Florida Continues SEC Action at No. 23 South Carolina Thursday and vs Georgia Sunday

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida soccer (4-3-5, 1-2-1 SEC) faces two long-time Southeastern Conference rivals this weekend. Play versus top-25 teams continues Thursday at No. 23 South Carolina and then UF returns home to play host to RV Georgia Sunday for Florida Senior Day.
 
South Carolina is Florida’s fifth opponent ranked in United Soccer Coaches top 25 this season, which leads the league’s 16 programs.
 
These two teams are first and second for most meetings in Florida’s 30-season history as Thursday is the 38th UF-USC meeting and Sunday is the 40th UF-UGA match:

• Two Gamecocks – senior All-American Catherine Barry and junior Gracie Falla– appear on the 2024 Hermann Trophy Watch List for collegiate soccer’s highest individual honor.
• 2023 SEC Tournament winner Georgia is UF’s fourth 2023 champion opponent this season (3-0 loss to NCAA & ACC champion Florida State; 2-0 win vs Southern Conference champion Western Carolina; 1-1 tie vs Coastal Athletic champion Towson)

 
2024 Florida Season Stats
 
at No. 23 South Carolina

 
RV Georgia (4-3-5, 1-2-1 SEC)

• Date: Sunday, Oct. 13
• Time: 5 p.m. ET
• Site: Donald R. Dizney Stadium (1,500)
• TV: SEC Network with Marion Crowder and Alex Perlman calling the action
• Radio: ESPN Gainesville 98.1 FM/850 AM with Kyle Crooks and Matthew Stubbington calling the action
• StatBroadcast
• Admission: Free
• Promotions: First 250 fans in attendance receive a free Gators Soccer t-shirt. Stay post-match to celebrate the careers of 11 Gators for the Senior Day ceremony.

 
Gator Senior Day is Sunday
Florida celebrates the careers of 11 Gators Sunday in a post-match ceremony. More than 30,000 minutes were played by the 11, including 324 appearances in the starting lineup.
 

 
Florida Opens SEC Home Play with 2-1 Win vs No. 22 Texas
The first two collegiate goals by senior Lauren Donovan gave UF the needed margin in its 2-1 upset over No. 22 Texas in front of Dizney Stadium record crowd of 1,412.
 
Donovan’s first collegiate goal gave the Gators an early lead. Vera Blom’s corner kick to the near post was headed in by Donovan in the second minute. It was the earliest Gator goal this season.
 
Donovan made it a brace in the 66^th minute. The play started when Lena Bailey sent a centering ball to the middle of the box. The ball bounced around and came off a Texas defender right to Donovan at the far upper corner of the box. She settled the ball before sending a right-footed scoring shot to the far…