ORLANDO, Fla. – Men's soccer will travel south for its annual match against in-state foe UCF (1-3) on Wednesday evening. North Florida (3-2-1) has won the last three meetings against the Knights.
  

Game Details
Date	Wednesday Sept. 19
Time	7:00 p.m.
Location	Orlando, Fla.
Opponent	UCF
Coverage	UCFKnightsTV ($) | Live Stats

Game Notes
Close Encounters: The Ospreys suffered their first two losses of the season last week at the hands of USF last Wednesday and No. 8/11 Denver on Saturday night. North Florida dominated all facets of the contest against USF allowing just one shot on goal, the deciding score in a 1-0 loss. The Ospreys held a 14-4 overall shot advantage in the loss. Denver came up with the game-winner in the 87^th minute to continue their 25-game regular season home win streak.
ASUN Leader: Goalkeeper Juanes Fajardo has played spent the majority of time in net this season for the Ospreys and has allowed just two goals in 315 minutes of play. The senior leads the ASUN and is ranked 20^th in the country with a 0.57 goals against average. One of his two goals allowed this season came on a penalty kick attempt.

Second Half Action: Most of the goal-scoring by both the Ospreys and their opponents have occurred in the final 45 minutes. North Florida has scored seven of its 12 goals in the second half while opponents have scored six of their nine goals in the final frame.

Comeback Kids:  The Ospreys have two come-from-behind wins this season. North Florida took down No. 27 N.C. State on Sept. 4 by scoring two goals in the second half including the game winner from Josh Castellanos.  It was Castellanos again a week later who capped a two-goal game against FIU with the game-deciding goal in the 67^th minute.

Fast start: North Florida started the season undefeated through the first four games (3-0-1) for the third time in school history and the second time under Head Coach Derek Marinatos. In just the third season at the helm, Marinatos started 4-0-1 to kick off the 2013 season which still stands as the best start in school history.

All-Time Series: If history is any indication, Wednesday night's game will come down to the wire. Two of the last three games against UCF have gone to overtime and the last three have been decided by one goal. The Knights own a 7-4 advantage in the all-time series but have dropped the last three, including two in Orlando.

About UCF:  The Knights have sputtered out of the game, coming into Wednesday with a 1-3 record. UCF went 1-1 last week in matches against ASUN opponents. Last Wednesday, FGCU pinned a 3-1 setback on UCF in Orlando. The Knights rebounded on Saturday with their first win of the season, a 4-1 decision against Jacksonville. Junior Matias Pyysalo leads the team with eight points (3g, 3a) and was on the American Athletic Conference Weekly honor roll after scoring two goals and assisting on another in Saturday's win against Jacksonville.