MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers continued their mastery of the Sunshine State Conference with a 5-0 win over the Eckerd Tritons on Wednesday night at Buccaneer Field in men's soccer action.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 5, Eckerd 0
Records: Barry (8-4-1, 8-1-0 SSC), Eckerd (4-6-4, 2-5-2 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 28-12-2
SUMMARY:
- 15:24 - On the Bucs' first shot of the game by Nicolas Villalobos, Eckerd's Micah Nelson was called for a handball in the box. David Polanco calmly stepped up and converted the penalty. | Barry 1, Eckerd 0
- 20:23 - In the 21st minute, Scott Neil drove the ball down to the endline and sent in a cross from the left side. Peekay Stoffle flicked over to Polanco inside the six-yard box and he buried it into the back of the net. | Barry 2, Eckerd 0
- 35:33 - Lucas Silva found the head of Iker Berruezo on a corner kick and the tall Spaniard flicked it home for the third goal. | Barry 3, Eckerd 0
- 62:40 - The Tritons were attacking, desperately trying to get on the board when Jean Ghafourian cleared the ball out of the back and deep downfield. Polanco quickly ran on and flicked it past the Eckerd defense and into the box. After winning a race with Triton keeper Athen Slavkin to the ball near the top of the box, Polanco touched it around and scored into the empty net. | Barry 4, Eckerd 0
- 79:59 - After winning another corner, Pascal Sattleberger's service found Berruezo at the near post and the senior sent a back heel shot past Slavkin for the final goal. | Barry 5, Eckerd 0
NOTEWORTHY:
- Barry out-shot the Tritons 16-3, including 10-2 on goal.
- Rafael Furlani had two saves in 86 minutes to earn his eighth win. Juan Wulff did not face a shot in 4:06 minutes of action.
- Slavkin had five saves, several of them very impressive, but conceded five goals to take the loss.
- The hatrick for Polanco was the first of his career and the first for the Bucs since Juan Caffaro had one at Embry-Riddle in 2021.
- For Berruezo, the two goals were his first two of the season.
- The five goals match the season-high set against Tampa.
ON THE HORIZON:
Barry closes SSC action at the Florida Southern Moccasins on Saturday, Oct. 28 at Berend Field in Lakeland, Fla.