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Soccer Wins 4-0 at New Mexico

        

The University of Florida soccer team finished non-conference play with a 4-0 win at New Mexico Sunday afternoon in front of a UNM Soccer Complex crowd of 1,006.
 
The first goal of the match was also the first of the season for junior Lauren Smith. A shot by Savannah Jordanwas deflected in the box and UNM defender couldn’t get a good touch to clear it to safety. From the top of the box, Lauren Smith placed the ball in the far upper corner at 13:36. Then at 35:20, Jordan got her first goal of the match. Jordan intercepted a pass between UNM’s backline about 17 yards from goal. She closed in on the goal, scoring from six-yards to the far post.
 
The first shot of the second half was a Gator goal. Senior Annie Speese found sophomore Brooke Sharp just above the box. Sharp began her run through the box, evaded UNM Cassie Ulrich who had come out to make the stop, and continued her run to score at 47:00. It was Sharp’s second goal of the season.
 
Jordan recorded her first double-goal match of the season when she put in the through ball from Sharp in during 83rd minute.

“I thought we showed good resilience [after overtime loss Friday]. We got on the board early and kept scoring, which was great to see. We used a lot of players today. That was necessary because of the physical demands of Friday’s game, the travel and the altitude here so it was a really good team effort.
 
“I think there were some really nice goals today. We saw some combinations that we haven’t seen before. We played a little bit different system than we normally play. It is just showing our versatility as a team.
 
“I think we learned a lot from the Stanford game. I think we saw some stuff today we can build on and now we are looking forward to starting league play.” – Florida Head Coach Becky Burleigh
 
On the return of Karina Gutsche to the lineup:
“I think it was great for her to get back on the field today. It has been awhile. She was the same Karina, which was really good to see.” – Florida Head Coach Becky Burleigh
 
On the play of goalkeeper Valerie Tysinger:
“Val has been really consistent in practice so I think it is good for her to get in the game. Our plan was to play her in this game regardless of the score. It was good for her to face the action that she did.” – Florida Head Coach Becky Burleigh
  


 

 

  
   

 

 

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