SMC Soccer Opens Season with Wins

SPARTANBURG, SC – The SMC Pioneers soccer teams both opened their season Sunday with at-home wins over Andrew College.

The SMC women's team got the afternoon underway with a 6-0 rout of Andrew.

Freshman Laura Weaver (Charleston, SC / West Ashley HS) posted the first two goals of her college career, to lead the women's team in scoring.

Additional goals were made by Emily Tucker (Fresh. / Campobello, SC / Chapman HS), Jenna Thompson (Soph. / Belton, SC / Belton- Honea Path HS), Candace Jones (Fresh. / Greenwood, SC / Ninety Six HS), and Kayla Kight (Fresh. / Lexington, SC / White Knoll, SC)

On the men's side, freshman Sebastian Velasquez  (Greenville, SC / Eastside HS) posted both of SMC's points in their 2-0 win.

The men's team next plays on the road Saturday at 1 pm against USC Salkehatchie; the women's team plays on Wednesday at home at 4 pm against USC Lancaster.

Spartanburg Methodist College has 14 intercollegiate teams that compete in Region X of the National Junior College Athletic Association, which includes colleges in the Carolinas, Virginia and West Virginia.

The College is in its 100th academic year of providing quality education to students in a Christian environment this August. More than 90 percent of SMC graduates continue their education at other institutions of higher learning.

For more information contact Mark Perdue, Athletic Director, at (864) 587-4237.