SARASOTA, Fla. - In its first-ever Sun Conference Tournament match, No. 4 seeded NCF Men's Soccer emerged victorious as it defeated No. 5 seeded Florida Memorial 2-0 at the NCF Bayfront Wednesday in the Quarterfinals.
NCF took a 1-0 lead into halftime as second-team All-Sun Conference selection
Fabien Donal scored his ninth goal of the season off an assist from fellow Second-Team All-Conference selection
Ducamel Jeannestin at the 27:56 mark to break a scoreless tie.
The Mighty Banyans added insurance at the 64:31 as
Hannes Ulbrich took advantage of a penalty kick, scoring his first goal of his senior season and giving NCF all it would need to put away the Lions.
NCF outshot FMU 23-7 in the contest, with the Mighty Banyans sending off eight shots on goal and the Lions shooting off just one that was saved by second-team All-Sun Conference goaltender
Mathis Leveque, who recorded his seventh clean sheet of the season.
With the 2-0 victory, NCF picked up its third shutout of the Lions this season as it blanked FMU 4-0 in Miami Gardens on Sept. 6 and 6-0 at the NCF Bayfront on Oct. 22.
NCF will now shift its focus to the Sun Conference Tournament Semifinals Saturday at 11 a.m. EST in West Palm Beach against No. 1 seeded and No. 3 nationally ranked Keiser.
