Date Posted: 11/5/2007

Belmont
The Stetson men’s soccer team played one non-conference game last week and will play another this week to tune up for the A-Sun Conference Championship Tournament. On Saturday Stetson held a 2-1 advantage over Winthrop University heading into the final minute when the Eagles scored a heart-breaker to send the game into overtime. It was the fourth consecutive overtime game for the Hatters. Unlike last week when senior Tanner Wolfe ended both extended games with golden goals, Stetson and Winthrop played to a 2-2 tie. The Hatter goals were scored by freshman Eugene Starikov (6) and junior Kirk Labusch (5). This week Stetson completes its regular season by hosting Georgia Southern on Tuesday, and then goes on to host the A-Sun tournament November 14-17.

Campbell
The Camels close the regular season with home matches against UNC Greensboro Wednesday (7:00 p.m.) and High Point Saturday (4:00 p.m.) before next week’s A-Sun Championship at DeLand, Fla. CU and UNCG are long-time rivals; the teams squared off in both the 1992 and 1993 Big South finals before CU left the league for the Atlantic Sun Conference and UNCG joined the Southern Conference. Campbell stands 4-0-1 in its last 5 games against High Point, but 2 of those matches have gone into overtime and each of the five has been decided by 2 or fewer goals. Camels Top Tar Heels in Chapel Hill: Richard Jata set up the first goal and scored the game-winner and Campbell defeated North Carolina 2-1 last Wednesday at Chapel Hill. The Camels entered the game ranked 10th in the South Region, while the Tar Heels were 3rd in the South poll. CU improved to 10-4-2 on the year, gaining its first road win against an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent since a 6-3 victory at Maryland in 1993. Campbell also improved to 10-0-0 in games when Jata scores since the start of the 2006 season. CU’s 2-1 victory was the first-ever for the Camels in Chapel Hill. UNC won the first nine meetings between the schools at home, dating to the 1963 season, Campbell’s first year of varsity men’s soccer. Victories over UNC in 2006 and 2007 marked the first time in the 21-match series that Campbell has won back-to-back games against the Tar Heels. CU defeated North Carolina previously during the 1964, 1981, 1988 and 2006 seasons. .

Florida Gulf Coast 
No Notes Provided.

Gardner-Webb
No Notes Provided.

Jacksonville
No Notes Provided.

Lipscomb
No Notes Provided.

Mercer
Senior Vicente Arze completed his Mercer career with his name firmly engraved in the record books. He is seventh all-time in goals with 22, second all-time with 19 assists and his 63 points are good for sixth position. The Bears finished their season with a pair of tough non-conference losses last week. The dropped their match at No. 14 Virginia, 4-0, and lost to Western Kentucky, 5-1, to close out the home slate.

UNF
No Notes Provided

USC Upstate
USC Upstate ended its first season in NCAA Division I and the Atlantic Sun Conference Saturday night at Presbyterian, taking a hard 2-1 loss at the hands of the Blue Hose. The Spartans finish the season with a 3-14-0 record, finishing in a tie for eighth with Gardner-Webb in the A-Sun standings with nine points. Upstate claimed a 2-1 victory over G-W during the season. Upstate caught fire early in conference play, winning three straight league games to improve to 3-2-0 with nine points to stand in a tie for fourth. However, the Spartans lost their last four conference games to fall to 3-6-0 in the league. Still, Upstate had some highlights on the year with Troy Simon and Jason McCabe being named the A-Sun Player and Defensive Player of the Week following the Spartans’ wins over Lipscomb and Belmont.

Stetson
The Stetson men’s soccer team played one non-conference game last week and will play another this week to tune up for the A-Sun Conference Championship Tournament. On Saturday Stetson held a 2-1 advantage over Winthrop University heading into the final minute when the Eagles scored a heart-breaker to send the game into overtime. It was the fourth consecutive overtime game for the Hatters. Unlike last week when senior Tanner Wolfe ended both extended games with golden goals, Stetson and Winthrop played to a 2-2 tie. The Hatter goals were scored by freshman Eugene Starikov (6) and junior Kirk Labusch (5). This week Stetson completes its regular season by hosting Georgia Southern on Tuesday, and then goes on to host the A-Sun tournament November 14-17.

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