Florida Loses 3-0 at No. 10 Arkansas

Thursday, October 12

Fayetteville, Ark.

7 p.m.

Florida Gators

Arkansas

Florida lost 3-0 Thursday at SEC leader and No. 10 Arkansas.

Florida Loses 3-0 at No. 10 Arkansas

Thursday, October 12, 2023 | Soccer

Box Score

By: Mary Howard

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Florida soccer lost 3-0 at No. 10 Arkansas Thursday evening in front of 2,478 at Razorback Field - the sixth-largest crowd in the 30-year history of UA soccer.

One more ranked opponent awaits Florida later this month as the Gators close regular-season action playing host to No. 15 South Carolina.

This Evening's Scoring:
After a scoreless opening half, the Razorbacks scored early in the second half. Sophia Aragon's right footed strike out of a Florida scrum scored from short distance in the 47^th minute.

A corner kick led to the Razorbacks second goal in the 67^th minute. Florida's Alexa Goldberg pushed the ball sent in by Ava Tankersley at the far post but Sabrina Jones's header scored off that deflection from a sharp angle.

The Razorbacks pushed the lead out to 3-0 when Tankersley scored from six yards off the square pass from Avery Wren.

For the match, Arkansas outshot the Gators 15-6.

Hear from Coach Bohon:
On tonight's match:
"Credit to Arkansas as they came out with better intensity than we did in the second half. We did a good job in the first of predicting their attacks and winning more first and second balls. I thought we were a bounce or two away from having some close range chances early in the first.

"In the second half when they stretched a little wider, we didn't do a good enough job of sliding across. Once they scored, I made a coaching choice to take more risks to see if we could equalize. At this point in the season, a "good loss" doesn't matter. I loved seeing our team fight to the last second but we needed to put 90 minutes together to beat a high press team like Arkansas.

"We'll get home, pull out what we need from this film and put all of our energy towards Auburn as it's a must-win situation for us at this point in the season." - Florida Head Coach Samantha Bohon

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

Series Record:
Florida leads 22-5.

Next Up:
Florida faces Auburn for the annual Kick for a Cure presented by UF Health match – the Gators' annual cancer awareness match. The Tigers (6-5-3, 2-3-1 SEC) play host to Texas A&M (7-5-2, 3-2-1 SEC) Friday evening.

               Auburn
               Date: Thursday, Oct. 19
               Time: 6 p.m. ET
               Site: Donald R. Dizney Stadium
               Stream: SEC Network +
                Streaming Audio: GatorVision
                Admission: Free
                Promotions: The first 150 fans get a Gators Soccer pink rally towel; show your support for the Gators and those in cancer fight as cancer survivors form tunnel to welcome team to field

2023 Florida Soccer Schedule

2023 Florida Soccer Promotions

Florida (5-5-4, 1-4-2 SEC) at No. 10 Arkansas (10-3-1, 6-1 SEC)
Stadium: Razorback Field (2,478)
Weather: 73 degrees, winds SSE at 13 mph

Goals by Period	1	20	Total
Florida	0	0	0
Arkansas	0	3	0

Scoring Summary:

No.	Time	Team	Goal Scorer	Assist
1.	46:17	ARK	Sophia Aragon
2.	66:11	ARK	Sabrina Jones
3.	73:51	ARK	Ava Tankersley	Avery Wren, Bea Franklin

Shots: UF 6, ARK 15
Saves: Florida 2 (Alexa Goldberg 2), ARK 3 (Phoebe Carver 2; Sierra Cota-Yarde 1)

Offsides: UF 3, ARK 3

Cautions: Anna DeLeon-UF – yellow (50:03); Ainsley Erzen-ARK – yellow (86:18)