West Florida fell 2-0 to Stetson on Saturday, September 12, in DeLand, Florida. Tomas Valles Gilbert recorded six saves over 90 minutes in goal, but Stetson scored once in each half to secure the win.
Stetson took a 1-0 lead at 24:09 when Afonso Conde scored with assists from Matthew Perez and Junior Essengue. Valles Gilbert stopped Israel Daniels’ shot at 8:29 and made another save on Conde at 32:39. Rafael Esteves put West Florida’s first shot on goal at 10:44, but Murillo Mello made the save for Stetson.
Stetson adds second goal
Matthew Perez doubled Stetson’s lead at 61:04 with an assist from Zsombor Pall. West Florida created chances through Jonas Grauer and Dane Christiansen, while Valles Gilbert made additional saves on attempts by Conde and Benjamin Donato.
West Florida finished with six shots, including two on goal, while Stetson recorded 15 shots and eight on goal. Esteves led West Florida with two shots and put one attempt on goal, while Nikolas Rodriguez Alzate also recorded a shot.
West Florida is 1-2-0 overall and 1-1-0 in conference play. Stetson is 1-4-1 overall and 1-1-0 in conference play.
Next match
West Florida will travel to Jacksonville, Florida, to face North Florida on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 7 p.m.
Source: Original report