FINAL: FLORIDA 3, UCF 2
Gainesville, FL- The Florida Gators soccer team defeated the University of Central Florida Knights 3-2 at James G. Pressly Stadium on Sunday night. The Gators improved to 6-2 on the season while UCF fell to 5-4. UCF entered on a four game winning streak, but Florida put that to rest.
Game Summary:
FIRST HALF | SECOND HALF | OVERTIME | FINAL | |
UCF | 0 | 2 | X | 2 |
FLORIDA | 1 | 2 | X | 3 |
The Gators dominated the first half of play managing to outshoot the Knights 7-4 and scoring the only goal of the first half. Pamela Begic scored the first goal at the 32:59 mark. Savannah Jordan scored the second goal of the game for Florida when she scored on a one touch shot off a pass from Mayra Pelayo. The goal was Jordan’s 72nd of her career. Jordan is now all alone in second place on Florida’s all-time scoring list. UCF scored the next two goals as Morgan Ferrara scored her third goal of the season. UCF tied the game up with a goal from Bridget Callahan off a corner kick. The game winning goal came off the foot of Samantha Chung in the 88th minute. Chung took a shot from the top of the box which deflected off the post and got in behind UCF keeper Vera Varis.
Goal Scorers:
- 33rd minute- UF: Pam Begic (1)
- 53rd minute- UF: Savannah Jordan assisted by Mayra Pelayo
- 58th minute- UCF: Morgan Ferrara assisted by Kayla Adamek
- 74th minute- UCF: Bridget Callahan
- 88th minute- UF: Samantha Chung assisted by Mayra Pelayo
Cautions/Ejections:
- 42nd minute- YELLOW UF: Sara Wilson
- 72nd minute- YELLOW UCF: Bridget Callahan
- 75th minute- YELLOW UF: Savannah Jordan
Starting Lineups:
FLORIDA | UCF |
31- Marckese-GK | 1- Varis-GK |
81- Smith | 14- Fredriksson |
19- Cardano | 33- Bado |
51- Nelson | 6- Callahan |
20- Lester | 15- Wilkin |
28- Dougherty Howard | 12- Ferrara |
0- Solis | 28- Kuoksa |
15- Troccoli | 19- Soree |
38- Seiler | 9- Adamek |
27- Pelayo | 99- Rodrigues |
7- Jordan | 24- O’Connell |
What’s Next:
Auburn at Florida
Gainesville, FL
September 22 at 6:00 PM