FORT MYERS, Fla. – FGCU men's soccer will head to the state of Georgia for two matches this weekend. First up, the Eagles with battle Sun Belt Conference (SBC) member Georgia Southern on Friday night (7PM, ESPN+) at Eagle Field before taking on Mercer on Sunday afternoon (3PM).
FGCU will enter the match against Georgia Southern at 1-0-1 overall while GSU is 0-3-0. The Eagles were tied 1-1 against UCF on last Friday before inclement weather ruled the match a no contest. On August 28 FGCU defeated Northwestern 1-0 with the game-winning goal coming from senior
Davi Alves (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) in the 23
rd minute.
Alves leads the Eagles' offense with his one goal on the young season.
Wyatt Kistner's (Midlothian, Va
.) shutout against Northwestern was his second thus far after a 0-0 tie at South Florida for the Eagles in the season opener. Those performances against the Wildcats and Bulls earned him ASUN Goalkeeper of the Week.
GSU enters the match following a 5-0 defeat against #12 Charlotte on Sunday after dropping a 5-3 decision at UNC Asheville the previous week. Both Zachary Martin and Samuel Odame have scored one goal for the season. Dagoberto Romero is the keeper of record with a 2.78 goals-against-average and a 0.583 save percentage.
FGCU leads the series against Georgia Southern 2-0 and last met on Sep. 8, 2019 where the Green and Blue came away with a 5-1 victory.
For Sunday's match, this will mark the 11
th time FGCU and Mercer have met on the pitch. The Bears took a 2-0 decision last year on Sep. 21 in Fort Myers. Overall FGCU leads the series 7-2-1 over Mercer.
Mercer (2-0-2, SoCon) is coming off a 3-2 win over Virginia Tech on Monday after drawing 1-1 with North Carolina State last Friday. They will take on South Florida, Friday evening before their match-up with the Eagles.
Dylan Gaither, Kadeem Agard, and Fernanado Arteaga all have one goal for the season. Trevor McMullen is the keeper of record having played four games with a 1.50 goals-against-average and a 0.0647 save percentage.
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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 34-31-13 (.521) record overall, including a 19-9-4 mark (.656) in ASUN play. The Eagles have reached the ASUN Tournament semifinals for nine of 10 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 148-120-59 (.543) record as a head coach in his 16-plus seasons at the helm.
#FEEDFGCU
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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 85 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 13+ 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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