Men's Soccer Defeats Spartans On the Road

Thursday, August 29

Spartanburg, S.C.

7:00 PM

College of Charleston

2-0-0, 0-0-0

USC Upstate

1-2-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Col. of Charleston	4	1	5
USC Upstate	0	1	1

8/29/2024 10:29:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The College of Charleston men's soccer team defeated USC Upstate on the road 5-1, to advance to 2-0 on the season.

The Cougars came out hot, scoring in the 6^th minute to get on the board with a long shot from Ezra White. Leonardo D'Ambrosio doubled the lead in the 14^th minute, sneaking the ball into the net from the right post.

Charleston tallied two more goals in the first half, with a shot in the 30^th minute from Etienne Julien and from Chris Elliott in the 41^st minute.

Matt Lenert finished the day off for the Cougars in the second half with a one-touch volley into the back of the net in the 62^nd minute to give the Cougars a 5-0 lead. The Spartans were able to get on the board in the 83^rd minute to end the game.

Charleston outshot USC Upstate 19-3 in the matchup, with 13 shots on goal. Through two games, the Cougar offense has tallied nine goals to start the season.

The Cougars return to Charleston for their home opener at Patriots Point on Monday, September 2 to face Stetson at 6:00 p.m. The matchup will be livestreamed on FloFC.

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