Vols Fall at #17 South Carolina, 4-0

Thursday, October 29

Columbia, SC

7:00 PM

University of Tennessee

7-5-6 (3-5-3SEC)

South Carolina

12-4-2 (6-3-2SEC)

Tennessee

South Carolina

October 29, 2015 | Soccer

Box Score

Oct. 29, 2015

Box Score

COLUMBIA, S.C. --Tennessee gave up three goals in the first 15 minutes and was unable to recover in a 4-0 loss to No. 17 South Carolina on Thursday night at Eugene E. Stone III Stadium in Columbia, S.C.

On its Senior Night, a pair of South Carolina seniors combined for the first three goals and the Gamecocks held on the rest of the way for their 12th win of the year.

Emily Bollinger scored her first goal of the season after a defensive miscue by the Volunteers in the fifth minute and Carly Ray added back-to-back goals off of corner kicks in the 10th and 15th minutes to extend the lead to 3-0.

Julie Eckel made a couple of fantastic saves for the Vols in the first half to keep the deficit at three heading into the break. Unfortunately, Tennessee (7-5-6, 3-5-3 SEC) was unable to generate much offense in the opening 45 minutes, posting just three shots and only one on goal.

The second half wasn't much better for the Big Orange as the Gamecocks (12-4-2, 6-3-2 SEC) added to their lead in 73rd minute on a goal by Lindsey Lane to make it 4-0 with just under 20 minutes to play.

Tennessee was outshot 21-5 for the game and was held to its lowest shot total this season. Anna Bialczak led the team with two shots and one on goal while Eckel made six saves on the night.

South Carolina's four goals marked the most Tennessee has allowed in a game this season, topping the previous high of three surrendered against No. 12 Florida and Missouri.

"It's 100 percent on our team, on our players, on our coaching staff," head coach Brian Pensky said in regards to the loss after the game.

With the loss, the Vols will miss out on the SEC Tournament after losing a three-way tie breaker with Georgia and Kentucky, who earned the ninth and 10th seeds, respectively.