Men's soccer sophomores wrap up successful careers at EFSC

The sophomore class walked off the field at Stryker Sports Complex for the final time as Titans on Thursday night, but they have left their mark on the program.

In the past two seasons at Eastern Florida State College the group has won 31 games, including two Southeast District titles and two trips to the NJCAA Division I National Tournament. The group helped Eastern Florida State College reach the semifinals for the first time since 2019.

The 16 wins this season ties a program record for most wins in a season and individually they are among some of the best to put on the Titans jersey.

Luc Achermann-Stanfield finished his sophomore season with a school-record 20 assists and also had eight goals. The London, England sophomore finished the season with 36 points and his 49 points in two seasons ranks him among the top five in program history. His 31 assists is also a program record.

Teammate Mukisa Emmanuel finished the season with 26 points and also finishes his two seasons with 49 points, tied for fourth with Achermann-Stanfield and Jack Nelson.

Ryuta Morioka started 33 of his 38 games with the Titans over two seasons and Marcellus McCoy started 26 of 31 games, both staples on the defensive line for the Titans. Mateo Garcia-Galan started 17 games in the goal for the Titans with five shutouts. In his career, he started 20 games with six shutouts. Yuta Hirano started four games in goal for the Titans recording two shutouts in his lone season with the Titans.

Daiki Okada will leave with a record of his own, tying the record for most goals in a game. Last season Okada had six goals against the University of Fort Lauderdale which ties him with Cleef Desir. Okada finishes his two seasons with 11 goals and 10 assists coming off the bench.

After starting just four games in his freshman season, Zak Ford started 19 games as a defender for this season and the Bristol, England native scored a goal and had five assists.

Rhys Shirley scored six goals and had five assists this season and finishes his two seasons playing in 20 games. Isaak Torossian started 10 games this season and had four goals and finishes his two seasons playing 30 games and had seven goals and seven assists. Adrian Adrian finished with eight goals and six assists in 20 games this season. Adrian played in 32 games in his career and had 10 goals and nine assists including two game winners.

Takuma Kiuchi played in 20 games over two seasons and had four goals and six assists including two game winners. Randie Hernandez played in 10 games this season with a couple of assists. The Clermont, Florida native had a good season after missing most of the past two seasons with injuries with a couple of assists and made two starts.

After starting all 13 games in his freshman season at defender, Niall Lovelock played in just nine games this season due to injuries.

It is the second straight season the Titans have won at least 15 games which is the first time since 2019 the program has won that many games.