Florida Soccer Loses 1-0 to Oklahoma

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida soccer lost 1-0 to Oklahoma Sunday afternoon in the penultimate match of regular-season play.

Today’s result places both teams outside next week’s Southeastern Conference Tournament. A win in Florida’s regular-season finale versus Tennessee on Wednesday will not add enough points to get to the 12-team cutoff for the SEC Tournament. Oklahoma, winners of its last two matches, finished regular-season action today and is currently tied with Missouri for the final spot. The Tigers win the tie-breaker based on their 3-1 win over the Sooners earlier this season.

Sunday’s Action:
OU scored on its first shot of the match in the 11th minute. Off Cassie Clifton’s throw in, Ella Pappas sent the ball to center of box where Hadley Murrell used her right-foot to one-touch it in from 12 yards.

Florida created some great chances, especially in the second half. With 14 minutes remaining, Lena Bailey won the ball at midfield and moved through the field. She found Skye Barnes just wide of the box. Barnes took a few touches before sending a cross that Madison Jones’ raised foot just missed. Delaney Tellex also had a look as the ball traveled to the far post before it was cleared.

A couple of minutes later, Jones’ 25-yard free kick was headed just wide by senior Madison Young.

Where was Davi?
Florida’s All-SEC defender Daviana Vaka sat out Sunday’s match to serve a one-game suspension as she received a red card in Thursday’s match at Alabama. She will be able to return to play for Wednesday’s match versus Tennessee.

Coach Samantha Bohon Said:
On today’s match:
“Honestly, the only thing I think we didn’t do up to our standard was literally their one chance. We just switched off and didn’t track a player. But for 90 minutes, I thought we had a great intensity. We had a really competitive mentality. We created chances, especially in the second half.

“I’m really, really, really proud of the fight so I’m sad for our players, because they deserved more than this.” – Florida Head Coach Samantha Bohon

Switching goalkeepers at halftime:
“I thought we possessed really well, but I don’t think that final pass [was there], as we went away from what was working, which was kind of getting in behind in the corner. So we just took a little bit of a different approach and we put Jay (Jayden Emmanuel) in. Alexa (Goldberg) was great but we felt like we could use Jay’s serves and play a little bit more direct to put some more numbers higher up because we anticipated them kind of sitting back a little bit. So we tried to put a bunch of numbers in and created some good chances, but just couldn’t find the back of the net.” – Florida Head Coach Samantha Bohon

One last match this season Wednesday at Dizney Stadium:
“This group has shown that, first, they love the game. They love to play. they love to compete and they love to compete with their teammates. We’ve got a big senior class, so I feel really, really confident that they’re going to want to send the seniors out on a positive note.

“We’ve been good a lot this season. Our record does not reflect how talented we are. So I think that they still feel like they have something to prove, just simply because we’re better than what our record shows. I have no doubt that they’re pretty fired up. You could hear in the huddle [tonight], they’re pretty fired up and anxious for Wednesday.” – Florida Head Coach Samantha Bohon

Records:
Florida: 4-7-6, 1-6-2 SEC
Oklahoma: 10-7-1, 3-6-1 SEC

Series Record:
Oklahoma leads 2-1

Next Up:
Florida closes regular-season play on Oct. 30 when Tennessee comes to The Diz for a rescheduled match due to Hurricane Helene. The Lady Vols lost 4-0 at Kentucky Sunday afternoon. Tennessee needs a win (three points) or a tie (one point) to claim the final spot in the SEC Tournament.

Tennessee (7-5-4, 2-4-3 SEC)
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 30
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Site: Donald R. Dizney Stadium<https://floridagators.com/sports/2020/4/4/donald-r-dizney-stadium.aspx> (1,500)
Stream: SEC Network<https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/7f785d9b-4b6e-4f63-9faa-d73774cd17fb/redirected/true> + with Kyle Crooks and Matthew Stubbington calling the action
Radio: ESPN Gainesville 98.1 FM/850 AM<https://www.wruf.com/listen-live/> with Sky Lebron and Nevada Cullen calling the action
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Admission: Free
Promotions: Gator cooling towels for first 500 fans; It’s Halloween Eve so there will be trick and treat bag with candy available for the kids; enter to win two Florida vs LSU football tickets

Oklahoma (10-7-1, 3-6-1 SEC) at Florida (4-7-6, 1-6-2 SEC)

Stadium: Donald R. Dizney Stadium (776)

Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy, winds ENE at 5 mph

Goals by Period

Total

Oklahoma

Florida

Scoring Summary:

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Time

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Goal Scorer