2023 MATCH NOTES
north florida men’s soccer 200+ PROGRAM WINS • 38 ALL-ASUN SELECTIONS • 3 ASUN POTY HONORS DATE
OPPONENT
MATCH 7: NORTH FLORIDA (2-1-3) VS. STETSON (2-2-2) SATURDAY, SEPT. 16 | HODGES STADIUM | JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
TIME (ET)
August 8.24 8.27
@ USC Upstate L, 0-1 College of Charleston T, 1-1
September 9.1 9.4 9.8 9.11 9.16 9.20 9.23 9.30
Winthrop St. Thomas @ Georgia Southern Florida Atlantic Stetson* @ NC State @ Jacksonville* Florida Gulf Coast*
W, 4-1 T, 2-2 W, 2-1 T, 1-1 7 P.M. 7 P.M. 7 P.M. 7 P.M.
October 10.7 10.14 10.21 10.24 10.28
Lipscomb* @ Bellarmine* Queens (N.C.)* @ Mercer @ Central Arkansas*
7 P.M. 7 P.M. 7 P.M. 6 P.M. 1 P.M.
November 11.4 11.6 11.11
ASUN First Round ASUN Semifinals ASUN Championship
TBD TBD TBD
NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (2-1-3, 0-0-0 ASUN) Head Coach: Derek Marinatos Record at UNF 65-101-19 (12 years) 2022 Record: 4-8-4 (3-3-2 ASUN)
GOALS/GAME SHOTS/GAME SOG/GAME ASSISTS/GAME POINTS/GAME SAVES/GAME GOALS AGAINST
UNF 1.67 10.83 3.83 1.67 5.00 3.67 1.167
0-0-0 2-1-3 1-0-3 1-1-0 0-0-0
2023 RECORD WHEN Leading at Half: 0-0-1 Trailing at Half: 0-1-0 Tied at Half: 2-0-2 Scoring First: 0-0-3
2023 RECORD VS. Ranked Teams: 0-0-0 Top 10 Teams: 0-0-0 Non-Conf Opp: 2-1-3 Florida Teams: 0-0-1
MINUTES
#5 Nick Kishchenko (3 assists)
SHOTS
#11 Luc Granitur (7 points)
ASUN NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
NCAA 79th 125th 160th 59th 73rd 83rd 69th
ASSISTS
#11 Luc Granitur (3 goals)
2-1-3
TEAM STATS (as of 9.13.23)
ASUN 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st
STATISTICAL LEADERS
POINTS
RECORD
Head Coach: Emmett Rutkowski Record at STET: 15-15-11 (3 years) 2022 Record: 6-3-7 (4-4-2 ASUN)
TEAM STATS (as of 9.13.23)
GOALS
Bold | Home matches ^Exhibition match * Indicates ASUN match All Times EST
STETSON (2-2-2, 0-0-0 ASUN)
#9 Joaquin Acuna (13 shots)
SAVES
Two players (525 minutes)
#0 Chema Preciado (17 saves)
GOALS/GAME SHOTS/GAME SOG/GAME ASSISTS/GAME POINTS/GAME SAVES/GAME GOALS AGAINST
STET 2.17 15.33 6.67 1.83 6.17 3.00 1.333
ASUN 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 4th 2nd
NCAA 28th 27th 19th 44th 33rd 119th 91st
STATISTICAL LEADERS GOALS
ASSISTS
POINTS
SHOTS
Three players (2 goals)
#16 Xavi Csato (6 points)
MINUTES
Three players (2 assists)
#7 Luis Lara (16 shots)
SAVES
#1 Nicolo Radaelli (515 minutes)
#1 Nicolo Radaelli (18 saves)
storylines: 1. WHAT TO KNOW
ASUN
OVERALL
- The Ospreys look to win or draw, as well as score at least one goal, in six straight games for the first time since the end of the 2016 season. - UNF leads the conference in save percentage (0.759) and team goals against average (1.167), while being top 60 in the nation for assists (10), goals (10) and points (30). - Joaquin Acuna became the first player since 2019 to have multiple goals and assists in a season through only six games this year. - Acuna is also seventh in the nation for game-winning goals with two against Winthrop and Georgia Southern. - The junior will return to play Stetson to open conference play after being unavailable against Florida Atlantic. - Luc Granitur remains the leader in goals scored with three, while Nick Kishchenko shows his value on defense with a team-leading three assists. - Kishchenko ranks top 20 in the nation with his three assists, while Granitur is top 50 nationally for goals scored at three as well. - Micah Gun started his first game of the season against FAU and didn’t miss a beat with five saves this past Tuesday. - Has eclipsed double-digit shot totals in three games, including back-to-back in their last two matches.
NORTH FLA.
0-0-0
2-1-3
2. SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
BELLARMINE
0-0-0
1-1-3
STETSON
0-0-0
2-2-2
The Hatters are set to play its third consecutive road game after a loss to Grand Canyon, 3-0, and a draw against UNLV, 1-1. They’re overall road record is 0-2-1 after playing UCF and their trip out to the West Coast.
FGCU
0-0-0
1-2-2
Xavi Csato, Andres Mata and Luis Lara are all multi-goal scorers for Stetson and make up three of 10 different scorers through six games. Csato also joins Charles Ahl and Afonso Conde with multiple assists on the season as well.
LIPSCOMB
0-0-0
1-2-2
Nicolo Radaelli has made all six starts as keeper for the Hatters totaling 18 saves on 48 shots faced and only eight goals allowed. He had a season-high eight saves in the 2-0 loss against UCF, while also putting up four and three saves against NC State and UNLV respectively.
JACKSONVILLE 0-0-0
2-4-0
QUEENS (N.C.)
0-0-0
1-3-0
CENTRAL ARK. 0-0-0
1-4-1
2023 ASUN STANDINGS SCHOOL
*clinched asun championship berth
Stetson has had an impressive start to its 2023 season with a 2-2-2 overall record. They have a pair of shutout wins against St. Thomas and NC State to combine for a 9-0 scoring margin in those two games.
3. SERIES HISTORY - UNF is 7-12-1 all-time against Stetson with a 4-5-1 record against the Hatters at home. - The Ospreys were 3-0-1 against Stetson until their 2-0 loss at home last season. - First time playing Stetson at home in back-to-back seasons since 2019 and spring 2021. - Could even conference series record (7-8-1) with a win on Saturday.
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