FORT MYERS, Fla. – The fourth-seeded FGCU men's soccer team takes on top-seed Lipscomb in the ASUN Championship Tournament semifinals on Monday. The match will kick off at 8 PM (7 PM CT) and will be streamed live on
Lipscomb Bisons YouTube.
The Eagles advanced to the semifinals after delivering an impressive 4-0 victory over No. 5 seed North Florida. Lipscomb is the top-seed overall in the tournament after winning the regular-season title and entered into Monday's semifinal round with a bye.
The ASUN Championship title match will be played on Saturday, Nov. 12 at the highest remaining seed.
FGCU is 8-4-4 in ASUN postseason play all-time and the Eagles have played for the league title six times with four titles (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016).
This will mark the third time the Eagles and the Bisons have met in the ASUN Tournament with it being spilt 1-1-1.
The two sides met earlier on Oct. 29 and the Green and Blue gave Lipscomb its first league defeat of the season and first shutout loss to win 1-0.
For the season,
Davi Alves (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) continues to pace the offense with seven goals with his last one being a magnificent free kick that soared over the Ospreys wall on Saturday. He was named to the ASUN All-Conference First Team alongside freshmen
Alon Drey (Or'Aqiva, Isarel) and
Nadav Ohayon (Herzliya, Israel) each earning a spot on the All-ASUN Freshman Team.
Aedon Kyra (Sydney, Australia) is second for FGCU with six goals after he also scored against UNF after delivering the only goal of the match against Lipscomb that sent fans and especially senior night parents into a frenzy in the 49
th minute.
Keeper
Wyatt Kistner (Midlothian, Va) has seven shutouts with his final one against the Ospreys to help advance FGCU to the semifinals. He currently has a .768 save percentage and 0.94 goals against average.
ASUN Player of the year Jellrick Dallman leads the Bisons offense with 11 goals. Goalkeeper of the Year Michael Shelby is the keeper of record with a 0.69 goals-against-average and a 0.766 save percentage.
HEAD COACH JESSE CORMIER
Jesse Cormier is in his sixth year as head coach of the FGCU men's soccer program in the fall of 2022 after being hired in January of 2017 to become just the 2nd head coach in program history. Cormier has guided FGCU to a 41-34-16 (.539) record overall, including a 22-11-6 mark (.659) in ASUN play. The Eagles have reached the ASUN Tournament semifinals for 10 of 11 seasons (every year of eligibility but one), as Cormier has coached 31 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 155-123-62 (.547) record as a head coach in his 16-plus seasons at the helm.
#FEEDFGCU
FGCU Athletics sponsors events in November and April to benefit the FGCU Campus Food Pantry (www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry) and the Harry Chapin Food Bank (www.harrychapinfoodbank.org), FGCU Athletics' charities of choice. For more information, including how to make a contribution, please visit www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry and utilize the hashtag #FeedFGCU to help raise awareness.
ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 93 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 15 seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just 11 seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 46 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. In 2022, the men's golf team became the first program to earn at at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 20, 2021-22), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2022) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as four 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 26 consecutive semesters. The past five semesters (Fall 2019 – Spring 2022) saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher cumulative team GPA. 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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