JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida men's soccer jumps back into conference play when it hosts Stetson in its ASUN home opener on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m.

Admission to the match is free. The contest will also be streamed free of charge on SWOOPLife Live.

WHAT TO KNOW

• Captains Herbie Steigelman, Bendeguz Burka and LJ Estes remain the only offensive players to start in all five games, while Steigelman joins goalkeeper Padraic Gilley as the only players who have played the entirety of each game this year.
• Luto Tom joins Burka as the leading shot takers on the team with eight total, while six different Ospreys have the shots on goal lead with two apiece.
• Early this week against Georgia Southern, four players had two or more total shots taken, along with seven different players recording the seven shots on goal against the Eagles.
• Head coach Derek Marinatos has used five unique starting lineups to entering the first conference home game of the year.
• UNF ranks top-five in the conference for shots per game, averaging 11.00, and saves per game, averaging 3.20.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

Stetson will travel to Jacksonville this weekend with a 2-1-3 record, including a conference win already under their belt against the newest ASUN opponent, Queens (N.C.). The Hatters spent this past weekend on a road trip in California, where they recorded draws against UC-Riverside and Cal State Fullerton.

Emmett Rutkowski enters his third season as the head coach at Stetson and is coming off a 2021 campaign where he went 8-7-2. The Hatters made it to the ASUN Championship tournament, where they knocked off No. 5 seed, Liberty, but faltered to the top-seeded Lipscomb squad in the semifinals.

The leading goal scorer for Stetson to start the season has been Luis Lara Delgado with two goals off of three shots on goal. He is one of eight Hatters to have scored a goal this season, but remains the only player on the team to have multiple goals.

Goalkeeper Owen Jack is another name to look out for on Saturday evening, as he has saved 22 shots on goal in five starts in 2022. He also has two shutout performances under his name and has only allowed one score per game.

SERIES HISTORY

• The Ospreys are 7-11-1 all-time against Stetson with a 4-4-1 record against the Hatters at home.
• In their past four matchups, UNF is 3-0-1 coming off back-to-back victories both on the road.
• The last time the Ospreys have lost to the Hatters at Hodges Stadium was Sept. 23, 2017.
• Will be the 20th all-time match against the Hatters, 16th consecutive year facing them in ASUN regular-season play.
• UNF has scored a goal in each of their last five games against Stetson.

ON TAP

North Florida starts its first of a four-game road trip in Boca Raton, Fla., when they play against FAU on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 6 p.m.