Gamecocks Make Late Push Against Dolphins
Carolina drops close match to Jacksonville
COLUMBIA, S.C. —- South Carolina men’s soccer’s late push fell just short as it dropped a match to Jacksonville, 3-2, Wednesday night at Stone Stadium. Carolina sent home two late goals after falling behind early in a contest that saw a combined 22 shots.
With the result, the Dolphins improved to 5-5-2 while the Gamecocks moved to 6-7-2.
“We have to play well in each match, each half and each 15-minute segment,” head coach Mark Berson said. “When you put those together it equals a good performance, an average performance or a poor performance. So clearly there’s a lot to play for yet for this team but we have to keep getting better.”
Jacksonville came out firing with an early goal 20 minutes into the match to take a 1-0 lead into halftime. With both teams fresh out of the halftime break, the Dolphins extended their lead two minutes into the second half before later pushing the lead to 3-0 with a goal at the 68-minute mark.
But the Gamecocks didn’t give in and instead fought back as Brian Banahan’s goal off the Logan Frost assist cut the deficit to 3-1 at the 80-minute mark. With just one second remaining on the clock, Tucker Monheimer’s goal made it the 3-2 match Jacksonville would eventually win.
On the night, Jacksonville owned a 13-9 advantage in shots and a 4-2 lead in corners.
Carolina now returns to action Sunday with a pivotal Conference USA match at Kentucky before returning home for senior night on November 1.
SCORING SUMMARY
Kai Bennett, Jacksonville (20′)
Connar Lufkin, Jacksonville (47′)
Inti Antuzez, Jacksonville (68′)
Brian Banahan, Carolina (80′)
Tucker Monheimer, Carolina (90′)
ASSIST SUMMARY
Kai Bennett, Jacksonville (47′)
Connar Lufkin, Jacksonville (68′)
Logan Frost, Carolina (80′)
