When it comes to soccer matches, it seems that the Florida and Duke women’s teams are fit to be tied.
For the second time this season, Florida and Duke battled for 110 minutes and couldn’t decide a winner. But unlike their first meeting, which ended in a 1-1 double-overtime tie at the Duke Nike Classic in Durham, N.C., on Sept. 17, Sunday’s second-round NCAA matchup at James G. Pressly Stadium would have a winner determined by penalty-kick shootout.
Unfortunately for coach Becky Burleigh’s Gators, the Blue Devils were perfect on four kicks and Florida missed two of its four, thus sending Duke (11-7-4) into a third-round Friday night match at Oklahoma State. The loss concluded the season for No. 5 Florida (19-2-3).
It was Florida’s third penalty-kick shootout during its NCAA history. The Gators won a 4-3 shootout to beat Marquette in 2006 and then won 4-3 over UCF in the 2007 season. Duke is now 2-for-2 in NCAA penalty-kick shootouts.
“Obviously that was a disappointing finish to a great season,” Burleigh said. “I hand it to Duke, they defended hard, I thought that they played really hard. We were not able to break them down enough to get good opportunities. It just seemed like we were just a little bit out of sync in terms of our passing and connecting with each other. You have to give some of that credit to Duke for doing a good job defensively.”
The Blue Devils shot first when the penalty kick session began. Duke alternated shots with Florida and the Blue Devils put together four consecutive successful shots from Nicole Lipp, Meaghan FitzGerald, Marybeth Kreger and Lynnea Pappas. Florida’s first shot from junior Tahnai Annis was stopped at the post by DU goalkeeper Tara Campbell. Florida’s next two shooters – McKenzie Barney and Katie Fraine – were successful, but junior Lindsay Thompson’s shot was wide, giving the Blue Devils the victory.
What kept the Gators off the scoreboard today during the 110 minutes of play was the lack of that vital pass when potential scoring situations occurred. Those situations did present themselves and although Florida felt one would eventually get through, that didn’t happen.
“We just had to put together a series of four or five little passes because when we did that we could go through them,” Burleigh continued. “We had great numbers in the box and we would have a poor serve and there were times when we would have a terrific serve and not numbers in the box or we would be on the break and the pass would be just slightly behind somebody. Things like that are just a matter of execution.”
All in all, it was a good season for Florida, which claimed both the regular-season and tournament titles in the SEC. The Gators were ranked in the Top 10 in 10 of the 12 National Soccer Coaches Association of America polls.
DUKE 0, (4) NOTRE DAME 0 (Duke wins on penalty kicks, 4-2)
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT / Second Round / Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 / James G. Pressly Stadium / Gainesville, Fla.
Scoring by periods 1 2 OT OT2—Total
Duke 0 0 0 0—0
Florida 0 0 0 0—0
Penalty kicks
1. Nicole Lipp (Duke) good; Tahnai Annis (Florida) saved. Duke 1-0.
2. Meaghan FitzGerald (Duke) good; McKenzie Barney (Florida) good. Duke 2-1.
3. Marybeth Kreger (Duke) good; Katie Fraine (Florida) good. Duke 3-2.
4. Lynnea Pappas (Duke) good; Lindsay Thompson (Florida) wide. Duke wins 4-2.
Goalkeepers Minutes Saves GA
Tara Campbell (Duke) 110:00 3 0
Katie Fraine (Florida) 110:00 8 0
Statistics DU UF
Shots 17 11
Shots on goal 8 3
Saves 3 8
Corner kicks 5 4
Fouls 15 12
Offside 2 3
Cautions: Kathryn Williamson (UF) 49:19/yellow; Maddy Haller (DU) 71:33/yellow.
NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
(1) NORTH CAROLINA
At Chapel Hill, N.C. / Fetzer Field
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: (1) North Carolina 5, Jackson State 0
Match 2: James Madison 3, Texas 1
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
(1) North Carolina 3, James Madison 1
(4) NOTRE DAME
At South Bend, Ind. / Alumni Stadium
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: Southern California 3, Illinois 1
Match 2: (4) Notre Dame 3, New Mexico 0
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
(4) Notre Dame 4, Southern California 0
(3) OKLAHOMA STATE
At Stillwater, Okla. / Cowgirl Soccer Complex
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: Oregon State 5, Memphis 0
Match 2: (3) Oklahoma State 2, Michigan 1
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
(3) Oklahoma State 2, Oregon State 1
(2) FLORIDA
At Gainesville, Fla. / James G. Pressly Stadium
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: (2) Florida 3, Mercer 0
Match 2: Duke 2, California 1
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
Duke 0, (2) Florida 0 (Duke wins on penalty kicks, 4-2)
(2) VIRGINIA
At Charlottesville, Va. / Klockner Stadium
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: (2) Virginia 3, Lehigh 0
Match 2: South Carolina 2, UNC Greensboro 1
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
(2) Virginia 3, South Carolina 0
(3) OHIO STATE
At Columbus, Ohio / Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: (3) Ohio State 1, St. Francis, Pa. 0 (2OT)
Match 2: Dayton 3, Virginia Tech 0
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
(3) Ohio State 0, Dayton 0 (Ohio State wins on penalty kicks, 4-2)
(4) TEXAS A&M
At Minneapolis, Minn. / Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: (4) Texas A&M 1, North Dakota State 1 (Texas A&M wins on penalty kicks, 4-3)
Match 2: Minnesota 4, Creighton 2
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
Minnesota 2, Texas A&M 0
(1) MARYLAND
At College Park, Md. / Ludwig Field
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: (1) Maryland 4, High Point 1
Match 2: Georgetown 5, Siena 1
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
Georgetown 1, (1) Maryland 1 (Georgetown wins on penalty kicks, 3-2)
(1) PORTLAND
At Portland, Ore. / Merlo Field at Clive Charles Soccer Complex
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: Washington 4, Oklahoma 0
Match 2: (1) Portland 9, UT-San Antonio 0
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
Washington 1, (1) Portland 1 (Washington wins on penalty kicks, 10-9)
(4) WAKE FOREST
At Irvine, Calif. / Anteater Stadium
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: (4) Wake Forest 1, San Diego 0
Match 2: UC Irvine 2, Arizona State 1
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
UC Irvine 2, (4) Wake Forest 0
(3) WEST VIRGINIA
At Morgantown, W.Va. / Dick Diesk Soccer Stadium
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: Penn State 1, Penn 0
Match 2: (3) West Virginia 2, Morehead State 0
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
(3) West Virginia 2, Penn State 1
(2) BOSTON COLLEGE
At Newton, Mass. / Newton Soccer Field
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: (2) Boston College 2, Boston University 1
Match 2: Hofstra 1, Connecticut 0
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
(2) Boston College 3, Hofstra 1
(2) FLORIDA STATE
At Tallahassee, Fla. / Seminole Soccer Complex
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: (2) Florida State 3, Middle Tennessee State 0
Match 2: South Florida 3, Auburn 1
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
(2) Florida State 2, South Florida 1
(3) MARQUETTE
At Milwaukee, Wis. / Valley Fields
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: Wisconsin 2, UW-Milwaukee 1
Match 2: (3) Marquette 1, Central Michigan 0
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
(3) Marquette 2, Wisconsin 2 (Marquette wins on penalty kicks, 5-4)
(4) UCF
At Los Angeles / Drake Stadium
Thursday / Nov. 11 / First round
Match 1: UCLA 0, Brigham Young 0 (UCLA wins on penalty kicks, 4-3)
Match 2: (4) UCF 2, Fresno State 1
Saturday / Nov. 13 / Second round
UCLA 2, (4) UCF 1
(1) STANFORD
At Stanford, Calif. / Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
Friday / Nov. 12 / First round
Match 1: Santa Clara 1, Long Beach State 0
Match 2: (1) Stanford 3, Sacramento State 0
Sunday / Nov. 14 / Second round
(1) Stanford 2, Santa Clara 1
THIRD ROUND
Friday / Nov. 19
(3) West Virginia (18-4-1) at (2) Boston College (15-6-1), 7 p.m.
Duke (11-7-4) at (3) Oklahoma State (19-3-2), 8 p.m.
UCLA (13-7-2) at (1) Stanford (20-0-2), 10 p.m.
Saturday / Nov. 20
(3) Marquette (16-4-3) at (2) Florida State (15-5-1), 1 p.m.
Georgetown (14-6-2) at Minnesota (14-5-3), 1 p.m.
(3) Ohio State (15-4-2) at (2) Virginia (15-4-2), 2 p.m.
Washington (12-8-2) at UC Irvine (19-2-2), 5 p.m.
(4) Notre Dame (17-2-2) at (1) North Carolina (19-2-2), 5 p.m.
QUARTERFINALS
Nov. 26-28
Stanford/UCLA winner vs. Marquette/Florida State winner
Boston College/West Virginia winner vs. UC Irvine/Washington winner
Georgetown/Minnesota winner vs. Ohio State/Virginia winner
Duke/Oklahoma State winner vs. Notre Dame/North Carolina winner
THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE CUP
Cary, N.C. / WakeMed Soccer Park
Semfinals / Friday, Dec. 3
Maryland quadrant winner vs. North Carolina quadrant winner, 4 or 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU/ESPN2)
Stanford quadrant winner vs. Portland quadrant winner, 4 or 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU/ESPN2)
Championship / Sunday, Dec. 5
Semifinal winners, 12 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPN3.com)