Men's Soccer | 9/12/2016 12:50:00 PM

STATESBORO – The Georgia Southern men's soccer team heads up to Columbia, South Carolina tomorrow night to take on the Gamecocks of South Carolina in a nationally-televised game. The Eagles and Gamecocks will kick off at 7 p.m. with the game airing on the SEC Network+.

TUESDAY'S MATCH SNAPSHOT 
GS at South Carolina
Tuesday, Sept. 12   |  7 p.m. EDT   |   Eugene E. Stone III Stadium (Columbia, S.C.)
Live Stats   |   Video (SEC Network+)

SCOUTING THE GAMECOCKS
South Carolina enters Tuesday's game having dropped three of their first four matches of the young season. The Gamecocks are most recently coming off a 1-0 loss on the road at Coastal Carolina on Friday, September 9. SC opened the season with a 2-1 loss to No. 2 Clemson at home and then fell 3-2 to Mercer in double overtime. The lone win on the season for the Gamecocks came at home against UCF on Sunday, Sept. 4. SC won that match 2-1.

Individually, Kevin Walker leads the Gamecocks' offense with a pair of goals on the year. He is tied with Danny Deakin with four points as Deakin has one goal and two assists to his credit. Luca Mayr and Trygve Ellingstad round out the Gamecocks with goals. Walker, who had the game-winner over UCF, has been the most efficient with his shots as he has hit 40% (2-5) of his attempts. SC has started two different goalkeepers between William Pyle and Marco Velez. Pyle has started the last two games between the pipes for SC and has four saves to his credit compared to five goals against while Pyle has 11 saves compared to just two goals against.

The Eagles and Gamecocks have met five times prior to Tuesday night's matchup with all five being in Columbia. GS trails 0-4-1 with the lone tie coming back on September 4, 1997 when the Eagles and Gamecocks worked to a 3-3 draw. The Gamecocks took the last meeting 4-2 last season on August 31, 2015. South Carolina has known just one head coach, Mark Berson. He owns an all-time record of 473-221-70 (.665) and is in his 40^th year at the helm of the program. In 41 total seasons as a collegiate head coach, Berson boasts a record of 484-226-70 (.651).

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LAST WEEKEND RECAP
With the Georgia Southern men's soccer team down 1-0 after the first half of play, freshman Rasmus Juul scored his first collegiate goal with a header off a perfectly-placed corner kick from fellow freshman Josh Bronstorph just three minutes into the second half. GS out-shot the Dukes 17-10 and had a potential game-winner called back due to an off-sides late in the second half as the Eagles earned a 1-1 draw with James Madison in their home-opener at Eagle Field.

MEN'S SOCCER WILL PLAY FOUR TIMES ON THE ESPN FAMILY OF NETWORKS
Four Georgia Southern men's soccer games will receive national exposure in the coming weeks with the Eagles having the opportunity to play four times on the ESPN family of networks, including one home game and two during the road swing that begins next week as well as one game in October.

The Eagles will get their first national exposure of the year on Tuesday, September 13 at South Carolina when GS plays the Gamecocks on the SEC Network+. The Gamecocks started the season nationally ranked by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). The game will kick off at 7 p.m. from Columbia, South Carolina.

A week later, GS will travel to Durham, North Carolina, to play at Duke. That game will be on the ACC Network Extended. The Blue Devils are currently 2-0-1 on the season and are coming off a 1-0 win over No. 9 UCLA in Los Angeles, California, a win that has garnered Duke votes in the most recent NSCAA national coaches poll. The game between Georgia Southern and Duke is scheduled for a 7 p.m. kickoff.

The third ESPN game of September for the Eagles will be at home against Campbell on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The game against the Fighting Camels will be available on ESPN3 with kickoff slated for 7 p.m. at Eagle Field.

The fourth and final ESPN game currently on Georgia Southern's schedule will be on Tuesday, October 25. On that date, the Eagles will play at Clemson in a 7 p.m. game that will be nationally televised on the ACC Network Extra. Clemson is currently No. 2 in the NSCAA coaches poll and was the national runner up to Stanford last year.

MEN'S SOCCER ANNOUNCES SPRING BREAK TRIP TO GERMANY
Georgia Southern men's soccer and Coach Murphy announced Wednesday that he will be taking his team on an international tour for Spring Break in 2017. The Eagles will fly to Frankfurt, Germany on March 10, 2017 and then spend the next eight days touring, training and competing. The trip is being organized in conjunction with the American German Soccer Connection (AGSC).

Aside from training and competing, the Eagles will have the opportunity to take in two professional soccer matches as well as tour professional stadiums and facilities. Georgia Southern also play four matches against local teams and train over a span of six days while also taking in the sights around Frankfurt. The players and staff will have the opportunity to utilize the University of Heidelberg Sport Institute as well as take in other local draws such as the Heidelberg Castle and the Old Village.

NEXT UP
The Eagle men are currently in the midst of a three-game, three-state road swing that will take them through South Carolina, Georgia and up into North Carolina. Following the game at SC, the Eagles will travel to Macon, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 17 where they will face the Bears of Mercer. That game is slated for an 8 p.m. first kick. Following the battle with the bears, GS will travel to Durham, North Carolina on Tuesday, Sept. 20 where they will face off against the Blue Devils of Duke. That game will kick off at 7 p.m. and will be available on the ACC Network Extra.


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