Men's Soccer Drops Road Match against South Carolina

Tuesday, September 10

Columbia, SC

7:00 P.M.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

1-5-0, 0-0-0

South Carolina

3-0-2, 0-0-0

South Carolina

USC Upstate

Photo by: Catherine Harney

9/11/2024 12:25:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Columbia, S.C. – The Spartans opened a three-game road stand tonight, facing off against the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. Upstate outshot the Gamecocks in the second half, firing off five shots while holding South Carolina to two. In a quick-paced match, it was the Gamecocks who walked away with the 4-0 win.

Bradyn Cobb led Upstate in shots with two. Luke Halkett took his only shot on goal from a free kick just outside the penalty box, but South Carolina's goalkeeper made the save to keep the match at 2-0 going into halftime. Both Elijah Jackson and Anthony Cox recorded a shot for Upstate. Ezra Hoffman and Dzenan Cerimagic were the other Spartans to take aim at the goal, each finishing the match with one shot and one shot on goal. Goalkeeper Cooper Jennings made three saves on the night.

Game Information
Score: USC Upstate 0 : University of South Carolina 4
Record: USC Upstate (1-5; 0-0 Big South) vs. University of South Carolina (3-0-2; 0-0 Sunbelt)
Location: Stone Stadium | Columbia, S.C.

How It Happened

'18 – Shot by South Carolina, saved by Cooper Jennings
'18 – A put-back shot by South Carolina for the first goal of the game
'20 – Shot by South Carolina, the second goal of the game
'24 – Back-to-back shots by South Carolina going bottom center and bottom left, saved by Cooper Jennings
'30 – Shot by Luke Halkett bottom center, saved
'32 – Shot by Ezra Hoffman, bottom center, saved
'51 – South scored their third goal of the game
'60 – Shot by Elijah Jackson
'64 – Shot by Dzenan Cerimagic, bottom left, saved
'71 – Goal by South Carolina, their fourth of the match
'73 – Shot by Bradyn Cobb, wide top left
'84 – Shot by Anthony Cox, wide top left
'87 – Bradyn Cobb shoots his second shot of the match, going wide right

Notable

Bradyn Cobb earned a new season high in shots
Shayne Abrams earned a new season high in minutes played (62)
Also earning a new season high in minutes played was Ezra Hoffman (35)
Defender Jakob Benz earned a new season high in minutes played (90)

UP Next for the Spartans
The Spartans will continue their away stand on Friday, September 13th when they face Georgia State at 7:00 pm.

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