11/23/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
CLEMSON - Due to inclement weather throughout the state of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina's NCAA Tournament Second Round match at Clemson scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 23, has been POSTPONED to Monday, Nov. 24 at 6 p.m. The match will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
No. 25 Coastal Carolina (16-5-1, 7-1-1 BSC) vs. No. 8/No. 7 seed Clemson (11-6-3, 5-2-1 ACC)
Match 23 | NCAA Tournament Second Round
Coastal Carolina Match Notes
Date/Time: Nov. 24, 2014 | 6 p.m. ET
Venue: Historic Riggs Field | Clemson, S.C.
Broadcast: ESPN3
QUICK KICKS
• Coastal Carolina earned its way into the 2014 NCAA Tournament with a 1-0 win over Radford in the Big South Tournament Championship.
• Coastal's NCAA Tournament appearance is the program's 12th overall and fifth straight.
• Coastal advanced to the tournament's Second Round with a 1-0 home victory over Atlantic Sun champion Florida Gulf Coast. Freshman Martin Melchor scored the game-winner with 4:49 to play in regulation.
• Sunday's game against Clemson marks the Chants' fourth straight season playing in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Coastal is 10-10-1 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and has reached the Round of 16 each of the past two seasons. Of those 10 wins, six have come since the 2011 season.
• Coastal has reached the 15 win mark for the fourth consecutive year.
• Coastal has scored 15 goals during its current five game win streak.
• The Chants conceded only five goals in 12 matches against Big South competition (including tournament).
• Ricky Garbanzo is Coastal's top goal scorer for the second straight year. He has eight scores on the season.
• Coastal is the NCAA's leader in goals scored with 47 (2.14 per game).
• In all, 13 different players have accounted for the Chants' 47 goals.
• In addition to being CCU's top goal scorer, Garbanzo co-leads the Chants in assists with six. Freshman defender Elis Bjornsson also has six assists.
• Coastal has held opponents to 18 total goals in 22 matches for a 0.80 goals against average.
• Five of Coastal's nine regular season non-conference opponents advanced to the NCAA Tournament (Maryland, Clemson, Charlotte, UAB, Furman). Maryland is the No. 4 overall seed, while Clemson is the No. 7 seed and Charlotte is the No. 10 seed.
• 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.
HOW THE CHANTS GOT HERE ...
• Coastal won its 12th overall Big South Conference tournament championship to claim the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship. Coastal dispatched Radford 1-0 in the championship match.
• Coastal started the season 2-1 (with all three matches on the road against top-21 ranked opponents) then went 1-2 in its next three game before reeling off an eight-match win streak. The Chants then suffered two losses and a tie to go along with a single win late in the season, but have rebounded to win each of their last four matches by a combined 14-2 score.
• The Chanticleers defeated Florida Gulf Coast 1-nil in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at the CCU Soccer Stadium.
• Martin Melchor scored the game-winner on a diving header at the 85:11 mark of play. Elis Bjornsson sent the cross into the box for his sixth assist of the season.
LAST TIME VS. CLEMSON
• Coastal and Clemson met on Oct. 21 with the Tigers claiming a 2-1 overtime victory with goals by Alexandr Happi and Oliver Shannon. Elis Bjornsson converted a penalty kick in the sixth minute for Coastal's score. The Chanticleers were ranked 21st at the time, while the Tigers were receiving votes in most national polls.
THE COASTAL VS. CLEMSON SERIES ALL-TIME SERIES
• The Chanticleers and Tigers have a brief series history despite both calling the Palmetto State home. The sides have met on the pitch 10 times with Clemson holding an 8-2-0 advantage.
• The team have met two prior times in the NCAA Tournament with Clemson advancing each time. In the Second Round of the 2002 tournament, the game ended 1-1 after 110 minutes of play, but the Tigers were credited with the win after capturing the penalty kick shootout by a 5-4 margin. Coastal again traveled to Historic Riggs Field in the First Round of the 2005 tournament. The Tigers came away with a 2-0 victory.
