Gamecocks To Host Jacksonville On Wednesday

COLUMBIA, S.C. —- South Carolina men’s soccer stays within friendly confines as it plays host to Jacksonville on Wednesday at Stone Stadium. Gates will open one hour prior to the 7:00 p.m. 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 carry over the positives taken from a pivotal 2-1 victory over FAU on Sunday night in which Andrew Halloran sent home his first goal of the year for the game winner. 

Carolina has faced one of the tougher schedules in the country up to this point. Including exhibition matches, the Gamecocks have faced five teams who were receiving top-25 votes or were ranked at the time of their match (Duke, Clemson, UCF, Charlotte and NC State) and are set to face another two (Kentucky and FIU) before the end of the regular season. 
 
As of the latest polls, South Carolina has played a top-five team (No. 3 Clemson) and four top-17 opponents (No. 3 Clemson, No. 8 UCF, No. 15 Marshall and No. 17 Charlotte). 
 
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 513 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.” 

JACKSONVILLE SERIES NOTES

• Carolina leads the all-time series 11-0-0 in a series that dates back to 1981.  
• The Gamecocks have outscored the Dolphins 6-0 over the past two matches. 
• South Carolina has outscored JU 35-2 all-time. 
• Jacksonville has scored two goals in the series. Once in 1990 and the other in 2002. 
• Carolina owns nine shutouts in the series.  

JACKSONVILLE SCOUT

• The Dolphins come in with a 4-5-2 record, including a 2-4-0 mark on the road. 
• JU has played some common opponents. Jacksonville tied FIU 3-3 (Carolina closes the year against FIU), it lost 2-1 at FAU (Carolina won 2-1), beat Presbyterian 2-1 (Carolina won 4-2), beat Mercer 2-1 (Carolina won 1-0 in overtime) and beat Georgia Southern 1-0 (Carolina tied 1-1 in overtime). 
• The Dolphins have lost three-straight coming into the match.  
• Jacksonville’s last win came in a 1-0 win over Georgia Southern on Oct. 1.  
• Jacksonville has never won in Columbia. 

PLAYING AT HOME AS BEEN SWEET 

• Carolina is an impressive 6-1-2 at home this season with three overtime victories. 
• The Gamecocks have a 15-7 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 two home, as well. 
• Thus far more than 17,000 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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