FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – In an SSC battle between two ranked teams, No. 1 Lynn came back to defeat No. 13 Nova Southeastern, 4-2, on Wednesday evening. The Fighting Knights trailed 2-1 at the half but three-straight goals gave the Blue and White their sixth-straight win of the 2025 campaign, including a second conference victory.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Sharks took the first shot of the match in the 12th minute
- In the 21st minute Fabian Vynahlek carried the ball through midfield and slipped a through ball past the Sharks' defense to set up
Dominik N'gatie for a 1-on-1 finish into the bottom left corner for a 1-0 lead
- The Sharks responded quickly with a goal of their own seven minutes later
- Goalkeeper
Luca Clavero made his first save of the match in the 31st minute
- Nova Southeastern then took the lead in the 35th minute to take a 2-1 advantage into the break
- Clavero kept it a one-goal game with a save less than three minutes into the second half
- N'gatie equalized the game in the 53rd minute in the second half after he fired a shot from just outside the penalty area, 2-2
- Lynn regained the lead in the 66th minute as
Robin Muenst buried a low driven shot from 17 yards into the bottom left corner off a feed from N'gatie, 3-2
- In the 67th minute
Luan Barroso Rennstich doubled Lynn's lead by breaking in behind the defense on a through ball from Muenst to make it 4-2
FIGHTING KNIGHTS STATS:
- Lynn outshot NSU 11-5, with Muenst leading all players in shots with three
- N'gatie has six goals over his last four matches
- Clavero's 41 career wins are the third-most in program history
- Rennstich has scored in consecutive games
- Muenst has one goal and a team-leading five assists this season
- The Fighting Knights have outshot their opponents 83-41 this season
- After scoring seven goals over its first four games, Lynn has found the back of the net seven times in its last two contests to start SSC play
- The Fighting Knights unbeaten streak is now at 28 games
- Lynn now has 30 wins in its history against NSU (30-5-8 all time), including a 12-3-3 record on the road
UP NEXT:
- The Blue and White are home to face Embry-Riddle on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 6:00 pm
