2022 MATCH NOTES
north florida men’s soccer 200+ PROGRAM WINS • 37 ALL-ASUN SELECTIONS • 3 ASUN POTY HONORS DATE August 8.16 8.19 8.25 8.29
OPPONENT
TIME (ET)
Daytona State^ Furman^ Georgia State @ UCF
T, 0-0 T, 0-0 L, 0-1 L, 1-2
September 9.6 9.10 9.13 9.17 9.20 9.24
@ FIU @ Central Arkansas* Georgia Southern Stetson* @ FAU @ Mercer
L, 0-2 L, 0-2 L, 0-1 L, 0-2 W, 1-0 7 p.m.
October 10.1 10.8 10.15 10.22 10.25 10.28
@ Queens (N.C.)* @ FGCU* Bellarmine* @ Lipscomb* @ College of Charleston Liberty*
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
November 11.1 11.5 11.7 11.12
Jacksonville* ASUN First Round ASUN Semifinals ASUN Championship
7 p.m. TBD TBD TBD
MATCH 7: NORTH FLORIDA (1-6-0) VS. MERCER (3-2-3) SATURDAY, SEPT. 23 | BETTS STADIUM | MACON, GA.
NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS Head Coach: Derek Marinatos Record at UNF 61-93-15 (11 years) 2022 Record: 1-6-0 (0-2-0 ASUN)
GOALS/GAME SHOTS/GAME SOG/GAME ASSISTS/GAME POINTS/GAME SAVES/GAME GOALS AGAINST
UNF 0.29 10.29 3.43 0.29 0.86 2.57 1.429
ASSISTS
#1 Padraic Gilley (16 saves)
GOALS/GAME SHOTS/GAME SOG/GAME ASSISTS/GAME POINTS/GAME SAVES/GAME GOALS AGAINST
MER 2.00 12.12 5.88 2.38 6.38 3.88 1.750
SoCon 2nd 4th 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 4th
NCAA 41st 82nd 56th 27th 36th 70th 145th
STATISTICAL LEADERS GOALS
ASSISTS
POINTS
SHOTS
Three players (3 goals)
#10 Dylan Gaither (12 points)
MINUTES
#10 Dylan Gaither (6 assists)
#10 Dylan Gaither (20 shots)
SAVES
#12 Sekou Agard (715 minutes)
#00 Trevor McMullin (25 saves)
storylines:
2022 RECORD VS. Ranked Teams: 0-1-0 Top 10 Teams: 0-0-0 Non-Conf: 1-4-0 Non-Conf Opp: 1-4-0 Florida Teams: 1-3-0
2022 ASUN STANDINGS SCHOOL
ASUN
OVERALL
LIPSCOMB
2-0
5-1-1
STETSON
2-0
3-1-3
CENTRAL ARK.
2-0
3-3-1
LIBERTY
1-1
2-2-2
FGCU
0-0-1
3-1-2
JACKSONVILLE
0-1-1
3-2-2
BELLARMINE
0-2
3-3-1
NORTH FLORIDA 0-2
1-6
QUEENS (N.C.)
1-5
0-1
#23 Bendi Burka (11 shots)
SAVES
#3 Herbie Steigelman (578 minutes)
0-2 1-4 0-3 1-3 0-0
2022 RECORD WHEN Overtime: 0-0-0 Leading at Half: 0-0-0 Trailing at Half: 0-2-0 Tied at Half: 1-4-0 Scoring First: 1-1-0
MINUTES
Two players (1 assist)
SHOTS
Two players (2 points)
ASUN NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
NCAA 202nd 134th 176th 197th 202nd 163rd 106th
STATISTICAL LEADERS
POINTS
1-6
TEAM STATS
ASUN 7th 5th 7th 7th 7th 7th 5th
Two players (1 goal)
RECORD
Head Coach: Brad Ruzzo Record at MER: 125-105-2 (14 years) 2022 Record: 3-2-3 (0-0 SoCon)
TEAM STATS
GOALS
Bold | Home matches ^Exhibition match * Indicates ASUN match All Times EST
MERCER BEARS
1. WHAT TO KNOW
Joaquin Acuna returned to the spotlight earlier this week, as last season’s leading scorer for UNF executed on a header late at FAU to clinch the Ospreys’ first win of the year...Michael Carrero assisted on the game-winning goal in only 13 minutes of playing time in his collegiate debut against the Owls...Micah Gun also made his Osprey debut at keeper on Tuesday allowing no goals and one save on a season-low six shots faced...Herbie Steigelman and Bendeguz Burka remain the only two players to start all seven games...Burka also has a strong hold of the shot lead on the team with 11 total, while Luto Tom is the only other player with more than six shots at nine total...This will be the fourth consecutive home game for Mercer, while UNF is on their second game of a four-game road trip.
2. SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Mercer boasts a 3-2-3 record coming off of a recent 3-2 win against UAB. They also hold an impressive road victory at Virginia Tech and drew against NC State on neutral field as well. After suffering an overtime loss to the Ospreys last season, the Bears went on to go 7-5-1 to finish the regular season and put together back-to-back victories to win the Southern Conference tournament. They faltered during the first round of NCAA tournament play in a 2-1 loss at Wake Forest. Midfielders Dyland Gaither and Ousman Jabang return to the fold as Preseason All-Southern Conference selections for Mercer. The seniors were also a big reason as to why the Bears were picked by the coaches to finish second in the conference in 2022. Gaither is the leader of an offensive juggernaut, as he’s earned three goals and assisted on six scores through eight games this season, including four assists in the season-opening win against Winthrop. Four other players on the Bears also have multiple goals scored, as the team has averaged exactly two goals per game so far this season.
3. SERIES HISTORY
- The Ospreys are 7-8-1 all-time against Mercer with an 2-5 record against the Bears on the road. - UNF is coming off back-to-back home wins against the Bears during the spring 2021 and fall 2021 seasons. - Last season’s match against Mercer was the most goals scored in a game through all of last season in a 4-3 overtime victory. - Joaquin Acuna scored twice in last year’s win, while Bendeguz Burka and Luto Tom also added to that total. - Ospreys will look for their first victory on the road against Mercer since the 2013 season.
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