With 17 athletic teams on campus, the Nova Southeastern Sharks are always competing at the highest level. If you did not get a chance to follow your favorite teams this weekend, here is what you missed:

MEN’S SOCCER
The men’s soccer team played two matches in the Stanno Tournament and went 2-0 against Carson-Newman and Tusculum. On Friday, the Sharks played a neutral site game against the Carson-Newman Eagles and won in overtime, 1-0. The game was sealed in the 99th on a free kick from 25 yards out by James Pucci (Fr., Carrara, Italy), who scored his first collegiate goal.

The Sharks completed the weekend with a 1-0 win over the host team, the Tusculum Pioneers. The Pioneers could not handle the Sharks’ strong defense as they were held to one shot on goal. Tyree Clarke (Fr., Birmingham, England) scored the game’s only goal in the 52nd minute. His first collegiate goal was assisted by Halil Tozar (Fr., Berlin, Germany) on a highlight play from the right side of the box. The NSU defense was perfect as they shutout both opponents. Pucci, Alvin Quaye (Sr., West Ham, England) and Andrea Spuntarelli (Fr., Rome, Italy) all received All-Tournament Team honors.

WOMEN’S SOCCER
The Nova Southeastern women’s soccer team displayed excellent teamwork by scoring eight goals on six assists while defeating Tusculum, 4-3 (2OT), and Wingate, 4-1. Sierra Lelii (Fr., Seminole, Fla.) scored the game-winning goal for the Sharks against Tusculum and Malin Broberg (So., Stockholm, Sweden) scored the decisive goal for the Sharks against Wingate.

The games were filled with collegiate career-firsts for several Sharks, as Broberg scored her first multiple goal game, Carolina Garcia (Fr., Miami, Fla.) made her first save in goal, and Shadia Blair (Fr., Springfield, Mass.), Andi Burchfield (Fr., Greenville, S.C.) and Lelii scored their first career goals.

CROSS COUNTRY
The Nova Southeastern men’s and women’s cross country teams competed this weekend at the USF Invitational where the men captured their second consecutive top-5 finish.

Leading the way for the men was Kevin Meagher (Jr., Mansfield, Mass.) who captured a fifth-place individual finish with a time of 26:03.37. On the women’s side Alexandria Palm (So., Winnebago, Ill.) lead the way and finished the highest of all the women, capturing 21st-place with a time of 18:57.37.

VOLLEYBALL
The Nova Southeastern women’s volleyball team picked up two victories over the weekend at the North Alabama Classic. The Sharks knocked off Harding, 3-2, on Thursday, and took down Queens, 3-1, on Saturday.

In the opening match of the tournament, the Sharks played a thriller against Harding, who entered the match undefeated. With NSU up 2-1, the Lady Bison forced a fifth set after winning a tough fourth, 27-25. In the decisive set, the Sharks battled out of a 0-5 hole to win the set, 15-9, and the match 3-2. Anabely Escarpita (Sr., Boca Raton, Fla.) led the Sharks with 20 kills in the victory.

Day two of the tournament saw the Sharks drop matches to Christian Brothers, 3-1, and host North Alabama, 3-0. NSU bounced back on Saturday with a strong win over Queens. After dropping the first set, the Sharks swept through the next three to take a 3-1 victory and improve to .500 for the tournament. Saint Leo heads to Fort Lauderdale Tuesday to open SSC play.

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