Six matches into her 22nd season at the helm of Florida soccer, coach Becky Burleigh continues to preach the importance of a team-first mentality.
Going into Thursday’s match, Kentucky’s Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex was No. 5 Florida’s achilles heel.
The Florida soccer team is coming off a 7-2 win against Oklahoma State where it set a school record with seven goals in the second half after being held scoreless through the first.
Savannah Jordan is the NCAA’s active leader in career goals scored, a three-time All-American, and as of Sept. 1, was one of only nine Division I players to have at least 12 points this season.
Tonight, the No. 5 Gators (3-1-0) will travel to Tallahassee to take on in-state rival No. 1 Florida State (4-0-0).
You might think an important in-state soccer showdown against No. 1 Florida State is a game that standout senior forward Savannah Jordan circled on her calendar before the season started.
After opening the 2016 regular season with two easy-going home wins, Florida’s soccer team faced its first obstacle on Friday night in Palo Alto, California, falling to Stanford in a 1-0 overtime loss.
No. 6 Florida (2-1-0) entered Friday night’s game against No. 3 Stanford (3-0-0) with a chip on its shoulder.
The last time Florida played Stanford in the 2014 NCAA quarterfinals, the game ended in a 2-2 tie and came down to a penalty kick decision.
Two matches into the season, No. 7 Florida has dominated its opponents.
One of the biggest uncertainties facing the 2016 Florida soccer team this offseason was how it would fare defensively following the loss of All-American defenders Christen Westphal and Claire Falknor to graduation.
Florida’s soccer team sported one of the nation’s top offensive attacks in 2015, averaging 2.54 goals per game to rank seventh best in the nation.
As time expired at Dizney Stadium, UF coach Becky Burleigh watched her team, the 2015 Southeastern Conference Tournament champs, fall to Duke University in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament Championship.
Kaylan Marckese walked onto campus this Summer and didn’t plan on seeing the field.
The Florida soccer team has mixed emotions after its season came to an abrupt end on Sunday.
Following Florida’s 2-1 loss to Duke in the third round of the NCAA tournament Sunday, coach Becky Burleigh opened her post-game press conference admitting that in her 21 years at UF, the final loss still hurts the most.
On Friday night, Florida moved one step closer to playing for the program’s second NCAA Championship.
Following last Saturday’s 1-0 NCAA Tournament first round win against Western Michigan, junior forward Savannah Jordan laid out everything that needed to be known about tonight’s matchup against William & Mary (14-4-3, 7-1-1 Colonial Athletic Association) at 7 in one simple sentence.
Opponents have been trying to disrupt the No. 5 Florida soccer team’s main strategy of ball possession throughout four postseason matches.
Upon visiting Gainesville as a high school sophomore, Sarah Troccoli knew Florida’s soccer program was a perfect fit.
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