Saturday, November 03, 2012

MACON, Ga. – Florida Gulf Coast men's soccer won its showdown on the road with Mercer, 1-0, to claim its third straight regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the A-Sun Men's Soccer Championship. The remainder of the field has also been set for the championship that begins Nov. 7 in Ft. Myers, Fla.

Defending its 2011 A-Sun Championship, FGCU occupies the top spot followed by No. 2 Mercer, No. 3 ETSU, No. 4 USC Upstate, No 5 Lipscomb and No. 6 Jacksonville.

The A-Sun Men's Soccer Championship begins at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7, with Jacksonville facing ETSU, followed at 7 p.m. by Lipscomb vs. USC Upstate.

On Friday, Nov. 9, FGCU will host the winner of Lipscomb/USC Upstate at 7 p.m., while Mercer takes on the ETSU/Jacksonville winner at 4 p.m.

The championship final will be played at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11. (All times Eastern)

In other Saturday action, Lipscomb and Jacksonville picked up wins in their final regular season games while ETSU and USC Upstate played to a 1-1 draw. Jacksonville's Matheus Saroli scored twice in the Dolphins' 5-1 victory over North Florida to lead all players, while the Spartans' Dani Alvarado led all goalkeepers with 11 saves.

Lipscomb 1, Northern Kentucky 0 (OT) Goals: Lipscomb: Tyler Burkhardt ('90) Saves: Lipscomb: John Schnurbusch (4), Miguel Hof (1); NKU: AJ Fleak (5)

Jacksonville 5, North Florida 1, Goals: JU: Nick Rodriguez ('14), Matheus Saroli ('30, '58), Rene Reyes ('73), Roshior Elliott ('80) ; North Florida: Max McDaniel ('50) Saves: Jacksonville: Gavin Carlin (4); North Florida: Brad Sienkiewicz (6)

FGCU 1, Mercer 0  Goals: FGCU: Santiago Echeverri ('51) Saves: FGCU: Nathan Ingham (4); Mercer: Greg Ranjitsingh (4)

ETSU 1, USC Upstate 1 (2OT) Goals: ETSU Own goal ('75); USC Upstate Matt Flynn ('83) Saves: ETSU: Ryan Coulter (3); USC Upstate: Dani Alvarado (11)

The final game of the regular season is Sunday as Stetson travels to Georgia State.

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