ATLANTA, Ga. – A goal in each half gave Florida soccer a 2-0 win over Georgia State Thursday evening at the Georgia State Soccer Complex.
It is the eighth time – and second consecutive – UF has opened a season unbeaten through the opening four matches. The last before the 2023 season came in 2017.
Lightning in the Atlanta area forced the teams from the field with 8:30 remaining in the match. Play resumed after 30 minutes.
Thursday’s Scoring:
Florida dominated opening half possession and was rewarded in the 28th minute with a goal off a Lena Bailey and Njeri Butts connection. Butts brought the ball down the left side before sending a cross that caught Bailey’s sliding right foot for the score.
Freshman Vera Blom hit a 25-yard strike for her second goal of the season in the 65th minute. Graduate Daviana Vaka headed across midfield and found Blom moving above the box. Blom turned and took a touch before sending a right-footed curler that found the far post upper corner.
Notables:
- Tonight’s opening goal was Lena Bailey’s first of the season and the fifth of the sophomore’s career. Four of her five goals – including tonight’s – are game-winning goals.
- Njeri Butts earned her second assist of the season for a season career high. Thursday’s match in Atlanta is less than an hour’s drive from Butts’ hometown in Lawrenceville, Ga.
- It’s goal No. 2 for freshman Vera Blom for her Gator career and this week as she also scored Florida’s opening goal Sunday in the 2-2 tie versus UCF.
- Center back Daviana Vaka has registered an assist in each of the last…
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