{"id":422887,"date":"2026-10-09T03:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422887\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T03:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:30:10","slug":"baileys-late-goal-lifts-florida-past-no-5-alabama-1-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422887\/","title":{"rendered":"Bailey\u2019s Late Goal Lifts Florida Past No. 5 Alabama, 1-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Senior Lena Bailey<\/a> scored on an angled shot in the 89th minute to lift Florida to a 1-0 win over No. 5 Alabama on a soggy Thursday night at Donald R. Dizney Stadium.<\/p>\n

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The Gators are the nation’s only team with two wins over top-five opponents this season. Florida also defeated Florida State, then tied for No. 3, 3-1 on Aug. 23.

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LENA BAILEY PUTS THE GATORS AHEAD \ud83d\ude80

\n\ud83c\udfa5 SEC Network https:\/\/t.co\/usVWxzLNXd<\/p>\n


\n\u2014 Gators Soccer (@GatorsSoccer) October 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday’s victory handed the Southeastern Conference leader its first league loss of the season. It also marked the third season in program history in which Florida earned two wins over top-five opponents, joining 1998 and 2012.<\/p>\n

Florida improved to 22-3-3 all-time against Alabama, including an 11-0-1 record at home.<\/p>\n

check back later for complete match report<\/p>\n

Records

\nFlorida: 6-4-3, 2-2-2 SEC

\nAlabama: 12-2, 5-1-0 SEC

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\nSeries

\nFlorida leads 22-3-3

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\nNext Up

\nNext up, Florida faces a pair of top-25 opponents on the road. Action starts Thursday, Oct. 15 at No. 3 Vanderbilt.

\nThen the Gators close the road trip Sunday, Oct. 18 at No. 23 Arkansas. \u00a0SEC Schedule<\/a>

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\nThursday, Oct. 15 at No. 3 Vanderbilt (11-0-1, 4-0-1 SEC)

\nTime\/Site: 7 p.m. ET at Vanderbilt Soccer Complex<\/a>

\nVideo: SEC Network + <\/a>

\nLive Stats<\/a>

\nAdmission: $2<\/a>

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\nSunday, Oct. 18 at No. 23 Arkansas (4-4-3, 2-1-2 SEC)

\nTime\/Site: 2:30 p.m. ET at Razorback Field<\/a>

\nVideo: SEC Network + <\/a>

\nLive Stats<\/a>

\nAdmission: $16 \u2013 adult; $11 – youth<\/a>

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\nNo. 5 Alabama (12-2-0, 5-1-0 SEC) at Florida (6-4-3, 2-2-2 SEC)

\nStadium: Donald R. Dizney Stadium (502)

\nWeather: 72 degrees, 94% humidity, Winds ENE at 8 mph, rain

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\n\t\t\tGoals by Period
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\n\t\t\t2
\n\t\t\tTotal
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\n\t\t\tAlabama
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\n\t\t\t0
\n\t\t\t0
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\n\t\t\tFlorida
\n\t\t\t0
\n\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\t1
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\nScoring Summary:<\/p>\n

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\nShots: Alabama 11, Florida 16

\nSaves: Alabama 2 (Madi Munguia 2); Florida 3 (Jayden Emmanuel<\/a> 3)

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\nCautions: Avery Brown-ALA \u2013 yellow (11:54); Larkin Thomason-ALA \u2013 yellow (49:55); Norah Abbott<\/a>-UF \u2013 yellow (82:27)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Senior Lena Bailey scored on an angled shot in the 89th minute to lift Florida…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-422887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}