MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The second-seed Florida Tech Panthers defeated the top-seeded Barry Buccaneers 4-1 to win the 2022 Sunshine State Conference men's soccer tournament on Sunday afternoon at Buccaneer Field.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #2 Florida Tech 4, #1 Barry 1
Records: Barry (10-3-3, 6-1-3 SSC), Florida Tech (10-0-6, 5-0-5 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 22-18-4

SUMMARY:

• 3:58 - Hugo Catherine scored on the first shot on goal for either team. Catherine took a shot that deflected off Barry defender Jordi Ramon, but gathered the rebound and beat keeper Juan Claude Consol to the near post. | Florida Tech 1, Barry 0
• 31:38 - Barry leading scorer David Polanco was given a red card for a challenge on FIT keeper Luis Tovar Romero, leaving Barry down a man for the last 58 minutes.
• 48:22 - Early in the second half, the Panthers pushed a ball into the Buccaneer penalty area and defender Andreas Volk came in late on a tackle, giving the Panthers a penalty kick. Soeren Nygaard converted the penalty. | Florida Tech 2, Barry 0 
• 56:11 - Barry finally got on the board in the 57th minute. Tech's Nokkvi Nokkvason was called for a hand ball just outside the box. Pascal Sattelberger sent the free kick into the box and Iker Berruezo got a head on it to trim the lead to one. | Florida Tech 2, Barry 1
• 77:18 - The Panthers scored two late goals as Barry got pushed too far up, trying for the equalizer. Jack Edwards sent in a cross from the right and Nygaard gathered it at the far post for the goal. | Florida Tech 3, Barry 1
• 88:36 - Nygaard assisted Julen Lefuente on the final goal. | Florida Tech 4, Barry 1

NOTEWORTHY:

• All-Tournament Team: Juancho Fernandez (Tampa), Nick Brisevac (Nova Southeastern), Peekay Stoffle, Daniel Schaal, Jordi Ramon, Iker Berruezo (Barry), Julen Lefuente, Franco Sala, Jacopo Ghezzi, Soeren Nygaard (Florida Tech). Most Outstanding Player - Jack Edwards (Florida Tech)
• Tovar Romero made four saves for the Panthers to pick up his 10th win.
• Consol and Nils Buecheler each had a save, but both let in two goals, with Consol taking the loss.
• The Panthers earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with the win.

ON THE HORIZON:

The Bucs now await NCAA Tournament selections, which will be live at 6:30 pm on NCAA.com. The opening round of the tournament is set to start on Thursday, November 10 across multiple locations, while the championship game will be Saturday, December 3 at 3:00 p.m. in Seattle, WA.