Spartans Fall to Eagles on Senior Night

Saturday, November 2

Spartanburg, S.C.

7:00 p.m.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

5-11-0, 1-6-0

Winthrop

5-9-2, 3-3-1

Team	1	2	Final F
Winthrop	2	4	6
USC Upstate	2	2	4

Photo by: Jarred Bradley

11/3/2019 12:58:00 AM | Men's Soccer

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Spartanburg, S.C.— The USC Upstate men's soccer team fell 6-4 to Winthrop on Saturday night at County University Soccer Stadium.

In the opening half of play, the Eagles got off to a fast start as they were rewarded an early corner kick and capitalized on it to put themselves up 1-0 in the first three minutes of the match. The Eagles continued their attack on the Spartan defense as Jordan Walshaw scored the second goal of the night 13 minutes into the match.

Despite a rough start for the Spartans, USC Upstate was able to keep their heads level and stay composed. Pol Monells continued his hot streak by ripping a shot outside the 18-yard box in the 21st minute to put the Spartans on the board with a score of 1-2. Monells seemed to spark life into the Spartan attack as Eirik Abney would send a great cross into the box that was flicked by Mario Arrocha to Aiden Hill, who was able to head the ball into the right side of the net to level the score at 2-2.

Going into the half, the score remained tied at 2-2. The Spartans recorded 7 total shots with 5 of those shots being on goal. There were three total yellow cards given in the first half, two USC Upstate, and one to Winthrop.

After the halftime break, it was the Spartans this time around who were off to a fast start. Pol Monells dribbled down the left side of the field and passed to Joel Bunting, who buried the shot in the right side of the net to give the Spartans their first lead of the match. Michael Chappelear was able to get in on this high scoring match but juking out multiple Eagle defenders, including the Winthrop goalkeeper to put the Spartans up 4-2.

Winthrop then proceeded to rip the hearts out of every Spartan fan in attendance as they scored four goals in the final 20 minutes of action to take the victory.

STATS OF THE MATCH

The Spartans had their largest offensive outpouring of the season with four goals in the contest.
Felipe Baeza recorded 3 saves
There were 9 yellow cards issued in the match, 4 of them to Winthrop and 5 of them were issued to USC Upstate

NEXT UP
The USC Upstate Men's soccer team will play their final regular season match on the road against High Point University on November 6^th. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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