I was worried about this outcome. There was nothing about it on Gatorzone late yesterday. That usually signals a loss.
Beating A&M is a significant victory. Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: October 28, 2013 at 7:34:09 AM CDT > To: GatorNEWS <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Florida soccer tied for first in SEC > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Florida soccer tied for first in SEC > > > Savannah Jordan scored a pair of second-half goals on Sunday. > FILE > By Jim Harvin > Gainesville SUN Correspondent > Published: Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 11:39 p.m. > Last Modified: Monday, October 28, 2013 at 12:28 a.m. > > She did it again. > > Up next > Thursday, 6:30 p.m. at Georgia > > Freshman forward Savannah Jordan scored a pair of second-half goals and the > Florida defense did the rest as the No. 7 Gators extended their season-high > winning streak to six straight games – all by shutout – with a 2-0 win Sunday > over league-leading Texas A&M in a showdown of the SEC's top two teams. > A Pressly Stadium crowd of 1,441 turned out on a picture-perfect day and > joined a national television (ESPNU) audience in watching UF (14-3-1, 8-2) > move into a first-place tie with the Aggies (13-4-1, 8-2) while ending A&M's > season-high, eight-game winning streak. > “We knew this was a big game, and I think we got up for it,” said Jordan, who > now has an SEC-leading 18 goals on the season – the No. 3 all-time > single-season mark for a UF freshman, just one behind Abby Wambach's 19 > (1998) and five short of Andi Sellers' school-record mark of 23 (1997). > “I think we defended really well in the first half and held them off even > though they had a lot of good chances. We talked about the changes we needed > to make at halftime and came out really strong. I'm proud of the way we > played.” > After the teams battled through a scoreless first half, Jordan put UF up with > a goal in the 51st minute following an interception near midfield by freshman > Meggie Dougherty Howard, who slid a perfect pass Jordan's way after making a > nice run. > A&M goalkeeper Jordan Day was able to make a diving save of Jordan's initial > left-footed attempt, but Jordan was able to win the race to the rebound and > chipped the ball into the right corner of the net with her right foot from > eight yards out. > Jordan made it 2-0 in the 62nd minute when she took a pass from sophomore > defender Christen Westphal and connected from 14 yards out for her sixth > multi-goal game of the season. > Westphal and fellow defender Tessa Andujar started the play with a > double-team of an A&M attacker deep in UF territory. Westphal gained > possession and started an immediate counter-attack, making a long run down > the left side before feeding the pass to Jordan and recording her second > career assist. > “It was an awesome double with me and Tessa,” Westphal said. “We happened to > get the ball, and I just saw a bunch of free space and just went for it. It > was really tiring, but it was awesome.” > The Aggies, who finished the game with a 15-12 edge in shots, had several > chances to get on the board, but either misfired wide or saw the ball wind up > in the hands of UF junior goalie Taylor Burke, who made five saves and > recorded the 22nd shutout of her career to move into the No. 2 all-time UF > spot behind Katie Fraine (27, 2006-10). > “Obviously I have to give credit to my defense; I couldn't do that without > them,” Burke said. “They played really great today, and in the second half we > were able to gain a little bit of rhythm and score two goals.” > The Aggies and Gators each have 24 points heading into their final > regular-season games Thursday, with UF traveling to face Georgia while A&M > hosts LSU. > No. 13 South Carolina (14-2-2, 7-2-1, 22 points) and No. 25 Kentucky (13-4-1, > 7-3, 21 points) also are still mathematically alive, but with a win over the > Bulldogs (12-5-1, 5-4-1), UF is assured of no worse than a tie for its > league-leading 13th SEC title and the No. 1 seed for the SEC Tournament. > “We've got one game – we've got to do this,” coach Becky Burleigh said. > “We've got one more step to take, and that's going to be Thursday night > against a very good Georgia team.” > > -- > -- > 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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