Men’s Soccer
The Sharks dominated Flagler 5-0 on Tuesday. The first goal of the night was by Darwin Lom in the 25 minute of the game. This marks the fifth goal for Lom of the season. In the 30 minute Sebastian Loibl landed the second goal of the night assisted by a corner kick by Jan Luca Ahillen and Lom. Later, Titouan Le Roux saved a potential goal from Lynn to keep the Sharks momentum on the offensive. Assisted by Lucas Dessoliers in the 61 minute, Loibl earned his second goal of the night. Loibl showed no signs of slowing down with a hat trick assisted by Aleks Berg, moments later. The final goal of the night was by Curtis Thorn with an impressive first goal as a Shark to give the Sharks a 5-0 lead and the final goal of the match. This marks the sixth straight win for the Sharks and an 18-8-1 all-time series over Flagler.
Women’s Soccer
On Wednesday, the Sharks hold off Embry-Riddle into double overtime for a 1-0 victory. Freshman keeper Natalie Robayna saved five potential goals for the Sharks with no points on the scoreboard entering overtime. In the first overtime Adanna Edwards scored a goal which was nullified due to an offside call by the referee. In the 104 minute of the game, Heikkila shot off in the ball bounce and made a shot which ricocheted off the post before landing into the back of the Eagles net for the first and only goal of the night. In this game Robayna earned a total of nine saves for her second career start. Heikkila is now considered one of the five Sharks with at least three goals for the season.
On Sept. 21, NSU defeated the Florida National University 3-2. In the 20 minute, Hannah Christophe hammered her second goal of the season and the first goal of the night, assisted by Kirsten Russel. Moments later, Dejah Holman led the Sharks to another goal assisted again by Kirsten Russel. The Sharks extended their lead in the 68 minute with a foal in an empty-net by Holan for her second goal of the night. Florida National pushed forward with two goas. The Sharks were on the defensive and won their final non-conference match of the season.
Women’s Volleyball
On Sept. 18, the Sharks fell to Lynn 3-1 in the four set match. The first set was close before Lynn took a six point run for a 10-5 advantage. A kill by Samantha Blasko brought the Sharks 14-10 and later, Maddie Uilk added another kill to put the Sharks 17-15. Lynn outscored the Sharks for the remainder of the set leaving it 20-25. Lynn held the reigns in the second set with a 4-0 lead to start. The Sharks answered back with kills by Denvyr Tyler-Palmer but it still left the score 13-9. Leslie Atherton sparked a 3-0 run to bring the score to a 13-11 lead. The Sharks again narrowed the lead by four but Lynn eventually took the set 25-17. The Sharks fell behind in the third with a 13-6 lead, but NSU exploded with a 7-1 run to catch up 14-13. NSU took advantage with five unanswered points later on to earn a 22-18 lead. An error by Lynn gave NSU the win to advance to the fourth set. Unfortunately, in the fourth set NSU fell behind early with a 12-6 lead by Lynn. Kim Blasko and Tyler-Palmer pushed the Sharks forward with four points but Lynn took over with a 10-2 run for a 22-10 lead over the Sharks. Tyler-Palmer added 14 kills and 19 digs to this match while Atherton added six kills and four blocks.
On Saturday, the Sharks fell to No. 4 Tampa 3-0. Denvyr Tyler-Palmer started off the match with back-to-back kills with three consecutive points for the lead. There were three ties in the set before a 9-8 lead by Tampa. Later on, Gabby Bauch used a kill to push a three point consecutive lead to 19-16. The first set ended with Tampa outscoring the Sharks 6-3 for a final score 25-19. In the second set, the Sharks rallied with a kill by Kim Blasko and blocks by Amanda Pultorak and Maddie Uilk to tie the game 7-7. NSU stayed within two points throughout the set but Tampa took over 20-19 and closed out with a 5-0 run.In the third set, NSU took the lead with a kill by Uilk and five service aces by Megan Burns for a 6-0 lead. At 9-6, Tampa pushed with a 14-2 run for a 20-11 lead. Later, the Sharks put up three consecutive points to make it 20-14 but Tampa eventually took the lead with a 25-17 win.
