First-half scoring gives No. 8 Gator soccer a 3-0 win over Auburn
First-half goals by
three different players gave the No. 8 Florida soccer team a 3-0 win
over Auburn Sunday afternoon at the James G. Pressly Stadium.
Florida
scored first off a corner kick collision at 15:07. The ball sent in by
Christen Westphal was headed to the near post, but AU’s Kim Spence
cleared it off the line back into play. Pamela Begic( and Auburn’s
goalkeeper Alicen Wright went up to challenge for the ball and Begic(
just got her head on it to put it in just inside the post. Both players
came down hard and left the field under their own power, but did not
return to play.
Jillian Graff put in her second goal of the
season at 30:09, placing a well-placed shot to the far post from 12
yards. Florida got their third score of the half just over nine minutes
later when Lindsey Cooper sent a cross from the Auburn end line. The
ball traveled just past the far post where senior Caroline Triglia
headed it back to the goal. Auburn’s replacement goal keeper Alyse
Scott made a touch on it, but the momentum was too strong and the goal
was scored just inside the post.
GATOR PERFORMANCE NOTES:
· Begic( now has four goals, sharing second with Havana Solaun among the 2013 Gators
· Liz Slattery registered her first collegiate assist on Graff’s goal
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Triglia now has two goals in 2013, equaling her collegiate season-high
set in 2012. Of her six goals as a Gator, today’s was the first off her
head.
RECORDS: Florida (9-3-1, 3-2 SEC); Auburn (4-8-1, 0-5 SEC).
THE SERIES: Florida leads the series 15-5-1 all-time.
WORTH
NOTING: Florida has now scored three goals in a half three times this
season – at Florida International (second half), at Mississippi (first
half) and today in the opening half…today was the second solo shutout
for Nora Neset Gjøen and the sixth of the season for the Gators.
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