MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The top-seeded Barry Buccaneers won the 2023 Sunshine State Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Championship with a 1-0 victory over the second-seeded Florida Tech Panthers at Buccaneer Field on Sunday.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #15 Barry 1, #5 Florida Tech
Records: Barry (12-4-1), Florida Tech (11-2-4)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 23-19-4
SUMMARY:
- 9:39 - Quite against the run of play, Barry got the only goal of the game in the 10th minute. The Panthers tried to clear the ball out of the back, but it landed at the Feet of Nicolas Villaobos who hit his first touch into the back of the net. | Barry 1, Florida Tech 0
NOTEWORTHY:
- The Panthers out-shot Barry 10-6, but the Bucs led 3-2 in shots on goal.
- Florida Tech had 59 percent of the possession and led 4-3 in corners, but the Buccaneer defense held firm for the shutout win.
- Rafael Furlani, the SSC Keeper of the Year, stopped the two shots Tech managed to put on goal, recording his sixth shutout of the season.
- Iker Bastida had two saves for Florida Tech, but conceded the game-winner to Villalobos.
- Barry captured the tournament title, to go along with their regular-season championship, earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Super Region #2 Tournament next week.
- This was the first time that Barry won both titles in the same year.
- It was the Bucs' third tournament, after winning in 2009 and 2013.
- The Bucs avenged their earlier 1-0 loss to the Panthers and claimed the tournament crown after Tech won it last year.
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
ON THE HORIZON:
The bids for the NCAA Tournament will be announced at 7:00 pm on NCAA.com on Monday, Nov. 13.
