SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Well, he called it.
 
It was a night of firsts for the Upstate Spartans. The first goal of Peyton Pressley's young Spartan career came at the expense of the Wofford Terriers. It was also the first goal of Julian Fernandez's career…and the first goal of Xavi Wences' career… and the first assist of Braiden Hall's career. You get the idea at this point. The Spartans hung four goals on the Wofford Terriers and walked away with their first win of the season.
 
Game Information
Score: Upstate 4 | Wofford 2
Records: Upstate (1-4-1; 0-0-0 Big South); Wofford (2-5-0; 0-0-0 SoCon)
Location: Snyder Field; Spartanburg, S.C.
 
How It Happened
13' - The Terriers took the first three shots of the night, but it was the Spartans who found the back of the net first thanks to the freshman duo of Peyton Pressley and Braiden Hall. Braiden squeezed  a pass through congestion in front of the net to Peyton, who took advantage of a goalkeeper being caught out of position.
44' – It was a quiet first half after the first goal, until Xavi Wences connected with Jeremy Montero for their first assists and goal of the season. Montero had just substituted in and used his fresh legs to push the attack.
48' – Upstate took a 3-0 lead early in the second half thanks to a Xavi Wences goal off a Peyton Pressley pass. It was Xavi's first goal of his career and Peyton's first assist.
81' and 85' – Wofford didn't go quietly into the night, rattling off two late goals in rapid succession to make it interesting again…
87' - … but it was Julian Fernandez who slammed the door on the Terrier comeback attempt, scoring Upstate's fourth goal of the night thanks to Brody Williams and Braiden Hall.
 
Notable
Whew, there's going to be a lot here
-Peyton Pressley, Xavi Wences, and Julian Fernandez all scored their first career goals
-Braiden Hall and Peyton recorded their first career assists
-Braiden Hall became the first Spartan to tally two assists since Paul Bobai did it against Radford last year
-Kasper Jorgensen went the distance again, recording 90 minutes for the fourth time this season
-Upstate has won 3 of the last four meetings with Wofford, leading the goal difference in those matches 10 – 7
-The win at Wofford is Upstate's first in the D-1 era (since 2007)
-The four goals tonight is the most Upstate has scored since beating UNC Asheville 5-0 last October.
There were a combined 34 fouls in the match.
 
UP Next for the Spartans
Upstate will host the College of Charleston Cougars Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
 
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