MEN'S SOCCER MATCH NOTES: VS JACKSONVILLE

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida men's soccer closes out the regular season with the River City Rumble against Jacksonville on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at Hodges Stadium at 7 p.m.

WHAT TO KNOW

With a UNF win and a draw or loss by Bellarmine, the Ospreys would move up to be the fifth seed heading into the ASUN Championship tournament.
The Ospreys would travel to Lipscomb's side of the bracket as the fifth seed, while a sixth-seeded spot would have them travel to Central Arkansas.
The Ospreys will play at Hodges Stadium one last time looking to close the regular season with back-to-back wins for the first time since the 2017 season.
It is also the first time since 2012 that UNF ends their regular season with back-to-back home matches.
Since Micah Gun has started as goalkeeper for UNF, they hold a record of 3-1-3 with their only loss in that span being against No. 12 Lipscomb on the road.
Sixth-year captain LJ Estes set career-highs on senior night against Liberty with four shots and three shots on goal, as well as his first goal scored since 2018.
In Tuesday games on the year, the Ospreys hold a 1-2-1 record with only one of those games being at home.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

Jacksonville has played to a 3-7-4 overall record with a 0-4-3 record in conference play this season. They have yet to win a road match on the year and have not won a game since facing Georgia Southern on Sept. 20.

The Dolphins have faced two ranked opponents this year with both being losses on the road against No. 17 Lipscomb and No. 1 Wake Forest. It will be the first time JU will play back-to-back road games since playing at Wofford and Lipscomb in early September.

Ed Port has done it all for JU this year as the only player with multiple goals and assists with three each. Joshua Araujo-Wilson and Olivier Correa join Port with the top team mark of three goals, while Moussa Sabaly leads his squad in assists with seven total.

JU has played three different goalkeepers in 2022 with Jabari Gray leading with the most playing time at nine starts. He joins Christian Sekanina and Eduardo Thome to combine for 46 saves, as all three have recorded a win in front of the net.

SERIES HISTORY

The Ospreys are 12-14-1 all-time against Jacksonville with a 5-7 record against the Dolphins at home.
UNF has won its last four regular season matches at home against JU, outscoring them 8-1 in those games.
The last four River City Rumble matches have all been shutouts with a split record on each side.
The Ospreys also have a 7-2 record in their last nine regular season games against JU.
Last season, UNF played the game across town and suffered a 1-0 loss on the road.
They have their sights set on avenging the loss to win their first River City Rumble match since Mar. 20, 2021.

ON TAP

North Florida has clinched its spot in the ASUN postseason and will await the result of the Bellarmine-Lipscomb match to travel to either Nashville, Tenn., or Conway, Ark., to play in the quarterfinals.

WHAT TO KNOW

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

SERIES HISTORY

ON TAP

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