ORLANDO, Fla. – Alessandro Campoy scored four goals, highlighted by a first half hat trick, to lead UCF past the FGCU men's soccer team 6-2 on Saturday afternoon at the UCF Soccer and Track Complex. The Knights improve to 2-3-0 on the year, while FGCU falls to 0-3-1 overall.
 
"This was a very humbling day for our program - both coaches and players. We all have to take responsibility for our preparation and execution. UCF had the right approach and played at a different level and at a higher standard than we did today," said head coach Jesse Cormier. "We need to recalibrate and look at what we're doing; we have to be prepared to make changes and get back to doing what we're good at. We have to take our medicine and learn from our failures in preparation for FAU and, beyond that, conference play. These are valuable lessons for us and learning from them is how we will be a really good team and reach our potential."
 
The Eagles received goals from O'Vonte Mullings (Toronto, Ontario/Northview Heights) and Timon Zech (Starnberg, Germany/Louisiana State Eunice College). Mullings scored in the 31^st minute to cut an early deficit for the Green and Blue to 2-1. Mullings' marker was his 22^nd overall moving him two shy of surpassing Shak Adams (23, 2016-19) for the second-most career goals in program history. The goal also registered his 50^th career point putting him just 13 shy of passing Adams there as well.
 
Zech's goal came in the 77^th minute marking his first of the season and his first as an Eagle.
 
Campoy opened the scoring early with his first of the day coming in the 5^th minute of play. Just over 22 minutes later, he scored his second to put UCF up 2-0. He recorded his hat trick in the 43^rd minute and then posted his fourth goal in the 61^st minute.
 
After Mullings' goal, Lucca Dourado scored his first of two in the match to put UCF back up 3-1 in the 36^th minute. The Knights took a 4-1 lead into the intermission. Dourado opened the second half with his second goal which came in the 55^th minute.
 
UCF had an 18-to-7 advantage in shots with 13 being on target. The Knights also held a 9-to-8 edge in corner kicks.
 
FGCU keeper Gustavo Vasconcelos (Recife, Brazil/Colegio GGE) returned in goal for the first match since the opener against FIU. He was credited with seven saves, though, did allow all six goals in just under 67 minutes of work. Wyatt Kistner (Midlothian, Va./Cosby HS) lifted him in the 67^th minute but did not have to make a save in the balance of the contest.
 
Matt Douglass earned the win for the Knights without any saves and allowing the two goals.
 
The Eagles will return to action on Tuesday, Sept. 14 with a road trip to FAU. Opening kickoff at FAU Soccer Stadium is slated for 7 PM.
 
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HEAD COACH JESSE CORMIER
Jesse Cormier enters his fifth year as head coach of the FGCU men's soccer program in the fall of 2021 after being hired in January of 2017 to become just the 2nd head coach in program history. Cormier has guided FGCU to a 29-25-12 (.530) record overall, including a 15-5-4 mark (.708) in ASUN play. The Eagles have reached the ASUN Tournament semifinals for nine-straight seasons (every year of eligibility), as Cormier has coached 28 all-conference selections since his arrival (program-record 10 in 2017). Cormier was the head coach at his alma mater the University of Vermont for the previous 13 seasons. He won 14 games with the Catamounts in 2016 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round. During his time with Vermont, Cormier guided the program to the America East Tournament in 12 of 13 seasons, making five title game appearances, winning two tournament crowns, claiming a regular-season championship and advancing to three NCAA tournaments, including a pair of Second Round appearances. Cormier holds an overall 143-113-58 (.551) record as a head coach in his 16-plus seasons at the helm.

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ABOUT FGCU 
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 85 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 14+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 42 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 21, 2020-21), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2021) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 24 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, 2020 Fall, and 2021 Spring semesters each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA in each. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl. 
  
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