FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. –
Tino Miguez collected his first career hat trick, while
Michael Lawrence continued his sizzling start to the season with two more goals, as Nova Southeastern ran its unbeaten streak to four games with an 8-0 dismantling of Florida Memorial at home Friday night. The Sharks had little trouble against the Lions, receiving goals from five different players in the effort, and have now outscored their last four opponents by a combined 20-2 margin.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Score: Nova Southeastern 8, Florida Memorial 0
Records: Nova Southeastern (3-1-1), Florida Memorial (1-4)
Location: NSU Soccer Complex | Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Back at the NSU Soccer Complex for the first time since Sept. 8, Nova Southeastern felt right at home, needing just 7:13 to take the lead on a Lawrence strike into the low, right corner of the goal.
- Just 1:15 later, the Sharks capitalized once again, as Matty Cornish connected on his first career goal in an NSU uniform. Lucas Dessoliers played a beautiful ball forward to Cornish, who chipped his initial touch over the keeper before finishing with an emphatic score.
- Isidoro Garcia grew the advantage to 3-0 after flicking a header past the Florida Memorial keeper on a corner kick sent in by Jan Luca Ahillen. The goal was one of four the Sharks would rack up the opening 20 minutes, as a string of passes by Bryan Bakboord and Ahillen led to Lawrence's second goal of the night at the 19:58 mark.
- In the 37th minute, Miguez notched his first goal of the season, sending NSU into halftime in front 5-0.
- Carrying the offense into the second half, Miguez struck twice more in a span of 4:25, stretching the cushion to 7-0.
- Even that margin wasn't safe, as a well-played ball over the top from Christian Gorski in the 83rd minute set Milos Christoforou up for the eighth and final goal of the match.
- Making his NSU debut late in Friday's match, sophomore keeper David Gassner preserved the Sharks' third shutout of the season thanks to a diving save.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
- Miguez's hat trick is the first by an NSU player since Sebastian Loibl accomplished the feat in a 5-0 win over Flagler on Sept. 18, 2018.
- The Sharks have now earned shutouts in three of their past four matches.
- Following his two-score performance, Lawrence has now surpassed his goal total from the entire 2018 season in which he appeared in 16 games.
STATS OF THE NIGHT:
- Seven different players recorded at last one assist for the Sharks on Friday – Ahillen, Bakboord, Henrik Berg, Cornish, Dessoliers, Christian Gorski and Juanchi Nunez.
- Nova Southeastern outshot Florida Memorial by a whopping mark of 34-10, including 23-6 in the opening 45 minutes.
- Starting goalkeeper Titouan Le Roux finished with three saves in the win.
UP NEXT:
The Sharks will gear up for Sunshine State Conference play, which opens next Wednesday in a showdown at No. 10 Lynn. For online coverage of the action, visit the
schedule page on NSUSharks.com or follow the Sharks on Twitter @NSU_MSoccer.
