USC Upstate Men's Soccer Downs South Carolina Tuesday Night, 4-0
By USC Upstate Athletics
COLUMBIA, S.C. - USC Upstate collected the Big South's second win this season over South Carolina's men's soccer program on Tuesday night, as the Spartans posted a 4-0 shutout for their second win in the last three meeting in the series.
BOX SCORE
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.