Box Score LAKELAND – Jacob Ling-Vannerus and Daniel Moore scored goals Saturday night, and four different Moccasins picked up assists, but a goal by Barry in the 70th minute broke a tie score and sent the Buccaneers on to a 3-2 win over Florida Southern at Barnett Field.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Florida Southern (6-7-1, 2-6-1 Sunshine State Conference) got on the scoreboard first in the 13th minute as defender Luke Bromley sent a long downfield pass to Jonathan Radvogin, who flicked it on to Ling-Vannerus inside the box. The freshman forward then buried it in the net for his fourth goal of the season.
- Barry (10-5, 4-5) tied the game in 24th minute when a cross from Manuel Perez out of the right corner set up Frank Lustig for a goal at the near post. The score remained 1-1 through the remainder of the first half.
- Just 30 seconds into the second half, Ivan Arenas found Maurice Padula down the center of the field, with Padula connecting on a shot from near the top of the 18-yard box, giving Barry a 2-1 lead.
- Florida Southern came back to tie the game in the 66th minute when center back Daniel Moore scored his first goal of the season. It came after a corner kick from Callum Carsley was headed back from the end line by Edward Spansk, giving Moore the chance to shoot through the Barry defense from the right wing.
- Barry re-claimed the lead less than four minutes later when Hanno Antoni lofted a shot from the top of the box after receiving a pass from Thomas Coombes.
- After falling behind 3-2, Florida Southern had the next three shots of the game, including one by Radvogin in the 77th minute that was deflected and saved by Barry goalkeeper Michael Scheraldi. Rene Rivera and Alek Cosio-Altamirano also had shots in the 80th and 84th minutes before the Mocs' final shot was taken by Ling-Vannerus in the 89th.
- The Moccasins out-shot the Buccaneers 16-11 and had a 4-3 edge in corner kicks.
- Scheraldi made four saves for the Bucs, and Cole Clingerman had two for the Mocs.
- The win gave Barry the final open spot in the Sunshine State Conference Tournament with Saint Leo having lost a few minutes earlier.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- The Moccasins held Barry to a single digit shot total until the game's final two minutes. The fewest shots the Bucs had taken coming into Saturday night's game was nine on two occasions. The Mocs also limited the Bucs to five shots on goal, with one of those coming in the final 10 seconds. Barry's season low is four.
- Barry has spent most of the season ranked in the NSCAA top-25, rising to as high as #8 three weeks ago. The Moccasins played four games this year against teams that have been in the top-10 at one point or another, and three of those were lost by only one goal.
- Florida Southern doubled its scoring from last year, going from 14 goals to 28 in the same number of games. The Mocs' goals against average also dropped for the fourth year in a row.
- Though he missed the last four games of the season, sophomore midfielder Joseph Ammer still finished as the team leader with 15 points, but Ammer, Radvogin and freshman Florian Thumm all shared the team lead with five goals.
- With Ling-Vannerus and Hassirou Diakite scoring four goals this season, it meant the Moccasins had five different players reach that total for the first time since 2002 when Pete Schiebel (10), Asa Pepia (8), Eric Mathers (5), Robbie Sanger (5) and Adam Lemnouni (4) did it.
- Radvogin finished his career as a 4-year starter with 19 goals and nine assists. His 47 points tie him for 19th place on the team's career scoring list, which dates back to 1957.
- Radvogin was one of six seniors playing in their final game, and all five of those able to play Saturday were in the starting lineup: Radvogin, Cosio-Altamirano, Diakite, Clingerman, and Mike Cortright. Nico Guevara was unable to play this year due to injury and was among those honored prior to the game.
- Clingerman finished his career first on the team's career list for starts by a goalkeeper (55), and minutes by a goalkeeper (5,043), was second in shutouts (11), and fourth in saves (233). His career 1.75 goals against average ranks third.
