Upstate Suffers 4-0 Setback at Winthrop

Wednesday, September 13

Rock Hill, S.C.

7 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

2-4-0

Winthrop

2-2-1

Team	1	2	Final F
USC Upstate	0	0	0
Winthrop	1	3	4

9/13/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Rock Hill, S.C. – The USC Upstate men's soccer team opened a three-match road trip on Wednesday evening with a 4-0 defeat to the Winthrop Eagles in a non-conference contest at Eagle Field.

Upstate falls to 2-4 on the season while Winthrop improves to 2-2-1 overall.

STATS OF THE MATCH

The Spartans held a 16-11 advantage over the Eagles in shots including an 8-6 mark in attempts on net.
Upstate also led 9-1 in corner kicks.
Cam Philpot attempted a team-high four shots for the Spartans while Jaedon Williamson added three. Philpot and Jón Veigar Kristjánsson each took two shots on goal.
Rasmus Arousell scored two goals to lead Winthrop offensively, and also received goals from Leif Estevez and Max Hasenstab.
Arousell tallied a team-leading four shots including three on goal.
Upstate goalie CJ Cluck grabbed two saves.
For the Eagles, goalie Kenneth Perkinson totaled eight saves.

WINTHROP GOALS

Arousell netted his first goal of the match in the 44^th minute to give the Winthrop a 1-0 lead. The ball was crossed just outside the six-yard box and deflected off a player. Arousell headed the deflection past Cluck far side. (USC Upstate 0, Winthrop 1)
Hasenstab made it 2-0 for the Eagles in the 57^th minute when Nil Vinyals beat a defender and placed his pass in front of Hasenstab for the touch shot. (USC Upstate 0, Winthrop 2)
Winthrop extended its lead to 3-0 in the 63^rd minute on Estevez's goal. The ball was played wide to Hasenstab by Jacob Jacobsen allowing him to place the ball back post and Estevez scored on the one-timer. (USC Upstate 0, Winthrop 3)
Arousell put the score at 4-0 for the Eagles in the 85^th minute off an assist from Joey Soeder. Soeder laid his pass off to Arousell and he scored into the top-right corner of the net. (USC Upstate 0, Winthrop 4)

UP NEXT

The Spartans continue their road trip on Saturday evening at 7 p.m. against High Point.

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