Samantha Bohon, a Florida native, will be traveling back home to become the new Gators soccer coach after 15 years at Embry-Riddle in Daytona. Bohon replaces former head coach Tony Amato, who was fired late last month amid complaints. She will become the third woman soccer coach in program history. …
Read More »Gator Collective: NIL & Athlete Takes
The University of Florida last won the national title in football in 2007. Gator Collective CEO Eddie Rojas is on a mission to change that through the developing means of Name, Image and Likeness, also known as NIL. The policy, which allows college athletes to profit off their likeness, went …
Read More »A Family Affair: The Schackow Dynasty of P.K. Yonge
Five years ago, Rebecca Schackow stood on the sideline of P.K. Yonge High School’s Booster Field, watching intently as her three daughters practiced with the rest of the girl’s varsity soccer team. Sixth-grader Marleigh had just joined her older sisters Gracie, a sophomore and Sally, an eighth-grader, to continue their …
Read More »NCAA Rules on Transgender Athletes
The NCAA Board of Governors decided to hand over the power of determining transgender athlete eligibility within their transitioned-to gender. Effective immediately for winter championships, national sports’ governing bodies will serve as the de-facto mold for each sports’ transgender athlete policy. The policy replaces the NCAA’s 2010 ruling, which based …
Read More »Gators Soccer Season Comes to End Following Loss to Tennessee in SEC Tournament
The Florida Gators soccer season comes to a close after a loss to Tennessee in the SEC quarterfinals at Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama. Tennessee beat the Florida Gators by the final score of 5-2. The Volunteers took the early lead over the Gators with two goals in …
Read More »Gator soccer advances in SEC Tournament off of penalty kicks
In the opening match of the SEC Tournament, the Gator soccer team (4-11-4, 3-6-1 SEC) tied the Vanderbilt Commodores (8-8-3, 5-4-1 SEC) 1-1 Sunday afternoon in Orange Beach, Alabama. The deciding factor to see which team would move on to the quarterfinals was penalty kicks, and Florida edged out Vanderbilt …
Read More »Gators Soccer Falls to South Carolina, Yet is SEC Tournament Bound
Florida Gators Soccer played their final match of the regular season last night against the South Carolina Gamecocks. The Gators fell by a score of 2-1 to finish the regular season with a record of 4-11-3. Pre-match and First Half Florida came into the match still in play for a …
Read More »Senior day shutout for Gator soccer
Sunday, Gator soccer earned three valuable points when they dominated SEC rival LSU 4-0 at Donald R. Dizney Stadium, in Gainesville, Florida. This game was the Gators senior day and their highest scoring game of the season. In the win, the Gators earned three points in SEC conference play. They …
Read More »Florida Soccer Falls 4-3 To Georgia
Last night in Georgia, the Gators persevered through a three-goal deficit when they tied the game up 3-3 in the second half in a 12 minute period. Despite the comeback, Georgia shot a game-winning goal with just 5 minutes left on the clock to settle the score at 4-3. https://twitter.com/GatorsSoccer/status/1451520963267411972 …
Read More »Gator Soccer Drops Road Match to No. 23 Auburn Sunday
Following a scoreless first half, Auburn redshirt sophomore Marissa Arias netted her seventh goal in the past nine matches in the 51st minute. Arias beat Florida goalkeeper Alexa Goldberg in the bottom-left corner from 18 yards out. Nearly 20 minutes later, Auburn junior Sydney Richards scored off a rebound — …
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