BOCA RATON, Fla. (November 5, 2026) – Men's soccer saw their season come to a close in a 4-3 loss to Lynn on Thursday night. The Tars wrap up their year at 7-7-3 while the Fighting Knights improve to 7-3-6 and advance to the SSC Championship at Florida Southern on Sunday.

Lynn was on the attack early, setting the tone for the entire game. They had a shot on goal within the first two minutes of kickoff, but Kilian Vallant was up to the task with a save. Rollins managed a number of shots of their own, but none were within the posts.

The scoreboard saw it's first action in the 16^th minute. After a stop by the Tar defense, they began to work the ball back down the field. A pass from Jaden Splunge found Yousef Shakweer in space. He then spotted Finlay Prain sprinting down the right side of the field, and delivered a pinpoint pass to him in stride. Prain took a pair of touches before ripping a rocket with his right foot across the box into the top left of the net for his 17^th goal of the year.

For the remainder of the half, Lynn was constant in the Rollins zone, but the Tars' defense held strong. Vallant had a flawless first half, stopping a total of five shots, helping Rollins hold their 1-0 lead at the half.

Coming out of halftime, the Fighting Knights once again pushed the tempo, and it paid off. Rollins thought they had a stop on defense, and passed the ball back to Vallant. He fielded it with his foot, but his touch was too strong, and it rolled towards a Lynn player. He was forced to slide tackle to stop a goal, and was called for a penalty. Robin Muenst took the free kick and beat Vallan, tying the game in the 49^th minute.

For the next twenty minutes, the Tars could not get the ball past midfield. Lynn took shot after shot, and even when they missed, forced Rollins into turnovers. In the 71^st minute, a lazy pass just outside the 18-yard box was intercepted by Fabian Wagner, who immediately fired it past Vallant to put the Knights up 2-1.

The Tars struggled for a while to get a quality look at the goal as the Lynn defense played tough. Then, after a failed attack, the Fighting Knights added an insurance goal off the foot of Lukas Egarter to make it 3-1.

Rollins was able to get one goal back in the 86^th minute. After finding a rare hole in the Lynn defense, Pablo Herrero masterfully worked his way around a trio of defenders before snaking a wormburner into the corner of the net to make it a one score game again.

Things got real chippy in the next two minutes as three yellow cards were handed out, two to Lynn and one to Rollins. Then a stroke of magic happened. With 90 seconds to play, Kiki Lubulu launched a throw in from the sideline to the box. Noah Tatlonghari was able to head it out of the pack, where Herrero somehow found space to rip a shot into the net for his second of the match, tying the game.

Neither team was able to score in the first overtime period, though Lynn had two huge chances. Five minutes in, Fabian Vyhnalek found himself all alone against Vallant, but his kick sailed about ten feet wide of the goal. Then, with less than a minute to go, a shot from Wagner hit the crossbar and bounced out of play.

In the second extra period, Prain was able to get a shot on goal about 90 seconds in, but it was stopped by Julian Marcos. About a minute later, after stopping another Rollins advance, Robin Muenst delivered a beauty of a pass about 50 yards down field. It was collected by Wagner, who then passed along to a sprinting Luan Rennstich, who was able to chip the ball over the charging Vallant for the game winner.

The final numbers for the game included a 30-15 shot advantage for Lynn, 12-5 shots on goal in the Knights' favor, and a 13-2 discrepancy in corner kicks for the home team. Vallant set a new career high with eight saves in this one.

The silver lining of the season was the superb play of Finlay Prain. With his 17^th goal of the season, he now has the second-highest total in program history, surpassing four other players who had 16, and trailing only Wilson Flohr, who scored 21 times in 1967. Prain was named the SSC Forward of the Year on Wednesday, and will garner serious consideration for All-American status when awards season starts in December.