Sunday, September 15, 1996
NO. 9 FLORIDA SHUTS OUT VANDERBILT
UF Athletics Communications
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The No. 9 ranked University of Florida (4-0, 2-0 SEC) soccer team received their second Southeastern Conference win of the season shutting out Vanderbilt (3-3, 2-1 SEC) by the score of 3-0. It is the third consecutive shutout of the season by the Gators.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The No. 9 ranked University of Florida (4-0, 2-0 SEC) soccer team received their second Southeastern Conference win of the season shutting out Vanderbilt (3-3, 2-1 SEC) by the score of 3-0. It is the third consecutive shutout of the season by the Gators.
The Gators got off to a quick start in the match when freshman midfielder
Heather Mitts scored the first goal of her career at 2:44 into the match when she made a shot in traffic from eight yards out from the right side of the goal box. The Gator scoring drive continued in the second half at 52:55 when sophomore forward
Melissa Pini scored from 15 yards out off a deflection from fellow Gator forward
Danielle Fotopoulos. The Gators third goal would come two minutes later when Mitts scored her second goal of the match off a free kick 25 yards out. The Gators finished the match with 16 shots on goal compared to Vanderbilt's seven.
Florida continues their schedule on the road when they face in-state opponent Central Florida Wednesday, Sept. 18. The non-conference match takes place in Orlando, Fla. At 4 p.m. ET.
| SCORING |
1 |
2 |
FINAL |
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| Vanderbilt |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Florida |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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| Goalkeepers: UF - Pattishall (Harris 45); Vanderbilt - Lief (Capurro 60) |
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| SCORING SUMMARY |
| UF - Mitts (Freeman), 2:44 |
| UF - Pini (Fotopoulos), 52:55 |
| UF - Mitts (unassisted), 54:04 |
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| SHOTS |
1 |
2 |
FINAL |
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| Vanderbilt |
4 |
3 |
7 |
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| Florida |
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9 |
7 |
16 |
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| SAVES |
1 |
2 |
FINAL |
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| Vanderbilt |
5 |
1 |
6 |
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| Florida |
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1 |
3 |
4 |
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| ATTENDANCE: 250 |
