STATESBORO, Ga. – Sunday marked the final game of the Eagles month long road trip. The Blue and White traveled to Lafayette, Louisiana to compete against the Ragin' Cajuns. The Eagles will now return home to host South Alabama and Arkansas State.

Louisiana jumped out to an early lead, Sunday afternoon, under partly cloudy skies and a mild heat. Denice Emokpae got the Cajuns on the board in the 4^th minute, after a throw in was tipped around by Ashleigh Cade and Una Einarsdottir before being cleaned up for the goal.

Ashleigh Cade scored the second of the game for the Cajuns no more than three minutes later. The Blue and White settled down after the two quick goals, as the Eagles and Cajuns had a stalemate in the midfield for about 30 minutes. Neither team could progress the ball into the attacking third during that time. In the 41^st minute Ashleigh Cade scored her second goal of the season and second of the game giving Louisiana a 3-0 lead heading into halftime.

Late in the second half the Eagles began to threaten the Cajuns goal. In the 71^st minute Elvira Gustafsson scored her first collegiate goal to cut the lead to 3-1. Less than three minutes later Juvenia Hylton took a through ball from Asha Vilaythong and scored her second goal of the season, cutting the lead to 3-2 late in the second half.

MATCH FACTS
Louisiana (5-4-1) (2-0-1) – 3
Georgia Southern (3-5-1) (1-2-0) – 2

SCORING
4' - LA – Denice Emokpae (Ashleigh Cade) (Una Einarsdottir)
7' – LA – Ashleigh Cade (Rebecca Foley)
41' – LA – Ashleigh Cade (Grace Champagne)
71' – GS – Elvira Gustafsson (Unassisted)
74' – GS – Juvenia Hylton (Asha Vilaythong)

NOTES
- Elvira Gustafsson scored her first goal of the season and the first goal of her collegiate career.
- Juvenia Hylton scored her second goal of the season late in the game to cut the lead to one.
- Louisiana's Ashleigh Cade, was a part of all three goals for the Cajuns, assisting on the first and scoring two of her own.
- The Eagles were outshot by the Cajuns 19-13 and 8-6 on goal.
- Lauren Karinshak added another five saves this afternoon to move her total to 37 on the season.

WHAT HEAD COACH BRIAN DUNLEAVY SAID
"Absolutely shocking first 45 minutes, I'm bitterly disappointed. It's been a long road trip I will say that, but that's not an excuse. We are better than that, it's unacceptable to start a game as poorly as we did. The second half we were much better but, we dug ourselves too big of a hole. Our players need to get it going for 90 minutes, there is no way around it."
 
NEXT UP
The Eagles will head home to host South Alabama and Arkansas State in the friendly confines of Eagle Field.
 
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