Gamecocks Set to End Nonconference Slate Against Georgia Southern

COLUMBIA– The Gamecocks return home for a match with Georgia Southern at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night inside of Stone Stadium. It’s Carolina’s final nonconference match of the season.

Fans can get into the match for just $2 and there will be free pizza for the first 200 students. Fans can stream the match here or follow along with live stats here if they can’t make it to Stone Stadium.

GAMECOCK NOTABLES

Carolina won its last match on Saturday night, defeating UAB, 2-0, in Birmingham, Alabama.

Logan Frost scored twice for the Gamecocks. The brace is the first multi-goal effort of his career and the first from a Gamecock since Andrew Halloran scored a hat trick on Feb. 14 against Winthrop.

Frost’s four-point night brings his total to nine, which leads Carolina in that stat column this season.

Peter Clement assisted on Frost’s second goal. He now has seven points this season with two goals and three assists.

Ryan Bilichuk shut out the Blazers on Saturday night, making a season-high six saves to earn his second career solo shutout.

Carolina has a knack for earning corner kicks. The Gamecocks are tied for 19th in the country with 6.73 corner kicks per match.

The Gamecocks are on a three-match unbeaten streak for the first time since September of 2019 when they won three in a row.

SCOUTING THE EAGLES

The Eagles are on a three-match losing streak, being shutout in all three of their previous matches. They have been shut out five times this season.

Georgia Southern is 1-6 on the road this season and have been shut out four times on the road.

Adam Davie and Mauro Gutierrez-Solis lead the offense for Georgia Southern. Both players have scored two goals and assisted twice this season.

John Murphy is the Eagles’ head coach. He is in his sixth season at Georgia Southern and has led it to a 36-48-9 record.

SERIES HISTORY
Series Record: South Carolina leads 6-0-2
Last Meeting: 9/19/2020
Last South Carolina Win: 9/19/2020, 2-0
Last Georgia Southern Win: Never
Last Tie: 10/8/2019, 1-1 (2OT)

QUOTABLES – Post-UAB
Head Coach Tony Annan on …
… his thoughts after the 2-0 win against UAB:
“I’m really pleased for the lads. I’m pleased for the team that we got out first conference win. We took a lot of momentum into the game from our results against Gardner-Webb and FAU. We’re pleased to come out with a clean sheet and a win.”

… how important Logan Frost is to the offense:
“You can’t knock Logan’s work rate. You can’t knock Logan’s effort. He found himself in two very good spots tonight and finished his goals very well. I’m happy for him. A bunch of his family was here, so he got to do that in front of his family.”

… what they need to do well against Georgia Southern:
“We just need to continue with our momentum, our work rate and our mentality. We just need to keep improving the way we play and keep on improving the identity of South Carolina and we’ll have a quick turnaround to do that.”