Box Score DELAND, Fla. – Florida Gulf Coast University's men's soccer team got a second-half goal from Ignatius Demark to help lift the Eagles to a crucial 1-0 win over Stetson in an Atlantic Sun Conference Graphite Division match Saturday night at the Athletic Training Center.

The win propels FGCU (2-2-1, 7 points) into second place in the Graphite Division standings, trailing only division frontrunner North Florida (4-1, 12 points). The Eagles are two points ahead of Jacksonville (1-2-2, 5 points) and three ahead of Stetson (1-3-1, 4 points) with one regular-season conference match remaining. The top three teams from the Graphite and Gold divisions qualify for the ASun Conference Tournament, which gets underway Nov. 8 at campus sites.

FGCU (6-6-3, 2-2-1) – which has won two straight and is 2-0-1 in its last three outings – had the better offensive chances early on, firing four shots (one on goal) in the first 30 minutes of the match, including a shot by Pedro Arcoverde that hit the crossbar in the 19th minute. Stetson (4-8-1, 1-3-1) didn't register a shot until the 32:31 mark, when Benjamin Donato sent a shot left of the FGCU net.

Neither team was able to find a goal in the opening 45 minutes, and the match went to halftime tied, 0-0. FGCU outshot Stetson, 5-2, in the first half, and had the only shot on goal in the period. The Hatters had two corner kicks to the Eagles' one and a total of 11 fouls were called, seven on Stetson and four on FGCU. Three yellow cards were handed out as well, two to FGCU and one to Stetson.

The Eagles broke through early in the second half, taking a 1-0 lead at 50:51 on a goal by Demark on a shot in the lower right corner of the net. It was Demark's third goal of the season and now gives FGCU five different players with at least three goals in the 2025 campaign.

Stetson – which has now lost four straight matches – got its first shot on goal at 54:14, when Daniel Makowem sent a shot at the lower left corner of the FGCU goal, but Eagle keeper Oliver Weng was there to make a save and keep it 1-0 FGCU. Weng made two more saves over the next three minutes of play as Stetson sought to tie the match, but the Eagles maintained their slim advantage.
Just past the 60-minute mark, FGCU almost doubled its lead, but Salvador Martinez's shot hit the left post, and the Eagles had to settle for staying in front, 1-0.  The FGCU defense then stood tall again in the 69th minute, when the Eagles cleared a shot off the goal line following a Stetson corner kick.

The Hatters continued to pressure the FGCU goal over the final 20 minutes in search of an equalizer, but the Eagles' backline and Weng kept Stetson at bay, giving FGCU its fourth clean sheet of the season and running the Eagles' shutout streak to 180:45 of match time.

Stetson outshot FGCU, 11-10, for the match, and the teams finished with four shots on goal apiece. Stetson had seven corner kicks and six offsides calls to three corners and zero offsides for the Eagles. The teams combined for 19 fouls (13 on Stetson, six on FGCU) and three yellow cards (two on FGCU, one on Stetson) in a physical contest.

Martinez finished the match with four shots (two on goal) and Caio Oliveira added two shots (one on goal) for the Eagles. Four other FGCU players – Arcoverde, Jose Bustamante, Brian Lopez, and Demark – had one shot apiece in the match. Weng made three saves in goal to earn the win, moving his record to 5-4-2 on the season and lowering his goals-against-average to 1.26.

FGCU now closes out the regular season against Jacksonville (4-7-4, 1-2-2) on Nov. 1 at Pickering Field. The match is Senior Night, as the Eagles will honor the program's 17 seniors & graduate students. Jacksonville and FGCU tied, 2-2, in the teams' first meeting in Jacksonville on Oct. 11.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, and the match will be streamed live on ESPN+.