MSocc at SC
4
Winner USC Upstate USCU (3-4-1, 0-1-0)
0
South Carolina SC (2-5-1, 1-1-0)
Winner
USC Upstate USCU
(3-4-1, 0-1-0)
4
Final
0
South Carolina SC
(2-5-1, 1-1-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
USC Upstate USCU 2 2 4
South Carolina SC 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

The Spartans Share Some Tough Love with The Gamecocks as They Earn a 4-0 Victory at South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A family feud was quickly turned into a silencing shutout as the USC Upstate Spartans went on the road to share a little brotherly love with fellow USC system school South Carolina in the form of a 4-0 shutout at the expense of the Gamecocks as the Spartans have now claimed two of the last three in the series.  

The Spartans set the tone early as Jimmy James knocked in a perfectly placed Felipe Marty corner kick in just the 2nd minute of the match. The Gamecocks had to play a man down after the 9th minute but had an opportunity to even the score and swing momentum in their favor after being awarded a penalty kick. Cooper Jennings slammed the comeback door shut on the home team, denying his second penalty kick of the year.  

In the 22nd minute, Jeremy Montero contributed to the pseudo-senior night as he earned his second goal of the season...but only his first of the night. The Spartans held a 2-0 lead going into the second half, but Montero launched a shot past the keeper in the 55th minute for his second goal of the night and his third of the season.  

The third goal had effectively silenced both the crowd and the Gamecocks chance at a rally, but Dario Stadler sought to squash any chance, sniping a shot from outside the box, precisely placing the ball just outside the reach of the Gamecock goalie.  

The Spartans would end the night with a 4-0 victory, having put in all the effort in what was the highest scoring match of the series.  

Game Information 

USC Upstate 4 | South Carolina 0 

USC Upstate (3-4-1, 0-1-0 Big South) at South Carolina (2-5-1, 1-1-0 Sun Belt) 

Location: Eugene E. Stone III Stadium | Columbia, S.C. 

How It Happened 

2' - Jimmy James opened the night with his first goal since the 2020 season, finding the back of the net after a Felipe Marty corner kick 

12' - The Gamecocks were awarded a penalty kick, which Cooper Jennings emphatically denied, preserving his third shutout victory of the season 

22' - Jeremy Montero would earn his first of two goals on the night, gathering a Jimmy James deflection and giving the Spartans a 2-0 lead. 

22 – 45' - The final 23 minutes of the half were relatively quiet as the two teams combined for only three shots with a shot on goal apiece.  

55' - Jeremy Montero broke the game open in the 55th minute, catching the keeper out of position and giving the Spartans the 3-0 lead. Ezra Hoffman and Luke Halkett would earn assists on the goal. 

69' - but it was Dario Stadler's goal in the 69th minute which broke the home team's spirit, as the freshman earned his first career goal in impressive fashion, sniping a shot into the top right corner of the net from range. 

70' – 90' – the final 20 minutes of the match were quiet as the Spartans were content to hold onto their lead. The two teams would combine for five shots over the final twenty minutes of the night.  

Notable:  

  • The Spartans have now claimed two of the last three against the Gamecocks 

  • The 4 goals scored in the shutout victory are the most in a shutout since they had 6 against Radford in 2021 

  • Jimmy James earned his first goal since the 2020 season 

  • Cooper Jennings denied his second penalty kick of the season. His three shutout victories over the first eight matches of the season are the most since Felipe Baeza had the same number in the 2019 season 

  • Jeremy Montero picked up two goals on the night, his first multi-goal match since the 2020 (Spring 2021) season when he picked up two goals against UNC Asheville 

  • Dario Stadler picked up the first goal of his career 

  • The Spartans have now scored 7 goals over the last three halves of play 

UP Next For The Spartans 

The men's soccer team will head to Rock Hill to take on the Winthrop Eagles as three points in the Big South standings are up for grabs 

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