Mocs Show Out In An 8-0 Win On Senior Night Against Eckerd

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Florida Southern men's soccer team sent their seniors off in fashion on senior night by posting an 8-0 shutout win over Eckerd College.

The first half of the match was all Florida Southern (4-6-3, 3-4-1) as they put five goals past Eckerd College (2-10-1, 1-6-1). The Mocs took shots on goal early and often in the very high paced first half. In the 11th minute James Meehan scored his first goal of the game on a beautiful pass for an assist from Jake Starling. Meehan would add his second of the game in the 27th minute on an unassisted goal opportunity. The rest of the first half was all about Julian Jordan-Canosa as he had a first half hat-trick. His first goal of the night, and the third for the Mocs, came in the 34th minute on the 5th assist of the season for Leoluca Diefenbach. Just four minutes later, in the 38th minute, Canosa stepped up on a penalty kick that he won on a through ball. With a large amount of composure, he stepped up and chipped it through the middle for his second goal of the night. He added his third of the night just over a minute later in the 39th minute on a pass from Christoph Gums.

The second half continued to be all Mocs as they scored three more in the second half. Edu Capote added a goal for himself on senior night in the 51st minute on a Meehan assist making the score 6-0 in favor of the Mocs. Three minutes later in the 54th minute, Meehan would complete his own hat-trick thanks to a pass from Santiago Erazo. The Mocs and Tritons would go back and forth causing the defensive line for the Mocs to fall back and hold possession. To cap off his senior night, Meehan would add a fourth goal, his ninth of the season, on a pass from Ethan Huggins, giving Huggins his first collegiate assist. 

How It Happened: 

• Mocs dominated in both possession (59%) and shots (15-8) over the Tritons

• Meehan scored his first goal in the 11th minute on an assist from Starling

• Meehan's second came unassisted in the 27th minute

• Jordan-Canosa would score his first of three in the 34th minute on Diefenbach's team leading fifth assist

• Canosa's second came on a penalty kick in the 38th minute

• Canosa scored his third just a minute later on an assist from Gums, his third on the season.

• In the 51st minute Capote would score his third goal of the season and give Meehan his second assist of the season

• Just three minutes later, in the 54th minute, Meehan would complete his hat trick on a through ball from Erazo

• Meehan would add a fourth goal on the first collegiate assist for Huggins

• Mars Gohier would save all four shots on goal by the Tritons.

Inside the Numbers:

• Meehan is currently tied for first in the conference in goals (9), shots (35), holds first place in shots on goal (20) and tied for second in both points (20) and game winning goals (3)

• Diefenbach is now tied for second in the conference with five assists

• Gums is one assist shy of 5th all time in Mocs history

• Gohier is first in the conference in saves (60) and saves per game (4.62) and third in the conference in save percentage

• Huggins assist in the 82nd minute was the first in his collegiate career

Up Next: 

The Mocs will hit the road to Mobile, Alabama to take on Spring Hill on Saturday October 23rd, in their final non-conference game of the season. Kick-off is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.