Carolina Women’s Soccer Scores Four Unanswered Goals to Take Down Missouri 4-1
The come from behind victory was sparked and led by freshman Catherine Barry’s two goals, giving Carolina its first SEC win of the 2020 season.
The come from behind victory was sparked and led by freshman Catherine Barry’s two goals, giving Carolina its first SEC win of the 2020 season.
The loss for Carolina snaps a season-opening winning streak of six, dating back to 2013. It also snaps a 12-match unbeaten streak and moves head coach Shelley Smith’s opening day record to 12-4-4.
Featuring in Carolina’s first athletics event in 192 days, the Gamecocks shined on their way to their first season-opening win since 2018.
For the third time in four seasons South Carolina women’s soccer (19-2-3, 7-0-3 SEC) reached the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals in 2019. The Gamecocks were the last standing SEC program in the 64-team tournament.
This will be the first University of South Carolina Athletics event since the March 11th softball game against Winthrop at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field 192 days ago (as of Saturday).
The Knoxville, Tenn., native was a three-year letterwinner for the Gamecocks, going 17-12 with a 3.48 ERA and 208 strikeouts in 235.1 innings pitched in his career.
At Williams-Brice Stadium, capacity will be reduced to approximately 20,000 available seats. Reduced capacity seating plans were also approved for Eugene E. Stone III Stadium for men’s and women’s soccer at approximately 675 seats, as well as the Carolina Volleyball Center at approximately 200 seats.
The Gamecocks will be back on the field Wednesday morning for practice number two.
South Carolina opens the season at home against Tennessee, and wraps up the year on the road against Kentucky.
While no final decisions have been made about the attendance capacity or seat assignments for the 2020 football season, the rollout allows season ticket purchasers to understand their options ahead of any upcoming deadlines.