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S O C C E `• R 1998 NCAA Champions 20 NCAA Championship Appearances 14-time SEC Champions Today’s Match: What’s Happening? Florida (1-2-1, 1-2-1 SEC) at No. 11 South Carolina (4-1-0, 4-1-0 SEC) Florida faces its fourth ranked opponent Sunday at No. 11 South Carolina. The Gators Date & Time: Sunday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. ET opened the season with three consecutive ranked opponents – then No. 8 Georgia (1-1 Site: Eugene E. Stone III Stadium (5,000) 2OT), then No. 15 Alabama (2-1 win) and at then No. 11 Texas A&M (2-1 loss). The Coaches: Becky Burleigh, 31st season overall (508-153-45) and 26th season at UF (426-131-38/UF), Shelley Smith, 23rd season overall (280-151-47) and 19th The 2020 fall schedule includes play only versus Southeastern Conference programs. season at USC (239-116-45) Each SEC team plays eight regular-season matches and the SEC regular-season Series Record: Florida leads 22-9-2. Last meeting, UF and South Carolina tied champion is based on results from those eight matches. All 14 league teams head to 1-1 2OT on Oct. 27, 2019 in Gainesville. Orange Beach, Ala., where the SEC Tournament makes its final appearance Nov. 13- Television: SEC Network with Mike Watts and Cat Whitehill calling the action 22. All teams are guaranteed at least two matches at the SEC Tournament site. Radio: ESPN Gainesville 98.1 FM / 850 AM with Kyle Crooks and Matthew Season play continues in the spring of 2021 from Feb. 3 – April 17. The NCAA Stubbington calling the action Championships field will be scaled back from the current 64 team bracket to 48 teams. Streaming video: SEC Network + The NCAA College Cup is May 13-17. Internet: live stats and audio for UF vs USC match available on FloridaGators.com Last Sunday, Florida dropped a 2-1 double overtime decision to Vanderbilt. The Gators scored the only goal of the opening half when Parker Roberts sent a searching ball Florida SID Contact: Mary Howard into the box in the 41st minute. Freshman Maddy Rhodes sliding right foot beat two Office: 352-375-4683, ext 6100 VU defenders to score her first collegiate goal. VU’s Raegan Kelley tied the match in Email: [email protected] the 80th minute, forcing the two programs to the third overtime in the 33 all-time meetings. Madison Elwell got the winning touch during a goal line scrum in the 103rd. minute to give Vanderbilt its first overtime win of 2020. It was the fourth consecutive DID YOU KNOW? meeting between the two programs decided by a single goal. Of the 32 matches played across the Southeastern Conference in 2020, Florida gain senior Deanne Rose, who missed the last two matches with a hamstring 19 have been decided by a single goal and six ended in ties. injury but will be without sophomore Kouri Peace, as she is recovering from a sprained ankle suffered at Texas A&M. Of the seven SEC matches played last weekend, three were decided by Gators in 2020 consists of 34 players, including 10 freshmen and two transfers. Florida a goal and two ended in ties. returns nine starters from the 2019 team that made the program’s 22nd NCAA appearance in 2019. MORE DID YOU KNOW? Three returners earned All-SEC honors – Kit Loferski (2019/second team), Parker When Florida meets No. 11 South Carolina on Sunday, it will be the Roberts (2017 & 2019/first) and Deanne Rose (2017/first). Loferski and Roberts also Gators fourth United Soccer Coaches Top 15 opponent this season. claimed 2019 United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region accolades. Four top-15 opponents leads SEC programs in 2020. Rose is the only NCAA Division I player who played in both the 2016 Olympics and 2019 World Cup. She is part of Canada’s Senior National Team. United Soccer Coaches rankings began Sept. 22. In this unusual season start of the season, United Soccer Coaches started releasing School Conference Top 15 Thru Oct. 25 weekly national rankings on Sept. 22. Due to the limited number of team participating Virginia Tech ACC 5 in 2020 fall play, only 15 teams are ranked. The current ranking included five SEC teams – No. 7 Arkansas, No. 9 Texas A&M, No. 11 South Carolina, No. 14 Auburn and Florida SEC 4 No. 15 Georgia. Baylor Big 12 3 Clemson ACC 3 Meetings between Florida and South Carolina are traditionally close. Of the 13 Oklahoma State Big 12 3 meetings between the two programs since 2010, 10 were decided by a single goal and Tennessee SEC 3 the last on Oct. 27, 2019 in Gainesville was a 1-1 2OT tie. Texas Tech Big 12 3 South Carolina advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinal round in 2019, losing 1-0 to Texas A&M SEC 2 Washington State. This season, the Gamecocks opened with a 1-0 loss at Georgia, but has won the next four – 4-1 vs Missouri, 1-0 vs Kentucky, 2-1 2OT at Vanderbilt and 2- 1 at No. 3 Arkansas. This win streak advanced South Carolina to No. 11 on the latest United Soccer Coaches poll. Sophomore Samantha Chung is the reigning United Soccer Coaches and SEC Offensive Player of the Week after scoring game-winning goal in win at then No. 3 Arkansas. Freshman Catherine Barry leads USC with three goals. Sophomore Heather Hintz started the last three matches and owns a goals- against-average of 0.64. Shelley Smith is in her 19th season as South Carolina’s head coach. She’s led USC to three SEC regular-season titles (2011, 2016, 2017). ABOUT THE GATORS: About the 2020 Gators Location: Gainesville, Fla. 9 Returners from 2019 lineup that advanced to NCAA Tournament Enrollment: 52,218 President: Dr. W. Kent Fuchs 66% Goals scored in 2019 (25 of 38) return in 2020. Deanne Rose was Athletics Director: Scott Stricklin second among 2019 Gators with six goals. Parker Roberts was second Conference: Southeastern with 15 points and shared UF’s 2019 assists lead (5) with Cassidy Nickname: Gators Lindley. Colors: Orange & Blue 35% Newcomers (12 of 34) on 2020 roster. Two transfers join 10 freshmen 3 All-SEC players (Kit Loferski/2019; Parker Roberts/2017 & 2019 & UF SOCCER QUICK FACTS: Deanne Rose/2017) 2020 Record: 1-2-1, 1-2-1 SEC 3 Wear “SEC Graduate” patch on their uniform – Carina Baltrip-Reyes, 2019 Record: 11-9-1, 6-3-1 SEC Kit Loferski and Parker Roberts 70% Minutes played in 2019 – including every minute in goal – return to 2020 COACHING STAFF: Gators lineup. Redshirt senior Susi Espinoza played every minute in Head Coach: Becky Burleigh goal last season. Career Record/Years: 508-153-45/ 31st season Of the players (10 of the 16) to earn points in 2019 return. 2020 th 63% UF Record: 426-131-38 / 26 season returners posted 71 of the 105 team points earned in 2019. Associate Head Coaches: Vic Campbell & Alan Kirkup Volunteer Coach: John Roman 2020 Brings Dozen of Gator Newcomers RETURNING ALL-SEC PLAYERS: Florida welcomes 10 freshmen and two transfers to its 2020 roster. Kit Loferski (2019 SEC first team) Parker Roberts (2017 & 2019 SEC first team) 3 Tori Grambo D St. Johns, Fla. (Bartram Trail H.S.) Deanne Rose (2017 SEC first team) Enrolled at UF in spring of 2020 to train with UF; 2018 Allstate All-American; three-time All- State selection for Bartram Trail H.S.; 2018 U-17 United Soccer Coach Southeast all- conference selection 2020 University of Florida Soccer Schedule 12 Maddy Rhodes F Vero Beach, Fla. (Vero Beach H.S.) Date Opponent (TV/Radio) Time (ET) 2020 Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Soccer as state’s top player; 2020 TopDrawer Soccer Winter All-South Region selection; 2018-19 ECNL U18/19 Southeast All-Conference Sept. 27 No. 8 Georgia (SEC Network) T, 1-1 2OT 13 Izzy Kadzban MF Longwood, Fla. (Lake Mary H.S.) Oct. 4 No. 15 Alabama (SEC Network) W, 2-1 2019-20 United Soccer Coaches Winter/Spring High School All-American; made Chile senior Oct. 11 Texas A&M (SEC Network) L, 2-1 national team debut in October of 2019 – scored a goal in her second senior national team outing; four-year member of ECNL team – Florida Kraze Krush Oct. 18 Vanderbilt (SEC Network +) 6 p.m. 15 Alexa Goldberg GK St. Petersburg, Fla. (St. Petersburg H.S.) Oct. 25 South Carolina (SEC Network) 2 p.m. Nominee for 2020 Florida Dairy Farmer 6A Player of Year; 2019-20 TDS Winter State Stars Oct. 30 Tennessee (SEC Network +) 6 p.m. selection (played midfield in high school); 2019 ECNL Southeast Conference selection Nov. 6 Kentucky (SEC Network +) 7 p.m. program (goalkeeper) Nov. 8 Missouri (SEC Network+) TBA 16 Julia Violante D Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. (Largo H.S.) Nov. 13-Nov. 22 Southeastern Conference Tournament 2019-20 TDS Winter State Stars selection; four-year Tampa Bay United 02 ECNL 18 Ansley Frazier MF Winter Park, Fla. (Winter Park H.S./Massachusetts) Shading denotes home matches ^Orange Beach, Ala. Led Atlantic 10 conference as a UMass freshman with 12 assists, which also led all 2019 Audio of all matches can be heard on GatorVision.com NCAA DI freshmen; All-Atlantic 10 second-team WRUF = 98.1 FM / 850 AM WRUF 20 Anna DeLeon D Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes H.S.) 2019-20 TDS Winter All-Region and Winter State Stars selection; member of Strikers ECNL 25 Delaney Tauzel MF St.