Box Score SPARTANBURG, S.C. – After combining for
just one shot in the first half, both offenses showed up in the
second half. However, it was North Florida edging the USC
Upstate men's soccer team by a score of 2-1 on Friday night
at County University Soccer Stadium.
Beginning at the 8:22 mark, the Ospreys (2-7-0, 1-3-0 A-Sun)
took four corner kicks in a span of 59 seconds, but the Spartans
(1-8-3, 0-5-0) kept the ball out of the back of the net.
In the 17th-minute, North Florida's Patrik
Lippe beat Upstate goalkeeper Jason McCabe (Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork),
but freshman defender Derek Dearmond (Austin, Texas/Austin) was
there to steal the ball away from Lippe and keep the match
scoreless.
Upstate nearly took a 1-0 lead in the 19th-minute,
but Hakeem King (Port of Spain, Trinidad/St. Mary's College)
lost control of the ball and it was scooped up by the Osprey
goalkeeper, Andrew Calise.
In the 57th-minute, North Florida got on the board
when Enrique Haeussler scored from the left side of the box to give
the Ospreys the 1-0 advantage. Haeussler was assisted on the
goal by Ricky Lawrence.
In the 76th-minute, the Spartans tied the match at
1-1, when Maurice Beggs (Arima/Trinidad/Middle Georgia College)
scored on Timo Foerster's (Oberkirk, Germany/Hans Furler
Gymnasium) corner kick from the left side. It was the third
goal of the season for Beggs and the fifth assist of the season for
Foerster.
The match remained a tie for just five minutes, as the Ospreys
scored in the 80th-minute on a loose ball in the
box. Adam O'Neill's second goal of the season,
that put North Florida in front 2-1, proved to be the game-winner
in Friday's match.
North Florida was called for 14 fouls and one offsides penalty,
while Upstate committed 11 fouls and was whistled offsides three
times. The Ospreys also lead the way in corner kicks by a
10-3 margin.
Each team took a total of five shots in the match. Osprey
goalkeeper Andrew Calise made two saves, while Spartan keeper Jason
McCabe made one.
Upstate will return to action on Sunday afternoon when they host
Jacksonville at 2:00 p.m. at
