Thursday, October 2
Gainesville, FL
7 p.m.
Florida Gators
vs
Kentucky
Freshman Addy Hess (#9) and rest of the Gators soccer team is back at the Donald R. Dizney Stadium Thursday to play host to Kentucky. The team continues weekend action Sunday at Texas.
Florida Opens October versus Kentucky and at Texas
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | Soccer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida starts October action with a home match versus Kentucky on Thursday and Sunday at Texas.
Thursday, Oct. 2 versus Kentucky
Time/Site: 7 p.m. ET at Donald R. Dizney Stadium
Stream: SEC Network + with Matthew Stubbington and Ryan Urquhart calling the action
Audio Stream: Gators + with Nevada Cullen and Sky Lebron calling the action.
Stats
Admission: Free
Promotions: Join the Gators as they support the fight against cancer in their annual Kick Cancer match. The first 500 fans get a pink Kick Cancer wristband
Sunday, Oct. 5 at Texas
Time/Site: 3 p.m. ET at Mike A. Myers Stadium and Soccer Field (20,000)
Stream: SEC Network + with David Saltzman and Katie Goodman calling the action
Stats
Admission: Free
Gators Scoring:
Eight Gators scored 13 goals during the course of the 2024 season.
Already through 11 matches of 2025, 11 Gators scored 20 goals. That is the most goal scorers through 11 matches since 12 different Gators scored 23 in 2020.
Eleven different scorers is tied for fourth among the league's teams. Vanderbilt's 14 different scorers leads, followed by Arkansas (13) and Alabama (12). Kentucky and Mississippi State also have 11 different players score goals in 2025.
Of the 11 2025 Gator goal scorers, nine hit their first collegiate goals.
Freshmen: Addy Hess (2), Katie Johnston (2), Sophia Sindelar (2), Kai Tsakiris (3)
Sophomore: Skye Barnes (2), Avery Upton (1)
Junior: Tatum O'Coyne
Senior: Njeri Butts (2)
Graduate: Charlotte McClure (2)
Lena Bailey is the only one of Florida's seven 2025 scorers who came into the season with goals in 2023 (4) and 2024 (2).
Madison Jones scored twice while a Kentucky freshman in 2022 and scored her first as a Gator against Georgia State and again versus No. 9 Arkansas.
Last Match:
Florida soccer showed grit and determination on Sept. 26, storming back with two unanswered goals to secure a 2-2 draw on the road against No. 17 Georgia. Georgia scored first when Summer Denigan successfully converted a penalty kick in the 24th minute. Mya Townes put the Bulldogs up 2-0 in the 52nd minute when her shot off a deflection caught the crossbar to drop in.
Florida drew a penalty kick in the 56th minute when freshman Kai Tsakiris was fouled just inside the top of the box. She successfully converted the penalty kick for her team-leading third goal of the season. The tying goal resulted when freshman Sophia Sindelar picked up a deflection on the far side of the box. She moved toward the end line before cutting in and stepping around a Bulldog defender. Sindelar's pass found Avery Upton in the middle box, who one-touched in the tying goal at 87:35. It was Upton's first collegiate goal.
Tsakiris shared the SEC Freshman of the Week honor. She's not the only member of the Tsakiris family making soccer news on Sept. 29 as her older brother, Niko, headed in the third goal in the U.S.'s 9-1 win in the FIFA U-20 World Cup opener in Chile.
Florida faces two others this weekend who earned Sept. 29 SEC weekly honors – Gabi Poretto of Kentucky (co-SEC Freshman of the Week) and Amalia Villarreall of Texas (SEC Offensive Player of the Week).
About RV Kentucky (9-3, 3-1 SEC):
Kentucky was 12-5-4 in 2024 and tied for seventh in the Southeastern Conference with a 3-3-4 record. The Wildcats 2024 NCAA run ended with a second-round 3-1 loss to Notre Dame. Kentucky is picked to finish 10th in the 2025 preseason vote by the league coaches.
The Wildcats opened league play with three home wins - then No. 20 Oklahoma (2-1), Missouri (1-0) and Alabama (2-1). The only SEC loss came at then No. 21 Georgia (1-0) on Sept. 18. . Kentucky is receiving votes in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll
Sophomores Alexis Tylenda and Anna Sikorski share the Wildcats goals (6) lead and join senior Catherine Rapp for the team's points (15) lead. Gabi Poretto shares the Sept. 29 SEC Freshman of the Week honor with UF's Kai Tsakiris. Freshman Khadijan Cisse has started 10 matches and owns a goals-against-average of 0.71.
About Texas (3-7-1, 1-3 SEC)
Texas was 17-4-2 in 2024, third in the Southeastern Conference regular-season standing with a 6-3-1 record and won the SEC Tournament title. The Longhorns 2024 NCAA run ended with a second-round 3-2 overtime loss to Michigan State. Texas is picked to finish second in the 2025 preseason vote by the league coaches.
Texas claimed its first SEC win when sophomore Amalia Villarreal converted a penalty kick versus Vanderbilt with two seconds remaining in the Sept. 26 match in Austin, Texas. Villarreal scored both goals in the match and picked up the Sept. 29 SEC Offensive Player of the Week honor. The Longhorns opened league play with losses at Missouri (3-1), versus then No. 12 Mississippi State (3-0) and at Alabama (4-3).
Denigan and freshman Ava McDonald share UT's goals lead with six each. Freshman Mateya Dessieux has started nine matches and owns a goals-against-average of 2.22.
Thursday, Oct. 2 versus Kentucky
Time/Site: 7 p.m. ET at Donald R. Dizney Stadium
Stream: SEC Network + with Matthew Stubbington and Ryan Urquhart calling the action
Audio Stream: Gators + with Nevada Cullen and Sky Lebron calling the action.
Stats
Admission: Free
Promotions: Join the Gators as they support the fight against cancer in their annual Kick Cancer match. The first 500 fans get a pink Kick Cancer wristband
Sunday, Oct. 5 at Texas
Time/Site: 3 p.m. ET at Mike A. Myers Stadium and Soccer Field (20,000)
Stream: SEC Network + with David Saltzman and Katie Goodman calling the action
Stats
Admission: Free
Gators Scoring:
Eight Gators scored 13 goals during the course of the 2024 season.
Already through 11 matches of 2025, 11 Gators scored 20 goals. That is the most goal scorers through 11 matches since 12 different Gators scored 23 in 2020.
Eleven different scorers is tied for fourth among the league's teams. Vanderbilt's 14 different scorers leads, followed by Arkansas (13) and Alabama (12). Kentucky and Mississippi State also have 11 different players score goals in 2025.
Of the 11 2025 Gator goal scorers, nine hit their first collegiate goals.
Freshmen: Addy Hess (2), Katie Johnston (2), Sophia Sindelar (2), Kai Tsakiris (3)
Sophomore: Skye Barnes (2), Avery Upton (1)
Junior: Tatum O'Coyne
Senior: Njeri Butts (2)
Graduate: Charlotte McClure (2)
Lena Bailey is the only one of Florida's seven 2025 scorers who came into the season with goals in 2023 (4) and 2024 (2).
Madison Jones scored twice while a Kentucky freshman in 2022 and scored her first as a Gator against Georgia State and again versus No. 9 Arkansas.
Last Match:
Florida soccer showed grit and determination on Sept. 26, storming back with two unanswered goals to secure a 2-2 draw on the road against No. 17 Georgia. Georgia scored first when Summer Denigan successfully converted a penalty kick in the 24th minute. Mya Townes put the Bulldogs up 2-0 in the 52nd minute when her shot off a deflection caught the crossbar to drop in.
Florida drew a penalty kick in the 56th minute when freshman Kai Tsakiris was fouled just inside the top of the box. She successfully converted the penalty kick for her team-leading third goal of the season. The tying goal resulted when freshman Sophia Sindelar picked up a deflection on the far side of the box. She moved toward the end line before cutting in and stepping around a Bulldog defender. Sindelar's pass found Avery Upton in the middle box, who one-touched in the tying goal at 87:35. It was Upton's first collegiate goal.
Tsakiris shared the SEC Freshman of the Week honor. She's not the only member of the Tsakiris family making soccer news on Sept. 29 as her older brother, Niko, headed in the third goal in the U.S.'s 9-1 win in the FIFA U-20 World Cup opener in Chile.
Florida faces two others this weekend who earned Sept. 29 SEC weekly honors – Gabi Poretto of Kentucky (co-SEC Freshman of the Week) and Amalia Villarreall of Texas (SEC Offensive Player of the Week).
About RV Kentucky (9-3, 3-1 SEC):
Kentucky was 12-5-4 in 2024 and tied for seventh in the Southeastern Conference with a 3-3-4 record. The Wildcats 2024 NCAA run ended with a second-round 3-1 loss to Notre Dame. Kentucky is picked to finish 10th in the 2025 preseason vote by the league coaches.
The Wildcats opened league play with three home wins - then No. 20 Oklahoma (2-1), Missouri (1-0) and Alabama (2-1). The only SEC loss came at then No. 21 Georgia (1-0) on Sept. 18. . Kentucky is receiving votes in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll
Sophomores Alexis Tylenda and Anna Sikorski share the Wildcats goals (6) lead and join senior Catherine Rapp for the team's points (15) lead. Gabi Poretto shares the Sept. 29 SEC Freshman of the Week honor with UF's Kai Tsakiris. Freshman Khadijan Cisse has started 10 matches and owns a goals-against-average of 0.71.
About Texas (3-7-1, 1-3 SEC)
Texas was 17-4-2 in 2024, third in the Southeastern Conference regular-season standing with a 6-3-1 record and won the SEC Tournament title. The Longhorns 2024 NCAA run ended with a second-round 3-2 overtime loss to Michigan State. Texas is picked to finish second in the 2025 preseason vote by the league coaches.
Texas claimed its first SEC win when sophomore Amalia Villarreal converted a penalty kick versus Vanderbilt with two seconds remaining in the Sept. 26 match in Austin, Texas. Villarreal scored both goals in the match and picked up the Sept. 29 SEC Offensive Player of the Week honor. The Longhorns opened league play with losses at Missouri (3-1), versus then No. 12 Mississippi State (3-0) and at Alabama (4-3).
Denigan and freshman Ava McDonald share UT's goals lead with six each. Freshman Mateya Dessieux has started nine matches and owns a goals-against-average of 2.22.
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