Friday, October 21
UCF 2, Charlotte 1 – Box Score
SMU 3, South Florida 1 – Box Score
Recaps
UCF 2, Charlotte 1 – Box Score
ORLANDO, Fla. - The UCF men's soccer team upset No. 13 Charlotte by a score of 2-1 on Friday night at the UCF Soccer Complex. After a late answer from the 49ers, the Knights struck back within two minutes to regain the lead and never looked back.
The game got off to a quick start, with Gino Vivi scoring his 19th career goal in the 12th minute. Lucas Mauro crossed the ball from the right-side of the box, where Lucca Dourado attempted a header but soared over his head to Vivi, who was able to shoot it high into the back of the net of a bounce. The goal gave Mauro his first assist on the season while Vivi tallied his second goal of the campaign. The Knights have scored four goals this season before the 15 minute mark hits and have won each of those matches.
The rest of the first half was relatively quiet, with UCF notching three shots on goal on six total attempts and Charlotte getting one shot on goal in five attempts.
The second half started off much quicker for both sides, with two shot attempts for the Knights in the first five minutes. The 49ers matched UCF's quick start, notching three shot attempts in the first five minutes.
Charlotte tied the match in the 71st minute with a shot that came from just inside the 18-yard box. The goal scored by Brad Dildy just made it past Juanvi Muñoz to even the match at one goal apiece. Kameron Lacey's assist was his fourth of the season and Dildy's goal was his first of the 2022 campaign.
Mere moments later, the Knights scored a masterpiece of a goal to take the lead. Less than two minutes after Charlotte's goal, Dourado scored his 28th career goal and 11th of the season on an incredible volley. Vivi passed the ball from far outside the 18-yard box to Mauro, who was able to save it from going out of bounds and head it right inside the box to Dourado. The ball landed perfectly on Dourado's right foot and he rifled it past Thomas Walls to put the Knights ahead once again.
SMU 3, South Florida 1 – Box Score
DALLAS, Texas - No. 20 SMU men's soccer team took down South Florida 3-1 Friday night at Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium.
With the win, SMU moves to 9-3-1 overall and remains in first place in the American Athletic Conference standings. Additionally, the Mustangs won their seventh straight over USF and handed the Bulls their first conference loss of the season.
The Mustangs are undefeated at Washburne Stadium in the 2022-23 season, posting a 7-0-1 record so far this year.
Fredrik Skilberg put the Mustangs on the board early, cashing in his sixth goal of the season off an impressive pass from fellow freshman Alexander Petraeus in the second minute. Petraeus earned his team-high eighth assist of the year.
USF's Ajmeer Spengler scored the equalizer in the 28th minute.
The Mustangs answered in style in the 32nd minute when Jon Paul Fernandez passed to Knut Ahlander, who delivered an impressive assist to Alexander Petraeus for the finish.
Bailey Sparks found the back of the net for the first time this season in the 83rd minute when he scored in the left side of the goal off assists from Elton Hedstrom and Nikola Djordjevic.
The Mustang defensive was solid the entirety of the match, holding USF to only seven shots. SMU outshot the Bulls by a 17-7 count.