Upstate Travels to Florida for Game at A-Sun Rival Stetson
10/16/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
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Spartanburg, S.C. – With the season winding down and the battle to secure a position in the six-team A-Sun Tournament intensifying with every game, the USC Upstate men's soccer team will make the first of its two late-season trips to Florida as it takes on Stetson in DeLand Saturday night.
Upstate (2-7-1, 0-2-0 0 Pts.) enters the game at Stetson looking for its first A-Sun victory early in the conference season. The Spartans have played just two league games with four more on the slate starting with Saturday's game against the Hatters. Stetson is tied for second in the A-Sun with a 2-1-0 record and six points and owns a 5-5-2 overall record. Ernie Yarborough is in his first year as head coach of the Stetson program following the sudden passing of longtime coach T. Logan Fleck this summer.
Stetson leads the all-time series by a 4-1-2 margin with all games being played after Upstate made the transition to NCAA Division I and began play in the A-Sun in 2007. However, Upstate is 1-0-1 in the last two meetings, a 3-0 win at Stetson in 2012 and a 0-0 tie in Spartanburg last year.
Fans can follow the action online at upstatespartans.com with links to live stats and video for a fee on HatterVision, as well as complete postgame coverage. Live updates can be found on Twitter (@UpstateMSoccer).
Upstate Quick Notes
- Upstate ranks fourth in the A-Sun with 15 goals scored this season despite playing the second-fewest games.
- The Spartans rank second in the A-Sun with a .482 shots on goal percentage.
- Marvin Schmiege is one of eight players in the A-Sun to have reached double digit scoring totals on the season and is tied for sixth in the league with 10 points on four goals and two assists.
- Hassan Haddad tops the A-Sun with six saves per game and ranks second with a .732 save percentage.
- Marvin Schmiege is tied for fifth in the A-Sun with four goals, while Leon Schwarzer and Joe Brinckwirth are tied for sixth with three assists.
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