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Gamecocks Remain Undefeated in SEC Play With Win Over Oklahoma
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Gamecocks Remain Undefeated in SEC Play With Win Over Oklahoma

NORMAN, OK – No. 12 South Carolina women’s soccer (9-1-2, 3-0-1) defeated Oklahoma (8-3-1, 1-3-0) 2-0 on Friday night. Corner kicks yielded goals about a minute apart to power the Gamecocks to their third SEC win of the season.

 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

  • The Sooners started the game on the offense, getting three shots off during the first 15 minutes, but only one was on target.
  • The Gamecocks got their first chances at goal when sophomore forward Katie Shea Collins forced a save in the 20th minute and sent another shot just wide to the left in the 22nd minute.
  • The two teams fought a possession battle and traded a few more shots throughout the half, but neither team could connect. Each team had five shots in the first half with USC leading 3-1 in shots on goal.
  • South Carolina broke the ice in the 56th minute on a corner kick. Sophomore Kylie Cino sent the ball across the goal, and Collins got her head on it to get the Gamecocks on the scoreboard. 
  • Just moments later, South Carolina earned another corner. Junior Cuyler Zulauf’s cross met Taylor Bloom at the back post, and her header made it a 2-0 lead.
  • The Sooners threatened in the 74th minute with a spinning shot from outside the 18-yard box that went just wide right. The Gamecocks held on to their clean sheet one last time when the Sooners sent a shot wide from the 6-yard box in the 86th minute

NOTABLES

  • The Gamecocks broke the Sooners’ eight-game home winning streak. 
  • South Carolina is now 9-0-0 when scoring first this season. 
  • The Gamecocks kept the SEC’s leading goal scorer off the board. 
  • It was South Carolina’s ninth clean sheet of the year, and senior goalie Tina Tsaousis’ sixth shutout on the season.
  • Collins’ goal was her team-leading eighth this season, while Bloom picked up her second. Cino and Zulauf recorded their first assists of the season.
  • Junior Autumn Cayelli and Cino made their first career starts.
  • This was the first matchup between the two programs since Oklahoma joined the SEC in 2024.

UP NEXT

South Carolina returns home to host No. 7 Arkansas on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7:00 p.m.

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