Saturday's MatchUP
September 18, 2021 | 3:00 p.m. ET
USC Upstate (2-3-1; 0-0-0 Big South) at Charleston Southern (1-2-1; 0-0-0 Big South)
CSU Soccer Field | Charleston, S.C.
 
Series History
Entering Saturday's match, Upstate and Charleston Southern have met 10 previous times on the pitch, meeting each season from 2007-13 and each season since the Spartans joined the Big South in 2018 with the Buccaneers leading the series 6-4-0. Since joining the Big South, Upstate owns a 2-1-0 advantage in the series, including a 1-0 victory at County University Soccer Stadium last spring.
 
Last Time Out
September 12, 2021: USC Upstate 6, South Carolina State 0
September 12, 2021: Charleston Southern 2, Jacksonville 1
 
Ones to Watch
Upstate: For the first time since joining the Big South, Upstate claimed both the conference's Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week as sophomore forward Ashley Finn and sophomore goalkeeper Cora Brendle, respectively, took home the honors. Finn scored a hat trick against South Carolina State last Sunday—her first career multi-goal match—while Brendle posted a solo and combined shutout to go 2-0-0 in net last week.
 
Charleston Southern: Jenea Knight, like Finn and Brendle for Upstate, enters as a reigning winner of a Big South weekly award, taking home Freshman of the Week honors last week. She scored a pair of goals for the Buccaneers last week, netting her first career goal against North Florida and the game-winner against Jacksonville.
 
UP Next for the Spartans
After opening the 2021 Big South slate on the road, Upstate returns home for the first time in conference play, hosting Hampton at 7 p.m. ET on September 22.
 
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