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[email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: August 26, 2013, 8:51:29 AM CDT > To: GatorNEWS <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Jordan's hat trick leads Florida soccer > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Jordan's hat trick leads Florida soccer > By Jim Harvin > Gainesville SUN Correspondent > Published: Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 11:41 p.m. > Last Modified: Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 11:41 p.m. > > Savannah Jordan likes to wear a multicolored headband when she is playing > soccer. > > > Enlarge > Jordan > Her game is proving to be just as colorful. > The freshman from Fayetteville, Ga., who scored a pair of second-half goals > including the game-winner in Friday's 3-1 season-opening win over Florida > Gulf Coast, recorded her first collegiate hat trick by scoring all three > goals for No. 9 Florida in a 3-1 win over Oregon State Sunday evening before > a Pressly Stadium crowd of 1,057. > Jordan is the first UF freshman in program history (1995-present) to score > five goals in her first two matches. > “It was definitely exciting,” she said. “They were all really team-based > goals. > “It gives me a lot of confidence but also pressure because I have to try and > maintain that througout the season. I know I had a big weekend this weekend, > opening up with that, and that's a lot to live up to.” > Jordan staked the Gators (2-0) to a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute. > Junior midfielder Annie Speese made a nice run into the box and passed the > ball to sophomore defender Claire Falknor, who nudged it to Jordan for a > short-range blast from 4 yards out that found the right bottom corner of the > net. > Jordan made it 2-0 in the 39th minute, taking control of a ball inside the > box directly in front of the goal and firing another short-range shot into > the net, with freshman forward Brooke Sharp credited with her second assist > of the season. > The Beavers (0-2) cut the deficit in half with 23:08 left to play when UF > failed to clear a bouncing ball in their end and Oregon State's Chelsea > Buckland pounced on it and drilled a line drive into the back of the net from > about 12 yards out. > UF managed to hang onto a one-goal lead until the 84th minute, when Jordan > capped the evening with her third and final goal of the night, this one with > assists from Speese, her second of the match, and fellow junior midfielder > Havana Solaun. > Solaun started the play with a sharp header from the top of the Florida > defensive box to Speese, who sent a long, arching pass down the center of the > field. > Jordan outran her marking defender to the ball, got possession and finished > it off with an 18-yard shot past hard-charging Oregon State keeper Audra > Berneier-Larose, who was credited with four saves on the night. > “She's (Jordan) a natural finisher,” UF coach Becky Burleigh said. “We knew > that when we were recruiting her, and she's just done a great job of taking > care of her opportunities.” > The game was a defensive battle, with both teams struggling to find quality > shots. The shots stood at just 2-all at the half, but a strong second-half > surge by the Gators netted them a final 11-3 advantage. > Junior Taylor Burke got her first start of the season in goal for UF and made > a key save in the 32nd minute following an Oregon State free kick from about > 30 yards out. > The Beavers' Erin Uchacz got her head on it, but Burke was able to corral the > ball while sliding to her right to protect UF's 1-0 lead. > The Gators were thrilled to come out of the weekend with a pair of wins. > “We lost some big-time players obviously; four out of the five went to play > professionally,” Speese said. “But you know, we have a lot of talent on this > team, and I knew people would step up.” > The loss ended a tough opening weekend for the Beavers, who were coming off a > hard-fought 1-0 loss to No. 3 FSU in Tallahassee Friday. > The Seminoles are UF's next opponent, with the two instate rivals and top-10 > squads squaring off on the Pressly pitch this Friday at 7 p.m. > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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