ST. AUGUSTINE – Flagler College and the University of South Carolina Aiken will meet once again on Saturday (Nov. 9) in a Peach Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament first round match at Saints Field at 7:30 p.m.

All tickets will be done through Hometown Ticketing and must be purchased on-line by clicking here. Tickets are $10 for anyone six years of age or older. Complimentary admission will be made for those who have Peach Belt Sports Passes, students with a valid ID from a PBC school, and children five years old and under.

Live video of the tournament will be on a pay-per-view basis. The cost of the broadcast is $10, but for anyone with a Flagler College email account (yourname@flagler.edu), there will be a 50 percent discount.

The two teams met on Oct. 30 at Saints Field with Flagler winning 2-0. Reiss Skeen scored both goals, one off of free kick 84^th minute and he then added another in the 89^th minute. Ryan Rivas recorded two saves for the Saints. They also met on Oct. 9 at Aiken with the Saints prevailing, 1-0. Max Gottwald converted a penalty kick in the 50^th minute.

Flagler leads the all-time series 19-2-1 and sports a 11-1-0 record in matches played at Saints Field.

The Saints are 14-12-2 all-time in the conference tournament since becoming members of the Peach Belt in 2009. Flagler won the title in 2011 and 2020 and were the runners-up in 2009 and 2010. This will be the third time that Flagler and USC Aiken have met in the first round (or quarterfinal round) of the conference tournament (2011 and 2023). The Saints won both contests.

Flagler (9-4-3 overall, 6-3-1 PBC) is the No. 3 seed in the tournament. Finn Weigelt is tied for the team-lead with 13 points as he has scored a team-best six goals with one assist. Skeen also has 13 points with four goals and is tied for the lead in assists with five. Ryan Rivas has recorded seven shutouts this year, two of those coming against USC Aiken. He sports a 1.07 goals-against average.

USC Aiken (4-6-5, 1-6-3) is the No. 6 seed in the tournament. The Pacers are led by Jose Rabadan who has scored six goals. Felipe Matos has six shutouts this season and a 1.14 goals-against average.

The winner of the match will advance to the conference semifinals on Friday (Nov. 15) at Laker Field in Morrow, Georgia to face the No. 2 seed University of North Georgia at a time to be determined.

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