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Oct. 8, 1999
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.– Lori Lindsey (Indianapolis, IN/ Pike) foundthe back of the net in the 8th minute of overtime to give the Cavaliers a2-1 win over the Florida Gators, the1998 NCAA Champions. The game marks thefirst time Florida has lost since it was defeated by North Carolina inovertime 2-1 last October.
Jill Maxwell (Duxbury, MA/ Duxbury) passed the ball to Angela Hucles (Virginia Beach, VA/ Norfolk Academy) who then found Lindsey wideopen on the right flank. The second-year midfielder drilled the ball pastFlorida keeper Jordan Kellgren into the lower-left corner of the goal.
Virginia scored the first goal of the match on a breakaway byHucles in the 28th minute of the first half. Carryn Weigand (Burke, VA/Paul VI) passed the ball to Laura Gaworecki (Houston, TX/ Cypress Creek)who gave Hucles the chance to break away and score.
The Cavaliers almost increased their lead in the 53rd minute on apenalty kick. Florida fouled Katie Tracy (Richmond, VA/ James River) in thepenalty box, and Virginia was awarded the PK. Lindsey took the kick, whichwas punched out by Kellgren to Tracy. Tracy fired back a shot, but it wasagain saved by Kellgren.
Six minutes later, Florida answered Virginia’s first-half goal whenAndrea Sellers capitalized on a loose ball at the 18-yard line. Sherecovered a loose ball with her back to the goal, turned, and shot pastJulie Harris (Ridgefield, CT/ Ridgefield) in the 59th minute to tie thegame 1-1.
Julie Harris made two of her five saves on Florida breakaways inthe second half, both by Sarah Yohe, to preserve the tie. The Virginiadefense held Yohe, the nation’s leading scorer, without any points in thenight. This breaks her nine-match consecutive-games scoring streak.
The Virginia offense broke Florida’s 556 minute shut-out streakwith Hucles’ goal and became the first team to score two goals on theGators since October 25, 1998 when they played South Carolina, a stretch of21 games. It is also Virginia’s first win over a defending NCAA champion.
The Cavaliers return to action Sunday October 10 in Fairfax, VAagainst George Mason at 4:00.
1 2 OT1 FVirginia 1 0 1 2 (8-4)Florida 0 1 0 1 (11-1)
SCORING SUMMARY: V: Hucles (Weigand, Gaworecki)/16th,F:Sellers/59th, V: Lindsey (Maxwell, Hucles)/98thShots: UVA: 11, F: 9Goalie Saves: UVA 5 (Harris 5), F: 4 (Kellgren 4)Fouls: UVA 8, F: 16Corner kicks: UVA 4, F: 6Offsides: UVA 4, F: 0Cautions: F: Schubert