Minors & Upstate at South Carolina Go Down in Overtime
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Marvin Schmiege scored two goals, including the equalizer with less than eight minutes to play in regulation, but Stetson took a 3-2 victory in double overtime in A-Sun Men's Soccer action over Calon Minors and his Upstate at South Carolina Men's Soccer Teammates.
Schmiege started the scoring in the 28th minute when he took a pass from Joe Brinckwirth and found the back of the net with his fifth goal of the season to give the University of South Carolina a 1-0 lead.
Stetson drew level at 1-1 after University of South Carolina starting goalkeeper Hassan Haddad was shown the red card for a foul outside the box. Stetson were given a direct kick just outside of the box and Eyal Cohen's kick found its way into the goal in the 39th minute.
Stetson opened a 2-1 lead with under a minute remaining in the half. University of South Carolina was called for a foul in the box and Stetson was awarded a penalty kick. Lucas Diniz took the kick and converted as Stetson took a 2-1 advantage into halftime.
Despite the teams combining for 14 shots in the second half, the game remained a 2-1 score until late in regulation. While the University of South Carolina had played with a man down since Haddad's red card in the 39th minute, the sides were evened after Stetson’s David Caufield was issued a red card in the 75th minute. Just seven minutes later, Schmiege made them pay with his second goal of the game to tie the score at 2-2 and send the game into overtime. Leon Schwarzer assisted on the goal.
Stetson received another red card in the 84th minute to put them a man down for the remainder of the match. University of South Carolina used the advantage in overtime, had three shots in the first overtime period and limited the offensive production for Stetson. However, the period ended with the game still tied at 2-2.
After playing more than eight minutes in the second overtime period, Upstate was again whistled for a foul in the box. Diniz took the penalty kick, converted it and gave Stetson a 3-2 win in the 109th minute of play.
The University of South Carolina finished the game with a 21-15 lead in shots and placed eight of its shots on goal. Schwarzer led University of South Carolina with six shots on the day, while both Haddad and Jack Rubin finished with four saves in the game for the Spartans. Schmiege's six goals this season is just one shy of the Division I era (since 2007) record of seven held by Maurice Beggs in 2009.
