USC Upstate Scores Season-High in 6-1 Victory over S.C. State

Tuesday, October 9

County University Soccer Stadium

7 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

8-6

South Carolina State

0-9-1

South Carolina St.

USC Upstate

10/9/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Spartanburg, S.C. – The USC Upstate women's soccer team closed out non-conference play on Tuesday evening in convincing fashion scoring a season-high six goals en route to a 6-1 win over the South Carolina State Bulldogs at County University Soccer Stadium.

USC Upstate improves to 8-6 on the season while South Carolina State falls to 0-9-1 overall.

STATS OF THE MATCH

The Spartans held a 23-4 advantage over the Bulldogs in shots including 16-2 in attempts on goal.
USC Upstate also led 11-2 in corner kicks.
Abbie Ellis registered her fourth multi-goal game of the season, and third in the last four games, leading the Spartans offensively with two goals on four shots.
Ellis scored her team-leading 11^th and 12^th goals of the season and is now six away from tying Thea Moen's record of 18 set in 2001.
Jada Kinlaw scored her sixth goal of the season while Isabella Burns contributed her fifth goal and third assist.
Burns tied Ellis with four shots and three attempts on goal.
Kate Winegarner and Madison Pollard each scored their first goals of the season. For Pollard, it was the first of her collegiate career.
Montanna Hill added her team-leading fourth assist of the year while Megan Hines collected her first.
Jamey Thomas scored once for South Carolina State while Brandy Vaca added one assist.
Justine Zepeda led the team with two shots.
Logan Pace earned her first collegiate win in goal after finishing with one save.
Bulldog goalie Taylor Brittingham grabbed 10 saves.

USC UPSTATE GOALS

Ellis scored her first goal of the game in the 10^th minute off the assist from Hill, scoring from outside the 18-yard box right side. (S.C. State 0, USC Upstate 1)
Kinlaw made it 2-0 in favor of USC Upstate in the 31^st minute off the assist from Burns. (S.C. State 0, USC Upstate 2)
Burns scored unassisted in the 47^th minute from the left side of the field inside near post. (S.C. State 1, USC Upstate 3)
Ellis added her second goal of the contest in the 54^th minute with her blast from the center of the 18-yard box to the left of Brittingham. (S.C. State 1, USC Upstate 4)
Winegarner added to the Spartans lead in the 64^th minute scoring unassisted. (S.C. State 1, USC Upstate 5)
Pollard capped the scoring for USC Upstate in the 84^th minute as Hines was credited with the assist. (S.C. State 1, USC Upstate 6)

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GOALS

Thomas trimmed the Spartans lead down to one goal in the 43^rd minute scoring off a corner kick from Vaca. (S.C. State 1, USC Upstate 2)

UP NEXT

USC Upstate travels to Radford on Saturday evening for a 7 p.m. kickoff.

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