Soccer Falls At #5 South Carolina In NCAA Tournament

Saturday, November 16

Columbia, S.C.

5:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

10-4-5, 7-1-1

#5 South Carolina

17-1-3, 7-0-3

Team	1	2	Final F
Samford	0	0	0
South Carolina	1	2	3

Soccer Falls At #5 South Carolina In NCAA Tournament

11.16.19 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Samford soccer team fell at South Carolina, 3-0, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday night at Eugene E. Stone III Stadium.

The loss ends a tremendous season for the Bulldogs. Samford posted a record of 13-4-5. The team was 7-1-1 in Southern Conference play, winning a share of its sixth-straight SoCon regular-season title. The Bulldogs reached the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in school history with a 1-0 win over Furman in the SoCon Tournament finals last Sunday. South Carolina improves to 17-1-3 and advances to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

KEY PLAYS

The game was scoreless until the 41^st minute when South Carolina's Samantha Chang scored to give the Gamecocks a 1-0 lead.
USC added two more goals in the second half, one each by Luciana Zullo and Riley Tanner.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Taylor Yount led Samford with two shots, while Nikki Bario has one.
Samford goalkeeper Morgan McAslan had four saves.
As a team, South Carolina had 13 shots, and Samford took three.
The Gamecocks had six corner kicks, while Samford had two.

SCORING SUMMARY

South Carolina's Samantha Chang scored off an assist from Riley Tanner in the 41^st minute: USC 1, Samford 0.
South Carolina's Luciana Zullo scored in the 55^th minute: USC 2, Samford 0.
South Carolina's Riley Tanner scored off an assist from Lauren Chang in the 81^st minute: USC 3, Samford 0.

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