Gamecocks Return Home To Face NC State

COLUMBIA, S.C. —- South Carolina men’s soccer returns home for three-straight matches starting with No. 20 NC State on Tuesday night at Stone Stadium. Gates will open one hour before the 7:00 PM kickoff. 
 
Game day parking is available for fans in the Heyward Street Garage located at 1300 Heyward Street. Parking is free of charge in this location and is available on all levels on a first-come, first-served basis. Handicap parking is also located at designated spaces within the Heyward Street Garage. An elevator is located within the garage for fans who will need to access the elevator to get to the ground level.
 
There are two entry gates for fans to enter Stone Stadium, located at Whaley Street and Heyward Street.

The Gamecocks will look to rebound from a tightly contested 1-0 loss to UAB on Saturday night in Birmingham. 

Carolina has faced one of the tougher schedules in the country up to this point. Including exhibition matches, the Gamecocks have faced four teams who were receiving top-25 votes or were ranked at the time of their match (Duke, Clemson, UCF and Charlotte) and are set to face another three (NC State, Kentucky and FIU) before the end of the regular season. 
 
As of the latest polls, South Carolina has played a top-five team (Charlotte) and three top-12 opponents (Charlotte, UCF and Clemson). 
 
Head coach Mark Berson enters his 42nd season as head coach for Carolina. He’s been the only coach for the program since its first season in 1978. He is the active wins leader in NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer with 512 career victories and is one of just four coaches all-time to hit the 500-win plateau. 
 
WATCH

• Fans can watch all South Carolina home matches through gamecocksonline.com. Watch links can at the top of the story and on the men’s soccer portion of the website under “live streaming.” 

NC STATE SERIES NOTES

• The series is tied at 9-9-1 while NC State has taken three of the past five matches dating back to 2009. 
• This will be the first time the two teams have met since 2015 and the first time in Columbia since 2014. Carolina will be looking for its first win at home in the series since 2011, the last time the Gamecocks won a match in the series. 
• Carolina has outscored the Wolf Pack 24-23 all-time dating back to the first match in 1981. 
• The Gamecocks are 5-4-1 all-time at home in the series. 
• Carolina owns six shutouts in the series. 

NC STATE SCOUT

• NC State comes in with a 7-3-1 record, including a 1-1-1 mark on the road. 
• The Wolf Pack have won three of their last four matches but lost to No. 6 Wake Forest in their last outing on Friday night. 
• NC State has been outscored 4-3 in road matches. 
• North Carolina State has out-shot opponents 119-82 with a 15-10 advantage in goals. 
• David Loera and Kuda Muskew have led the way with three goals each. 

PLAYING AT HOME HAS BEEN SWEET 

• Carolina is an impressive 5-1-1 at home this season with three overtime victories. 
• The Gamecocks have out-shot opponents 94-89 at Stone Stadium with a 13-6 advantage in goals. 
• Brian Banahan and Tucker Monheimer each have a team-best nine points at home this year with four goals for each. 
• CJ Mitchell-Smith has played well at home, too, with three goals so far while Luca Mayr has sent one home, as well. 
• Thus far 13,604 fans have attended matches at Stone Stadium. That’s seventh best in the nation as of last Monday. 

SEASON TICKETS 

• Once again, fans can get the best deal in town for season tickets. Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for youth and get you into ALL 20 soccer matches at Stone Stadium this fall. To purchase, visit gamecocksonline.com/soccertix.

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