GREENVILLE, SC – The Presbyterian College women’s soccer team has reached the halfway point of its six-game series against schools from the state of South Carolina and will travel to Furman tomorrow night for its third game of the fall. First contact is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
Comparing the Blue Hose to their regular non-conference rivals, a similar pattern can be seen in the first week of the season: Both won their debut game before losing the follow-up game on Sunday.
PC has played the Paladins 15 times since moving up to Division I in the late 2000s, with just one win coming over Furman (in 2017), also in Greenville, by a 2-0 margin.
MATCHDAY INFO – THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
Presbyterian (1-1) at Furman (1-1) – 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: Stone Stadium (Greenville, SC)
REGARD: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast
Scouting out the enemy
– Furman won seven fights in 2023 before falling to top-seeded Western Carolina in the semifinals of the SoCon tournament in a 1-0 decision.th season with Andrew Burr as head coach of the program.
– They opened the 2024 season in thrilling fashion with a 3-2 road win over Charleston Southern. After conceding a goal in the eighth minute, the Paladins scored all of their points in the second half and erased a 1-2 deficit with 13 minutes left.
– Furman equalized in the 78th roundth minute and then promptly scored the decisive goal at 86:34 minutes. It was their fifth consecutive win in a season opening game since spring 2021.
– After turning a tie game into a clear victory over the Bucs with three and a half minutes left, the Paladins were brought back down to earth on Sunday when the South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the Paladins 5-1 in Columbia.
– Furman was picked by the league’s coaches to finish fifth in the Southern Conference and will play at home for the first time this semester when the Blue Hose arrive.
LAST TIME
– In the second meeting of the season over the weekend, Presby lacked some offensive firepower and could not get within 2-0 after outlasting Wofford in a 1-0 loss to the College of Charleston.
– Although senior keeper Kelly Hall delivered an excellent performance with nine interceptions (just one less than their personal best), the Blue Hose were only able to fire a single shot on goal in the opening period, while the 13thThe connection in the 30-minute minute led them to victory.
– For the new head coach, the euphoria was much greater Matt Smith three days before the fight against C-of-C, when he celebrated his 81st birthday.st Career win over Wofford. This result was very uncertain due to a late 2-1 lead for the Terriers, although the mood changed drastically after two late goals in quick succession.
– Lindsey Malyszek And Emilia Lieber turned the tables against the T-Dogs with two goals just over two minutes apart, took the lead for the first time that evening at 68:44 and defended the victory from that point on.
– Lieber scored her first collegiate goal after playing 45 minutes on the Presby bench. This kick was helped by another first, as a freshman Julia Williams provided the assist for the game-deciding goal.
– It was the first time since 2017 that a Blue Hose rookie scored a point in her first appearance with the Blue Hose. Curiously, the last time a PC rookie scored a point in her debut was against Furman, and it was also two singles players who did it.
– Jessica Powell and Samantha Britt – wearing blue and maroon for the first time – both scored to give the Scots a 2-0 win over the same team they face tomorrow.
