
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Site: Regal Stadium
Television: SEC Network
Stream Video: SEC Network +
Radio: ESPN 98.1FM / 850AM WRUF with action with action called by Kyle Crooks
Live Stats
Admission: Free

Auburn (6-7-2, 3-4-0 SEC) at No. 24 Florida (10-5-0, 6-1-0 SEC)
Stadium: Donald R. Dizney Stadium (835)
Weather: 69 degrees, winds E at 7 mph, 74% humidity, light rain