2023 MATCH NOTES
north florida men’s soccer 200+ PROGRAM WINS • 38 ALL-ASUN SELECTIONS • 3 ASUN POTY HONORS DATE
OPPONENT
MATCH 9: NORTH FLORIDA (2-3-3, 0-1-0) AT JACKSONVILLE (2-5-1, 0-0-1) SATURDAY, SEPT. 23 | SOUTHERN OAKS 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 L, 0-1 L, 0-1 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 (2-3-3, 0-1-0 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 1.25 9.88 3.50 1.25 3.75 3.50 1.125
0-1-0 2-2-3 1-1-3 1-2-0 0-0-0
2023 RECORD WHEN Leading at Half: 0-0-1 Trailing at Half: 0-1-0 Tied at Half: 2-2-2 Scoring First: 0-0-3
2023 RECORD VS. Ranked Teams: 0-0-0 Top 10 Teams: 0-0-0 Non-Conf Opp: 2-2-3 Florida Teams: 0-1-1
2023 ASUN STANDINGS
MINUTES
#5 Nick Kishchenko (3 assists)
SHOTS
#11 Luc Granitur (7 points)
ASUN NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
NCAA 130th 152nd 180th 105th 121st 87th 61st
ASSISTS
#11 Luc Granitur (3 goals)
2-3-3
TEAM STATS (as of 9.20.23)
ASUN 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st
STATISTICAL LEADERS
POINTS
RECORD
Head Coach: Ali Simmons Record at JU: 2-5-1 (1st year) 2022 Record: 3-8-4 (0-5-3 ASUN)
TEAM STATS (as of 9.20.23)
GOALS
Bold | Home matches ^Exhibition match * Indicates ASUN match All Times EST
JACKSONVILLE (2-5-1, 0-0-1 ASUN)
#9 Joaquin Acuna (14 shots)
SAVES
#3 Herbie Steigelman (705 minutes)
#0 Chema Preciado (17 saves)
GOALS/GAME SHOTS/GAME SOG/GAME ASSISTS/GAME POINTS/GAME SAVES/GAME GOALS AGAINST
JU 1.00 9.25 4.38 0.62 2.62 4.00 1.375
ASUN 4th 5th 4th 6th 5th 2nd 2nd
NCAA 147th 170th 133rd 175th 166th 55th 107th
STATISTICAL LEADERS GOALS
ASSISTS
POINTS
SHOTS
Two players (2 goals)
Two players (4 points)
MINUTES
#21 Iver Skorve (3 assists)
#9 Mason Duval (18 shots)
SAVES
#1 Christian Sekanina (720 minutes)
#1 Christian Sekanina
(32 saves)
storylines: 1. WHAT TO KNOW
- The Ospreys look to pick up a win for the first time since Sept. 8 against Georgia Southern, while also scoring their first goal since Sept. 12 against FAU. - This is the sixth game played in Jacksonville over the past eight games for UNF with two more home games on deck. - Outside of Stetson, UNF has the best overall record in the ASUN highlighted by marquee comeback victories over Winthrop and Georgia Southern. - UNF is in the middle of a stretch where they will play four teams from the state of Florida over five games. - The Ospreys continue to lead the conference in team goals against average at 1.125, which ranks 61st in the nation. - They are coming off a match against NC State where they held the Wolfpack to only five total shots and one shot on goal. - Bendeguz Burka, Herbie Steigelman and Jaylen Yearwood have started in all seven matches with Steigelman leading the team in playing time at 705 minutes. - Burka is set to play in his 60th game as an Osprey in his career, while Steigelman is also on course for the 60th start of his UNF career. - Luc Granitur remains the team leader in goals (3) and SOG (5), while Joaquin Acuna leads in shots (14) and is the only player on the squad with multiple goals and assists. - Micah Gun has started each of the last three games, but time was split between him and Chema Preciado in its last match against NC State.
SCHOOL
ASUN
OVERALL
STETSON
1-0-0
4-2-2
LIPSCOMB
1-0-0
2-2-2
Jacksonville sports a 2-5-1 record heading into this weekend’s River City Rumble. They started off slow with four consecutive losses to open the season, but back-to-back wins against FAU and Georgia Southern, as well as a draw to FGCU, has brought them momentum into this matchup.
BELLARMINE
0-0-1
1-1-4
This will be the Dolphins’ third home match of the year with a win against FAU, 3-1, followed by the 2-2 draw to open conference play against FGCU. This will be JU’s final home match against an ASUN opponent until Saturday, Oct. 7, against Central Arkansas.
FGCU
0-0-1
1-2-3
Ali Simmons is the newest head coach for Jacksonville entering his first season for the Dolphins. He most recently served as the associate head coach for Elon over the past two seasons.
JACKSONVILLE 0-0-1
2-5-1
Olivier Correa and Carson Wood each have the team lead with two goals this season, along with Iver Skorve striking the lead in assists. Christian Sekanina is one of the best keepers in the conference so far this year with 32 saves in eight starts, while only allowing 1.38 goals against average.
CENTRAL ARK.
0-0-1
1-4-2
NORTH FLA.
0-1-0
2-3-3
QUEENS (N.C.)
0-1-0
1-4-1
*clinched asun championship berth
2. SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
3. SERIES HISTORY - UNF is 13-14-1 all-time against NC State with a 6-6-1 record against the Dolphins on the road. - The Ospreys have won eight of the past 10 regular season matches against JU dating back to 2014. - The last four matchups between UNF and JU have gone to the home team with the last road win being by the Ospreys in 2019. - Each of the last five games have been shutouts, as the last three have been by a score of 1-0. - UNF broke its skid of back-to-back losses to JU last season to clinch a spot in the ASUN postseason. - Nine players from last season’s match return to play in this year’s rivalry, including five starters.
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