S.C. Soccer

Junior Mariana Garcia (Colombia) posted her third two-goal effort of the season en route to breaking The Citadel’s all-time career goals mark with 29. However, Chattanooga scored two second half goals for a 3-2 win to spoil the day for The Citadel…..The City of Charleston’s Governor’s Island Park soccer complex on Daniel Island opened in September. Two fields are ready and more are coming…..The College of Charleston women’s soccer team picked up a 3-2 overtime win at Western Carolina in Southern Conference play. The Cougars jumped out to a 2-0 lead and weathered the Catamounts’ comeback before McCallie Jones (Charlotte, N.C.) scored the game winner in the 98th minute…..Spartanburg Methodist College has earned the #15 national ranking in the NSCAA’s Junior College Division I Men’s national poll. Spartanburg Methodist had posted an 11-4-0 record through the first 15 games of the 2012 season…..Sean de Silva (Port of Spain, Trinidad) scored 27 seconds into the second overtime period to lift the College of Charleston men’s soccer team to a 2-1 victory over UNC Greensboro in Southern Conference play at the UNCG Soccer Complex. The Cougars led, 1-0, for the majority of the match but were not deterred when UNCG equalized seconds before the end of regulation to force overtime…..Junior Hannah Stanifer (The Woodlands, TX) and freshman Stephanie DeVita (Simpsonville, SC) each netted first half goals as Furman blanked Davidson, 2-0, at Alumni Stadium to clinch a top four finish in the Southern Conference standings and an opening round home match in the SoCon Women’s Soccer Tournament. The 2-0 triumph, Furman’s fourth straight win and fourth straight shutout, improved the Paladins to 13-3-2 overall and 6-2-2 in SoCon play….Dave Musambi collected his second game-winning goal of the season on a header in the 96th minute to lead the USC Upstate Spartans to a 1-0 overtime win over Lipscomb in a key A-Sun battle at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex.