Date Posted: 10/18/2007

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The University of North Florida men's soccer team has become somewhat of a giant killer in the Atlantic Sun Conference over the last two weeks. After knocking off preseason favorite Campbell two weeks ago to hand the Camels their first home loss in two years, the Ospreys again toyed with the league's best on Wednesday night, knocking off first-place Jacksonville 2-1 in double overtime.

Akil DeFreitas scored the game-winning goal seven minutes into the extra period at the Ashley Sports Complex to give the Ospreys (5-7-0, 4-3-0 A-Sun) the opening point in the 2007-08 SunTrust River City Rumble competition and claim the Viollet Cup for the first time since 2003. The trophy is awarded annually to the winner of the men's soccer game between JU and UNF.

"I am obviously very proud of the boys," UNF head coach Ray Bunch said. "After losing in overtime twice this year, we were beginning to think we were snake bitten a little, so this was a nice win. The boys showed a lot of confidence in the game plan and showed the ability to keep going."

After a scoreless first half when both teams missed key opportunities to get on the board, UNF's Adam O'Neill opened the scoring in the 58th minute by punching in a free kick from Mikhail Awai to give the Ospreys a 1-0 advantage. JU (7-5-1, 5-2-0 A-Sun) answered four minutes later on a header from Nedim Hrustic to even the match.

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