COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina men’s soccer team wraps up the road portion of its regular season Friday, October 28, when the Gamecocks travel to Georgia State for a 7 p.m. match.
Gameday Information – #WEareCarolina
When: October 28 | 7 p.m.
Where: Atlanta, Ga.
Venue: GSU Soccer Complex
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Broadcast: ESPN+
Series History: South Carolina leads 11-2
Last Meeting: Georgia State 3, South Carolina 1 | Sept. 24, 2020 | Columbia, S.C.
South Carolina Gamecocks 5-5-4, 1-2-3 Sun Belt
Coach: Tony Annan | 2nd Season – 10-14-6
Goal Leader: 4 | Adam Luckhurst
Assist Leader: 4 | Adam Luckhurst
Points Leader: 12 | Adam Luckhurst
Shots Leader: 26 | Adam Luckhurst
Saves Leader: 43 | Ben Alexander
Georgia State Panthers 9-3-3, 2-2-2 Sun Belt
Coach: Brett Surrency | 13th Season
Goal Leader: 6 | Simon Carlson
Assist Leader: 6 | Justin McLean
Points Leader: 13 | Simon Carlson
Shots Leader: 27 | Simon Carlson
Saves Leader: 46 | Gunther Rankenburg
Taking the Pitch
- This is the 14th meeting between the two programs.
- This will be only the third match played in Atlanta (1987, 1978).
- The last time the Gamecocks went on the road to GSU was Sept. 27, 1987. The Gamecocks won that match 4-0.
- The Panthers won the very first meeting on Oct. 21, 1978, 2-0 in Atlanta.
- This was the only time the Gamecocks have been shutout in the series.
- Carolina has shutout GSU seven times in the series, most recently in 2018.
- The Gamecocks had an 11-match winning streak snapped in 2020.
- For the series, South Carolina has out-scored Georgia State 43-11
All-Time Results vs Georgia State (11-2-0)
| 10/21/1978 | A | L | 0-2 |
| 9/23/1979 | H | W | 4-1 |
| 11/7/1982 | H | W | 4-2 |
| 9/8/1985 | H | W | 4-1 |
| 9/27/1987 | A | W | 4-0 |
| 9/8/1988 | H | W | 7-0 |
| 10/11/1989 | H | W | 2-0 |
| 9/19/1990 | H | W | 3-0 |
| 11/2/1994 | H | W | 6-0 |
| 10/31/1998 | N | W | 2-0 |
| 9/30/2014 | H | W | 2-1 |
| 9/24/2016 | H | W | 3-1 |
| 10/23/2018 | H | W | 1-0 |
| 9/24/2020 | H | L | 1-3 |
Home: 10-1
Away: 1-1
Neutral: 1-0
Quick Notes
- Carolina is one away from matching the program record for ties in a season set in 2008 and 2013.
- Two Gamecocks have scored a brace this season, Adam Luckhurst and Logan Frost.
- Adam Luckhurst became the first player since 2018 to record a goal and two assists in a match when he did so against Winthrop.
- Rocky Perez and Bryce Griffith were named to the Wolstein Classic All-Tournament Team.
- Freshman goalkeeper Ben Alexander was named to the Canadian U-20 team, where he started three matches during the 2022 Concacaf Men’s U-20 Championship.
- The roster features 17…