No. 14 Florida Soccer Defeats Auburn 4-0
10/11/09
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Four goals by four different players gave the No.
14 University of Florida soccer team (10-4-1, 4-1-1 SEC) a 4-0 win over
Auburn (5-6-3, 2-4 SEC) Sunday afternoon at the James G. Pressly
Stadium.
It was Senior Day at Florida soccer so it was appropriate that a pair of
goals came from two of UF’s six-member senior class. The first goal
started when Jessica Eicken sent the ball from the top of the UF box to
Erika Tymrak at midfield. Tymrak played the ball ahead and wide where
Angela Napolitano ran onto it. She hit the ball in stride, scoring on a
10-yard shot to the far post.
Lauren Hyde was the other senior to score a goal Sunday, hitting a
23-yard free kick in the 84th minute.
A reminder from the UF coaching staff helped her score her second Gator
goal in front of her family and friends that were in attendance for
Senior Day.
“That is about the range I practice them in training. I put the ball
down, backed up, took a look at where the keeper was and saw she was
pretty far to the right. So knew I needed to get it over the wall and
kick it hard. Vic (Campbell, UF Associate Head Coach) told me to “Strike
it hard”. I want him to tell me that every time so I remember to hit it
hard,” Hyde said. “I just placed it fairly well and it went in the back
of the net.”
UF Head Coach Becky Burleigh knows Senior Day is important to all in the
Florida soccer program and she was happy with the effort the team showed
today.
“It’s awesome that some of the seniors scored today. I had a feeling
that Lauren was going to finish the set piece and for Angela to get a
goal, that's great,” Burleigh said. “Senior Day is a really big
tradition here. It’s a big deal for the players to play hard for the
seniors and I thought that the rest of the team did a good job doing
that.”
Tymrak added her second goal of the weekend in the 77th minute. Tahnai
Annis took a shot just inside the box that was blocked by the AU
defense. Tymrak gathered in the deflection at the top of the box, took a
couple of touches to make space and then buried her right-footed 15-yard
shot into the upper far post corner.
“Tahnai shot it and it kind of ricocheted off. I was standing by the tip
of the 18 so I took a touch and then shot it and it went in,”
Tymrak said.
Florida’s fourth goal came just before the final horn. Tymrak sent a
lifted ball into the box where McKenzie Barney was able to just get a
foot on it before colliding with a Tiger defender. Barney watched from
the ground where the two fell as the ball scored at the near post corner
at 89:59 - making it the second latest goal in regulation in the 15-year
history of the program.
Burleigh said the team was focused on earning better results than it did
last weekend when Florida tied at Mississippi State 1-1 2OT and lost
3-2 2OT at Mississippi.
“I think the biggest thing is that we wanted to rebound from last
weekend,” Burleigh said. “We felt that last weekend wasn’t a good
representation of our team and our team really made a big emphasis in
practice this week of trying to get back on track and they did a really
good job of that.”
The Gators travel to meet Tennessee (7-5-2, 3-2-1 SEC) on Friday, Oct.
16 at 7 p.m. (ET). The Lady Vols tied Mississippi 1-1 2OT on Sunday.
Friday’s match will be broadcast on SUN Sports. The match can also be
heard live with Mike Gillespie calling the action on AM 850 WRUF or via
simulcast on Gainesville/Ocala Cox Cable channel 946 and
www.GatorZone.com.
Scoring Summary: 1st 2nd Final
Auburn 0 0 0
Florida 1 3 4
Scoring:
UF: Angela Napolitano (Jessica Eicken, Erika Tymrak) 19:35
UF: Tymrak (unassisted) 76:48
UF: Lauren Hyde (free kick) 83:43
UF: McKenzie Barney (Tymrak) 85:59
Goalkeepers:
Minutes Saves GA
Auburn Amy Howard 90:00 3 4
Florida Katie Fraine 90:00 1 0
Statistical Summary: AU UF
Shots 4 16
Shots on goal 1 7
Saves 3 1
Corner Kicks 3 3
Fouls 7 9
Offside 1 0
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