DAVIE, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers dropped a 3-2 Sunshine State Conference men's soccer match on Saturday to the Nova Southeastern Sharks at the newly-opened NSU Soccer Stadium.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Nova Southeastern 3, Barry 2
Records: NSU (3-2-1, 2-1-0 SSC), Barry (2-7-1, 1-4-0 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads the series 22-17-4
SUMMARY:
- 29:56 - Barry grabbed the early lead as Martin Gasztos scored the first goal with an assist from Santiago Montoya. | Barry 1, NSU 0
- 44:26 - Markus Rokseth evened the match for the Sharks with less than a minute left in the first half. Massimo Natoli had the assist. | Barry 1, NSU 1
- 45:11 - Just as the second half was getting underway, Jatden Byard fed Juan Simoniello for a goal to retake the lead. | Barry 2, NSU 1
- 48:54 - In the 49th minute, Rokseth scored again to even the match at 2-2. | Barry 2, NSU 2
- 87:55 - Rokseth had the final word, completing the hat-trick, in the 88th minute with another unassisted goal. | NSU 3, Barry 2
NOTEWORTHY:
- The Bucs out-shot the Sharks 17-7, including 7-5 on goal, and led 8-2 on corners.
- Nikolas Ricardo made five stops for the Sharks to record the win in goal.
- Rafael Furlani has two saves, but conceded the hat-trick to Rokseth, to fall to 1-4-1 on the season.
- Simoniello's goal was the fastest for the Bucs to start the second half since David Polanco scored 0:12 seconds into the frame against Anderson in 2022.
ON THE HORIZON:
The Bucs host arch-rival and #1-ranked Lynn on Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 7:00 pm.
