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Gator Soccer Opens Home Action with USF and No. 10 FSU

Gator Soccer Opens Home Action with USF and No. 10 FSU


GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gator soccer (1-3) starts September with the first two home 2022 matches – both against in-state rivals.
 
Thursday, Sept. 1 vs South Florida (1-2)
Time/Site: 6 p.m. ET at Donald R. Dizney Stadium
Streaming Video: SEC Network + with action called by Kyle Crooks and Matthew Stubbington
                Radio: ESPN 98.1 FM / 850 AM with action called by Skyler Lebron and Ryan Urquhart
                Live Stats
                Tickets: Free
                Promotions:

Pick up schedule posters & magnets at The Diz entrance
Enter to win two (2) tickets to Gators football 2022 opener versus Utah
UF Students: Enter to win Instax mini 11 and an Amazon gift card
 
Sunday, Sept. 4 versus No. 10 Florida State (1-0-2)
Time/Site: 5 p.m. ET at Donald R. Dizney Stadium
Streaming Video: SEC Network + with action called by Kyle Crooks and Matthew Stubbington
                Radio: ESPN 98.1 FM / 850 AM with action called by Nevada Cullen and Marty Pallman
                Live Stats
                Tickets: Free
                Promotions:
                                First 250 kids get a Color Your Own Lunch Box!
                                First 250 at The Diz get seat cushions
                                UF Students: First 100 get a bucket hat!
 
Last Gators Match:
Florida lost 3-2 at RV Texas Sunday in front of 1,133 at the Mike A. Myers Stadium and Soccer Field in Austin, Texas.
 
Tessa Barton became the 24th in the program’s 28-year history to score a goal in her first Gator start, opening up the afternoon’s scoring by putting in the cross from fellow senior Kouri Peace in the 11th minute. That lead was short lived as UT’s Trinity Byars tied up the match with her goal at 12:00.
 
Both teams scored again in the opening half. Longhorn Emma Regan scored in the 24th minute. Junior Julianne Leskauskas pounced on a free ball in the box to tie the match at 42:46 with her first UF goal of 2022. Byars’ second goal of the afternoon in the 80th minute proved to be the game winner.
 
It was just the second meeting between the two programs. Texas leads the series 1-0-1.
 
Thursday versus USF:
Florida opens 2022 home action Thursday with South Florida (1-2). Last year, the Gators opened the season at USF, losing 2-1….

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