Mizzou Soccer Suffers 3-1 Defeat at No. 7 Florida

Sunday, September 28

Gainesville, Fla.

1:00PM

Missouri

7-2-2,SEC 2-1-0

Florida

8-2-0,SEC 3-0-0

Missouri

Florida

9/28/2014 12:00:00 AM | Soccer

Box Score

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Mizzou soccer team suffered a 3-1 defeat to No. 7 Florida on Sunday, Sept. 28 at the Donald R. Dizney Stadium in Gainesville, Fla. The loss ended Missouri's eight-match unbeaten streak and dropped the team's record to 7-2-2 overall and 2-1-0 in Southeastern Conference action. The Gators improved to 8-1-0 and 3-0-0.

Florida went up 2-0 with a pair of goals in the opening 45 minutes. The Gators notched their first goal of the match in the 20th minute when Havana Solaun poked a 10-yard attempt into the back of the net.

In the 34th minute, redshirt senior keeper McKenzie Sauerwein initially knocked the ball away from Florida's Betsy Middleton. But Sauerwein lost the location of the ball and Middleton was able to send a shot into the lower right netting for a 2-0 Gator advantage.

The Tigers cut their deficit in half with a tally just three minutes into the second half. Senior Taylor Grant played a ball back to freshman Alli Magaletta, who uncorks a 35-yard shot that got behind the Florida keeper and into the right corner of the net. The goal was the second of the year for Magaletta, while Grant earned her first assist of the season on the play.

Florida added its third and goal of the match in the 58th minute for a 3-1 game.

In the 76th minute, redshirt junior Brittany Conley kept another Gator score of the board with prime positioning at the far post. A header attempt from Florida off a corner made it to the left post but Conley, stationed at the post, kicked the attempt out before it crossed the goal line.

The Tigers kept up the offensive pressure as the second half wound down. In the 88th minute, freshman Savannah Trujillo sent a corner kick to the far post that junior Candace Johnson headed back in front of the net. Sophomore Melanie Donaldson got a head of the pass but her header flew to the right of the net.

Florida outshot Mizzou 17-11.

Sauerwein notched three saves in net for the Tigers.

Missouri returns home to host a pair of matches this coming weekend. On Thursday, Oct. 2, the Tigers host Kentucky at 6 p.m. CT in a match televised live on the SEC Network. Missouri then faces Vanderbilt on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 1 p.m. CT.