BOCA RATON, Fla. – Lynn men's soccer, which earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by winning the Sunshine State Conference Tournament, has been selected as the No. 2 seed in its region, the NCAA announced Monday night. The Fighting Knights will host NCAA postseason action at Bobby Campbell Stadium for the second straight year.

Lynn earned a bye into the second round and will face the winner of Friday's matchup between No. 7 Anderson (S.C.) and No. 10 Lincoln Memorial.

SCHEDULE:
Friday, Nov. 21 – No. 7 Anderson (S.C.) vs. No. 10 Lincoln Memorial, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 23 – No. 2 Lynn vs. Friday's winner, 3 p.m.

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TOURNAMENT PREVIEW:
Lynn was one of 19 teams to automatically qualify for the 2025 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Tournament as 21 additional programs earned at-large bids from the selection committee. The Fighting Knights enter the postseason looking to defend their 2024 national championship after finishing 13-2-2 through the regular season and SSC Tournament.

The Blue and White will open NCAA play at home on Sunday against Anderson or Lincoln Memorial. 

The remainder of the national tournament schedule is as follows:
- Third round: Sunday, Nov. 30
- Quarterfinals: Saturday, Dec. 6
- Semifinals: Friday, Dec. 12 at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
- National championship: Sunday, Dec. 14 at 3 p.m.

The semifinals and final will be held at Weidner Field in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Bracket

FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Lynn is 9-0-1 at home this season and has gone 27 straight matches (24-0-3) without a loss at Bobby Campbell Stadium
- Head coach John Rootes, who reached 500 career wins earlier this year, is a four-time Division II national champion (1989 at SNHU; 2012, 2014 and 2024 at Lynn)
- The Fighting Knights rank 10th nationally in goal differential at +26 (42 goals scored, 16 allowed) and in scoring offense at 2.47 goals per match
- Lynn is eighth in Division II in points per game at 7.35
- Dominik N'gatie, the SSC Offensive Player of the Year, has scored 13 goals in 15 matches, and his 0.87 goals per game ranks fourth in the country
- Goalkeeper Luca Clavero owns a .814 save percentage, 21st best in the nation
- In his Lynn career, Clavero is second in program history in wins and is 49-5-12 with a 0.69 GAA, .783 save percentage and 30 shutouts
- Robin Muenst (0.50) and Luan Barroso Rennstich (0.47) both rank inside the top 25 nationally in assists per match
- Lynn recorded hat tricks in back-to-back games as Muenst scored three goals in the regular-season finale against Eckerd on Nov. 1 and Junior Smith netted three in the SSC quarterfinal against Saint Leo
- Smith totaled four goals and an assist during the SSC Tournament and was named the championship's Most Outstanding Player
- Barroso Rennstich has 36 career points (9 goals, 18 assists) in 37 appearances
- Defender Paul Brauckmann scored the game-winner in the season opener against Tusculum and added a goal and an assist in the SSC title match against Rollins
- Freshman defender Thiago De Carvalho, the SSC Freshman of the Year, scored twice in Lynn's 6-1 win in the SSC Championship
- Defender Marc Ehmann delivered game-winners in back-to-back matches against Florida Tech (Oct. 29) and Eckerd (Nov. 1)
- Midfielder Fynn Friedrichs owns four career assists and scored the program's first goal of the season against Tusculum
- Defender Anton Mand has played 1,548 of a possible 1,550 minutes this year, including 108 of 110 in the double-overtime semifinal against Florida Tech
- Fabian Vyhnalek has totaled seven goals and 23 assists in his Lynn career
- Defender Jan Rohrling has logged more than 2,036 career minutes with a goal and four assists
- Rui Ferreira scored the game-winner against Embry-Riddle on Oct. 1 and added two assists in a 5-1 win over Barry
- Joao Pinto has played every minute of Lynn's last 10 matches (920 consecutive minutes)
- Lucas Vila contributed a goal and an assist in the 5-1 victory against Barry
Game 1 Notes
Anderson (S.C.)
- The Trojans are 11-1-5, including 7-0-2 on the road
- Goalkeeper Franco Antoniolli was named SAC Defensive Player of the Year
- Antoniolli is 11-1-5 with a 0.70 GAA, five shutouts and a .838 save percentage, which ranks seventh nationally
- Julian Caro, Tiago Perez and Marc Vila joined Antoniolli on the SAC All-Conference First Team
- Anderson led the league with nine All-Conference selections
- Juan Pablo Lepervanche has scored a team-high five game-winning goals
- Head coach Michael Zion was voted the 2025 SAC Coach of the Year

Lincoln Memorial
- After starting 3-7-1, the Railsplitters closed the season on a 6-0-1 run to win the SAC Tournament championship
- LMU last made the NCAA Tournament in 2023 in head coach Tom Gillette's first season at Lincoln Memorial
- The Railsplitters earned five All-Conference selections, including Gian-Carlo Kama and Ronan O'Mahony Blondel on the first team
- Kama leads the team with eight goals and 17 points
- O'Mahony Blondel owns a team-best six assists
- Antonio Talavera has appeared in 16 matches off the bench and is tied for second on the roster with three goals
- Goalkeeper Daniel Benedek Miklosi has a 1.11 GAA and a .767 save percentage across 18 starts

UP NEXT:
- Lynn will play the winner of Friday's match between Anderson and Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 3:00 p.m.