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Thais Reiss dribbles a soccer ball past a Florida defender
Todd Drexler
2
Winner Florida UF (5-8-2, 1-6-1)
0
North Florida UNF (7-1-0, 4-0-0)
Winner
Florida UF
(5-8-2, 1-6-1)
2
Final
0
North Florida UNF
(7-1-0, 4-0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Florida UF 0 2 2
North Florida UNF 0 0 0

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Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | North Florida Athletics

Women's Soccer Falters vs Florida for First Loss of Season

JACKSONVILLE -- North Florida women's soccer battled Florida for 75 scoreless minutes before surrendering a pair of goals in the closing minutes in a hard fought 2-0 loss to the Gators on Wednesday night at Hodges Stadium.

RECORDS
North Florida | 7-1-0 (4-0-0 ASUN)
Florida | 5-8-2 (1-6-1 SEC)

GOALS
UF - 75' | Beata Olsson (Madison Alexander assist)
UF - 86' | Beata Olsson (Alexander, Maddy Rhodes assists)

HOW IT HAPPENED
- After spending the opening minutes getting a feel for each other, Florida had the first scoring opportunity in the 10th minute when Osprey keeper Merceces Sapp raced off her line and stonewalled a breakaway chance
- North Florida nearly netted the first tally of the night when Kendra Hoffman toe poked a ball past a diving UF keeper in the 23rd minute, but the ball slipped just wide of the right post
- Gators had a quality chance late in the first half but a diving stop by Sapp on the near post kept things scoreless at intermission
- Another Sapp stop in the 51st minute on a driven shot allowed the game to remain tied at 0-0
- UF saw a scoring chance in the 57th minute just go wide after slamming into the side netting
- In the 58th minute, UNF leading scorer Thais Reiss slashed a shot on target but it was stopped by the Gator goalie
- Kendra Hoffman made a run midway through the second stanza and laced a shot from the top of the box that was punched away for the UF keeper in the 64th minute
- Florida eventually broke the tie in the 75th minute when Madison Alexander flipped a ball toward the box and Beata Olsson was able to get enough on a touch of the loose ball to slip it past the goal line
- Ospreys turned up the offensive pressure but Gators converted on a counter opportunity in the 86th minute as Alexander fed the ball up the left side to Maddy Rhodes who crossed the ball to the back post and found the foot of Olsson for the insurance goal
 
QUICK KICKS
- Marked the first meeting between the Ospreys and Gators in women's soccer | First time UNF had hosted an SEC team
- Ospreys were held scoreless for the first time this season
- Loss snapped UNF's season opening 7-match win streak
- Gators outshot the Ospreys 12-5 with all of UNF's shots coming from Kendra Hoffman (3) and Thais Reiss (2)
- Mercedes Sapp finished with five saves on the night

FAULCONER TALES
"Proud of the effort tonight.  Thought we had a good plan and our players executed it well.  Florida has a lot of quality players and that extra bit of quality in their play was the difference in the late stages of the match.  We have everything to play for going forward and we will be ready for our return to conference play on Sunday."
- Head coach Eric Faulconer

UP NEXT
North Florida remains at home and returns to ASUN competition with a rematch against Stetson on Sunday at 6 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

Kendra Hoffman

#21 Kendra Hoffman

MF
5' 4"
Junior
Criminal Justice | Psychology
Thais Reiss

#10 Thais Reiss

M/F
5' 8"
Senior
Sport Management
Mercedes Sapp

#99 Mercedes Sapp

GK
5' 6"
Graduate Student
Master's - Communication Management (Leadership)

Players Mentioned

Kendra Hoffman

#21 Kendra Hoffman

5' 4"
Junior
Criminal Justice | Psychology
MF
Thais Reiss

#10 Thais Reiss

5' 8"
Senior
Sport Management
M/F
Mercedes Sapp

#99 Mercedes Sapp

5' 6"
Graduate Student
Master's - Communication Management (Leadership)
GK