The No. 9 University of Florida soccer team (4-2, 0-0 SEC) shut out Drake (1-3-1, 0-0 MVC) 2-0 Sunday afternoon in front of a Drake Stadium crowd of 218.

Florida’s 2007 points co-leaders each turned in a goal Sunday. Ashley Harris scored first for Florida, taking the ball from KeLeigh Hudson to put the untouched ball in from eight yards at 57:00. The goal is her fourth of the season, extending her 2007 UF goals lead.

“Stacy was getting across and KeLeigh was cutting in. I wasn’t sure if she was going to get to it or not, so I just came in when I saw the defender and hit it to the corner,” Harris said. “I was just looking at the goal. I knew we needed to score.”

Just a few minutes later, KeLeigh Hudson got a goal of her own. Tricia Townsend served the left-footed ball into the box to find Hudson, who put the one-timer in from 10 yards for her third goal of the season at 63:09.

“Tricia crossed a great ball, left-footed,” KeLeigh Hudson said. “I saw that I had time so I brought it down with my chest and hit it far post left foot.”

Drake looked to put one in during the 69^th minute, when Bulldog Sarah Foote’s header was heading to the far post at a good pace. UF goalkeeper Katie Fraine lunged left, making the save off her fingers for a DU corner kick. Fraine finished the day with four saves.

It was a physical match Sunday, with 20 fouls awarded for the contest.

“Drake played a good, physical brand of soccer,” UF Head Coach Becky Burleigh said. “It wasn’t easy for us to come out with a 2-0 win and you have to give credit to Drake for that.”

The Gators, coming off a disappointing 1-0 loss Friday at Illinois, knew they needed to come out strong on Sunday.

“I thought we had a few stretches in the early first half that I thought we played well, but it wasn’t until the second half that we felt that we got back our rhythm a little bit,” Burleigh said. 

Next up, the Gators return home to play host to Florida Atlantic University on Friday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m (ET). The action for that match can be heard live on www.GatorZone.com and GatorVision subscribers can view the UF-FAU match when play begins at 7 p.m.