After yet another weekend in which Florida swept its two-game road trip, the Gators sit atop the Southeastern Conference standings in sole possession of first place.
No. 6 Florida is now a conference-best 5-0 in SEC play and sits at 10-2 overall this season. It has not lost a game since Sept.12 at Stanford.
With wins over No. 9 Texas A&M on Friday and Arkansas on Sunday, Florida became the only team in the SEC with an undefeated conference record. Prior to last weekend, neither Texas A&M nor Arkansas had a conference loss.
Florida has six more conference games to play this season, all of which are against teams in the bottom half of the 14-team conference standings.
"There’s a lot of soccer left to play," coach Becky Burleigh said. "For us, I think this team has been really good at kind of fighting human nature and not looking forward.
"We’re just really kind of enjoying the moment and enjoying each game as part of our journey and we don’t want to rush things."
As a result of Florida’s strong weekend performance, two of its players earned SEC honors on Monday.
Sophomore forward Savannah Jordan was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week for the second week in a row and senior defender Tessa Andujar was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week.
Jordan had two goals last weekend, one against Texas A&M and one against Arkansas.
It was the second week in a row that Jordan scored two goals. Her goal in the 84th minute against Texas A&M was the only goal of the game.
Jordan has scored in four straight games and leads the Gators with nine goals this season. It would be safe to say that she has found her mid-season groove.
For Andujar, her weekend was strong on both the defensive and offensive sides of the ball. Andujar’s specialty is quickly playing the ball up the field from the defense and creating scoring opportunities for the offense.
One way to do that is to score yourself, which is what Andujar did on Sunday against Arkansas — her first goal of the season. She also registered an assist in each game last weekend and leads Florida with seven this year.
Sunday was Andujar’s first game in her Gator career that she recorded both an assist and a goal in the same game. She has started all 12 games this season for Florida and continues to consistently contribute both defensively and offensively from her outside back position.
As Florida continues to slash its way through SEC competition, Burleigh says the team is in no rush to reach the postseason. They are taking the remaining schedule one game at a time and not worrying about anything else.
"This group really wants to sort of savor every moment of the season," Burleigh said.
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Savannah Jordan chases the ball during Florida's 2-1 win against Georgia on Sept. 26.
