Chants Host Longwood in Big South Quarterfinal Tuesday
11/10/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
CONWAY - The second-seeded Coastal Carolina men's soccer team begins its march to the 2014 Big South Tournament championship hosting seventh-seeded Longwood in a quarterfinal round match Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the CCU Soccer Stadium.
As an official Big South Conference postseason event, there will be an admission charge. Tickets are $5 for general admission, $4 for Coastal Carolina faculty/staff and $3 for youth (age 18 and under). However, Coastal Carolina students will be admitted free of charge with a valid CCU photo ID. All tickets will be sold out of Brooks Stadium's south ticket booth beginning at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Gates will also open at 5 p.m.
RV Coastal Carolina (12-5-1, 7-1-1 BSC) vs. Longwood (4-13-1, 3-6-0 BSC)
Match 19 | Big South Tournament Quarterfinal Round (No. 2 seed vs. No. 7 seed)
Date/Time: Nov. 11, 2014 | 6 p.m. ET
Venue: CCU Soccer Stadium | Conway, S.C.
Video Stream: Big South Network
Live Stats:
Starting XI
• Coastal Carolina finished second to Radford during the 2014 Big South regular season with a 7-1-1 record.
• The Chanticleers co-lead the Big South with 39 total goals this season, which is also tied for sixth-best in the nation with Winthrop, Charlotte and North Carolina.
• For the second straight regular season, Coastal only surrendered 16 goals in 18 matches.
• The Chants conceded only three goals in nine matches against Big South competition.
• Ricky Garbanzo is Coastal's top goal score for the second straight year. He has seven scores on the season, including a hat trick in his last match.
• In all, 13 different players have accounted for the Chants' 39 goals.
• Coastal is 16-2-1 all-time as the second seed in the Big South Tournament. The Chanticleers went on to win the championship from the two seed in 1990, 1995, 2004 and 2010.
• Coastal is 7-0-1 all-time in Big South Tournament play against the No. 7 seed.
• Longwood and Coastal have never met in the Big South Tournament.
• With his start in the regular season finale, Garbanzo tied former Chanticleer Justin Portillo for the CCU and Big South record with 89 career matches played.
• 11 of Coastal's 18 regular season opponents, including eight of nine non-conference opponents, have spent at least one week ranked in a top-25 national poll.
Coastal vs. Longwood
• Coastal and Longwood met in the regular season finale on Nov. 8 with the Chanticleers cruising to a 7-0 victory.
• Garbanzo scored a first-half hat trick and Tommy Gudmundsson, Kevin Le Bras, Louis Dargent and Bryce Follensbee added second half goals.
• Coastal and Longwood have met three times since the Lancers joined the league in 2012. Coastal has won all three games by an aggregate score of 15-0.
Seeking Tournament Title No. 12
• The Chanticleer program enters the 2014 Big South Tournament in search of its 12th tournament championship.
• Coastal's 11 current titles are a Big South record. Winthrop owns the second most titles with four.
• The Chants have won two of the last four Big South Tournament championships.
The Nation's Active Points Leader
• Ricky Garbanzo is the NCAA Division I active leader in career points with 96.
• To date, the senior has notched 39 career goals and 18 assists.
• The 39 goals tie him with former All-American Ashton Bennett for sixth on the CCU all-time list.
2014 Big South Men's Soccer Championship
Quarterfinals (Campus Sites), Tuesday, Nov. 11
Match 1: #8 Campbell at #1 Radford - 6:00pm
Match 2: #5 Liberty at #4 Winthrop - 6:00pm
Match 3: #7 Longwood at #2 Coastal Carolina - 6:00pm
Match 4: #6 UNC Asheville at #3 High Point - 7:00pm
Semifinals (Bryan Park - Greensboro, N.C.) - Friday, Nov. 14
Match 5: #1/8 winner vs. #4/5 winner - 4:00pm
Match 6: #2/7 winner vs. #3/6 winner - 7:00pm
Final (Bryan Park - Greensboro, N.C.) - Sunday, Nov. 16
Match 7 - Match 5 winner vs. Match 6 winner - 2:00pm (ESPN3)
