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Seventh-seeded Tampa men's soccer upsets No. 2 Embry-Riddle to reach SSC semifinals

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Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026In the Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026 edition

DAYTONA BEACH - The University of Tampa men's soccer team, seeded seventh, beat second-seeded Embry-Riddle 2-1 on Monday night in the Sunshine State Conference Tournament quarterfinals, according to UT Athletics' official box score and game recap. The win sends the Spartans to the conference semifinals.

Julian Tovar scored his first goal of the season at 41:58, off an assist from Robin Vandoorne, less than five minutes after both entered the game. Tommaso Polidori made it 2-0 at 55:26 with his fifth goal of the season, assisted by Felix Poschmann.

Gianmarco Bertolini scored for Embry-Riddle at 77:18, assisted by Rimon Beyene. Tampa goalkeeper Alex Hare made four saves, all in the second half. Tampa outshot the Eagles 14-11, with seven shots on goal to Embry-Riddle's five.

Tampa is 6-6-4 and Embry-Riddle is 9-3-5. The Spartans play a road semifinal against the winner of Tuesday's Florida Southern-Palm Beach Atlantic quarterfinal, the recap says. UT's schedule lists that game for Thursday, Nov. 5, with the time to be announced.

Source: University of Tampa Athletics box score, Tampa at Embry-Riddle (Nov. 2, 2026) and game recap, opened Nov. 2, 2026.

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