COLUMBIA, SC – The men’s soccer team Marshall, 12th, starts the Conference USA game in South Carolina on Saturday at 2pm.
Marshall enters the match in general 3-1-1. Gamecocks played a few games in the fall of 2020 and reach 6-3 overall.
Match Details
Live stats: SIDEARM
Live broadcast: GAMECOCK ALL ACCESSES
Series history: 16 meetings of all time, Marshall leads 10-5-1
Last meeting: September 14, 2019 – Marshall won 2-0 at Huntington
Last time out
Marshall lost their first game of the season at the Akron Zips on Tuesday, 2-1 in overtime. The herd defeated a man for more than 70 minutes after a red card was issued to a freshman Kain Reed. The Marshall defense stepped up and held off the Zips attack, until Akron finally sent the winner of the game after 98 minutes.
Junior Vitor Dias scored his fourth goal of the season at 20 minutes and leads the team. Junior Jan-Erik Leinhos is the second in the herd to score with three goals, two on penalties and two assists. Second year redshirt Milo Yosef has two goals and his first assist of the season with a goal from Dias at Akron.
Junior goalkeeper Oliver Semmle it’s 2-1-1 this season. Semmle allowed three goals, has four saves, 0.62 goals against the average and a percentage of saves of 0.571.
United Soccer Coaches / NCAA left with their first vote in the top 25 of the spring season on March 2, and the herd came in 12th place.
The opponent
South Carolina played five games in the fall and had a 3-2 record. Since returning to action in February, Gamecocks have gone 3-1. Their most recent dispute was a 2-1 victory over Wofford on 27 February.
Eight different players scored a goal for South Carolina. Andrew Halloran leads with three goals and also has an assist. Brian Banahan, Logan Frost and Christian Kraus have two goals each. Gamecocks used three players on the net this season. Ryan Billchuk is the one who plays the most with 270 minutes and has 1.33 goals against the average. Nick Brady and Justin Bauer played 135 minutes each. Brady has 0.67 goals against the average and Bauer has 2.00.
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