PENSACOLA, Fla. — South Carolina women’s soccer opens its SEC Tournament run as the No. 2 seed on Tuesday, Nov. 10, taking on 10th-seeded Georgia in a 12:30 p.m. Eastern quarterfinal at Ashton Brosnaham Park in Pensacola, with SEC Network carrying the match.
The Gamecocks arrive at 12-2-3 overall and 6-1-3 in conference play. Their only league loss came in the regular-season finale, a 3-0 setback at top-ranked Vanderbilt, and they never lost in Columbia, going 9-0-0 at Stone Stadium. Ten shutouts put the defense third in the country in that category. This marks the 25th tournament trip for the program under coaches Shelley and Jamie Smith.
Georgia, 7-5-6 and 3-3-4 in the SEC, advanced with a 1-0 first-round win over Oklahoma on Sunday, when Kiera Staude scored in the 36th minute. The Bulldogs are in the quarterfinals for a fifth year in a row.
The two programs played just 18 days ago in Columbia, where South Carolina held on for a 2-1 win on Oct. 23 after a late Georgia header arrived only after time ran out. Georgia still owns the all-time series at 16-15-6, but the Gamecocks have gone 9-1-3 against the Bulldogs since 2015 and lead 3-2-1 in SEC Tournament meetings, including a 2022 semifinal decided on penalty kicks.
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