No. 1 Seed Men's Soccer Wins Third-Straight ASUN Championship Title

Saturday, November 14

Jacksonville, Fla.

7 p.m.

University of North Florida

13-4-3, 7-0-1

No. 6 Seed Queens (NC)

6-11-3, 2-3-3

Team	1	2	Final F
Queens (NC)	0	0	0
North Florida	1	1	2

2026 North Florida Men's Soccer - Paul Schacherer Celebrates

11/14/2026 9:30:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – No. 1 seed University of North Florida Men's Soccer shutout No. 6 seed Queens, 2-0, to earn its third-consecutive Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship title at Corporate Traffic Logistics Field at Hodges Stadium on Saturday night.

Head Coach Marlon Montanella joins Jamie Davies (2024 and 2025) and Derek Marinatos (2015) as the third coach in program history to win an ASUN Championship title. It marks the fourth ASUN Championship title in program history.

With the win, North Florida improved to 13-4-3 overall and 9-1-1 at Hodges Stadium this season. The 13 wins are the most in program history.

For the Ospreys, it also marked their ninth shutout of the season which ties the 2025 season for the most in all-time single-season program history. For fifth year goalkeeper Luciano Natoli, it marked his seventh shutout of the season and fifth in ASUN Conference action.

North Florida took an early 1-0 advantage after senior defender Paul Schacherer headed in his first goal of the season in the 10th minute off a double assist from senior midfielder Anton Khelil and freshman forward Emir Trto.

For Schacherer, it marked his third collegiate goal. The assist was Trto's first collegiate assist. For Khelil, it marked a new single-season high four assists.

The Ospreys would hold an 8-2 advantage in shots without allowing Queens to register a shot on goal to take a 1-0 lead into the halftime break.

Senior forward Mark Romano would extend North Florida's lead with a goal in the 84th minute, his eighth of the season and 12th of his career, off an assist from sophomore midfielder Omar Trto.

Senior midfielder Tyler Prebenda, Schacherer, Romano and Khelil each earned 2026 ASUN All-Tournament honors and Khelil was named ASUN Tournament MVP.

North Florida outscored its opponent in shots, 13-6, shots on goal, 6-1 and corner kicks, 5-0.

Overall, 15 Ospreys logged action and eight played the full time.

North Florida awaits its destination in the 2026 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Tournament with the selection show announcement on Monday, Nov. 16, at 1 p.m. ET on NCAA.com.