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2017 South Carolina Men’s Soccer Team Twitter/Instagram: @GamecockMSoccer | Web: GamecocksOnline.com | Team Facebook: facebook.com/GamecockMSoccer CAROLINA VS. FIU Game 13 | Sat., Oct. 14 | 7 PM | Stone Stadium -- Columbia, S.C. STATISTICAL COMPARISON SC Records/Rankings FIU South Carolina No. 14 FIU 4-7-1 Record 7-0-3 4-3-1/0-4-0/0-0-0 Home/Away/Neutral Record 3-0-2/4-0-0/0-1-1 GAMECOCKS VS. PANTHERS NR United Coaches Poll Ranking 14 4-7-1 (0-3-1 C-USA) 7-0-3 (3-0-1 C-USA) 2017 Schedule/Results Date Opponent W L T Score/Time Head Coach: Mark Berson (@MarkBersonSC on Twitter) Head Coach: Kevin Nylen 8/13 at Duke (exhib.) L 0-2 Record at SC: 487-233-72 (40th season) Record at FIU: 7-0-3 (1st season) 8/17 No. 4 North Carolina (exhib.) T 0-0 Overall Record: 498-238-72 (41st season) Overall Record: 7-0-3 (1st season) 8/20 College of Charleston (exhib.) T 2-2 Series History: Carolina leads 13-0-5 8/25 USC Upstate W 2-1 Trend: teams have drawn in three of the last five meetings 8/28 Mercer W 2-1 (OT) Last Meeting: 0-0 tie at FIU -- 10/10/16 9/1 at No. 5 Clemson L 1-4 Gametracker: GamecocksOnline.com 9/5 North Florida W 1-0 9/9 FAU* L 1-2 (OT) 9/16 at Marshall L 1-2 Quick Hits 9/19 No. 13 Furman W 1-0 • Mark Berson is the winningest active NCAA Division I coach, fourth on the all-time NCAA Division I list 9/22 New Mexico* T 2-2 (2OT) • With the team’s season opening victory vs. USC Upstate, Berson passed Michael Parker for fourth on the 9/26 at No. 2 Wake Forest L 1-2 all-time wins list for NCAA Division I 9/30 Coastal Carolina L 0-2 • Berson is tied for the most NCAA Tournament appearances among active DI coaches with 22 10/3 Virginia Tech L 2-3 • The 2016 Gamecocks advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight 10/8 at No. 20 Kentucky* L 0-1 season 10/14 No. 14 FIU* 7 p.m. • The Gamecocks return 10 letterwinners, including three starters from last season’s squad 10/20 at Charlotte* 7 p.m. • This year’s new-look team has 14 newcommers, including five transfer student-athletes 10/24 at N.C. State 7 p.m. • Forward Bjorn Gudjonsson and junior Peyton Ericson were both preseason All-C-USA picks 10/29 No. 18 Old Dominion* 2 p.m. • Carolina picked up its first win of 2017 over a ranked opponent after knocking off No. 13 Furman 1-0 (9/19) 11/3 at UAB* 7 p.m. • Berson is inching closer to career victory 500 with his 498th win against the Paladins 11/8-12 Conference USA Tournament! TBD • Through 12 games, do-it-all sophomore Luca Mayr is T-5th in C-USA in points with 12 (4G, 4A), he’s also T-4th in the league with four assists Bold indicates home game | All times Eastern | * - Conference • Mayr surpassed his 2016 freshman season points total of nine (3G, 3A) just eight games into the 2017 season USA match ! - Conference USA Tournament (Norfolk, Va.), | • He was named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 25 for the first time in his career after scoring Rankings used are United Coaches Association Top 25 Poll the game-winner vs. No. 13 Furman • Freshman Justin Sukow and Benjamin Gilligan each scored their first career goals in the 2-1 victory over the Gamecock Staff Mercer (Aug. 28), Sukow rattled in the game-winner with five seconds to go in the 100th minute Head Coach: Mark Berson (North Carolina, 1975) • Freshmen have scored nine of the team’s 14 goals this season and have accounted for 25 of the team’s 45 Justin Cook (Ohio State, 2005) Assistant Coach: points (9G, 7A). Sukow leads the strong corps of first-year players with 10 points (4G, 2A). Assistant Coach: Tyler Kettering (Gardner-Webb, 2007) Strength & Conditioning: Keith Scruggs (UNC-Asheville, 2010) • Freshman Petter Soelberg has tallied six points (2G, 2A) -- he assisted on Mayr’s game-winning goal vs. Administrative Assistant: Allison Orvin Furman (9/19) and scored the team’s first goal of the season in the first half vs. USC-Upstate 2-1 Athletic Trainer: Brainard Cooper • Goalkeeper William Pyle pitched his second shutout of the season and the 11th of his career in the team’s win over the Paladins -- Pyle was named C-USA Defensive of the Week for the third time in his career after tallying two big saves down the stretch vs. Furman and seven stops in the team’s draw with New Mexico • Pyle matched a single-game career-high with eight saves vs. No. 2 Wake Forest (Sept. 26), he leads C-USA with 59 saves and 4.92 saves per game SCOUTING NO. 14 FIU The Panthers are off to a fantastic start in 2017 with an undefeated record thanks to one of the best offenses in the country. FIU ranks second nationally in scoring with 3.00 goals per game and 8.40 points per game. Their attack is led by one of the nation’s top strikers in Santiago Patino. The junior from Orlando leads the nation in goals per game (1.20) and points per game (2.70). His 27 total points (12G, 3A) are second in the country. Patino’s 12 scores lead the nation. 10 different players have combined to score the team’s 30 goals. Alessandro Campoy ranks second on the team with 12 points (4G, 4A). Inigo Sagarduy leads the team with six assists. The Panthers have outscored opponents 30-12 in their 10 matches. They’ve outscored oppoenets 14-4 in the first 45 minutes. Goalkeeper Hugu Fauroux has started nine matches and posted a 6-0-3 record in the net. He’s allowed 10 goals (1.07 GAA) and made 29 saves (.744 save percentage). GAME #13 - VS. NO. 14 FIU - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2017 - GAMECOCK MEN’S SOCCER National Rankings (as of Oct. 10) UNITED COACHES ASSOCIATION POLL Rk Team Points Prev. Record 1 Indiana (22) 598 1 10-0-2 2 Wake Forest (1) 574 2 11-1-0 3 Maryland 550 3 9-0-3 4 North Carolina 494 4 11-2-0 5 Louisville 473 7 8-1-2 6 Michigan State (1) 468 6 9-1-2 7 Notre Dame 441 9 8-2-1 8 Stanford 425 8 9-2-0 9 Georgetown 403 10 8-2-1 10 Virginia 377 11 8-1-2 11 Clemson 342 5 8-3-0 12 Air Force 333 13 9-1-1 13 Western Michigan 295 12 10-2-1 14 FIU 272 17 7-0-3 15 UNC-Wilmington 255 16 9-2-0 16 Duke 247 19 10-2-1 17 SMU 174 25 8-2-0 18 Old Dominion 157 NR 7-1-2 TOP FANS IN THE COUNTRY 19 Washington 156 22 9-3-0 20 Butler 140 15 7-3-0 South Carolina has arguably the best fans in the nation in collegiate soccer as both the 21 Kentucky 126 20 7-2-2 men’s and women’s programs have ranked in the top-10 nationally for three consectuive 22 Columbia 121 14 6-1-2 seasons in national attendance average at home games. 23 New Hampshire 61 21 6-1-3 24 Michigan 48 NR 7-3-2 The men ranked eighth in the country last season, while the women ranked third in the 25 SMU 41 NR 8-2-0 nation. The men’s team set a new single-game Stone Stadium attendance record last season when 6,892 fans attended the season opener vs. No. 3 Clemson on Aug. 26, 2016. Also receiving votes: Seattle (35), Akron (33), California (26), Pacific (23), N.C. State (23), Ohio State (21), Dartmouth (18), New Mexico (14), Wisconsin (11), Missouri State (8), Albany (7), UC-Santa Barbara (4), Virginia Tech (3), UMASS (2), VCU (1) MAYR AND PYLE EARN PLAYER OF THE WEEK GUDJonSSon/EricSon SELECTED TO AWARDS (SEPT. 25) PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE USA TEAM South Carolina swept player of the week honors Junior forward Bjorn Gudjonsson and junior on Monday, Sept. 25, after senior goalkeeper defender Peyton Ericson were each selected to William Pyle was named C-USA Defensive Player the Preseason All-C-USA Team the league office WILLIAM PYLE of the Week and sophomore striker Luca Mayr was announced on Aug. 11. Gudjonsson is back after named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week. Pyle, leading the team in goals during the 2016 season. who picked up his third career player of the week He played in 19 games, making eight starts. Ericson, honor, pitched his second shutout of the season who has been a regular starter since his freshman in the team’s 1-0 win over No. 13 Furman (Sept. year in 2015, played in 17 matches last season 19). He made two big saves down the stretch in with 16 starts. that match then tallied a season-high seven saves in Carolina’s 2-2 draw with New Mexico (Sept. 22). Mayr, who picks up his first career player of the week accolade, scored the game-winning goal vs. the Paladins in the 50th minute.