STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern head women's soccer coach Brian Dunleavy announced the 2018 spring schedule Thursday, which opens up this weekend at Eagle Field with Georgia College on Saturday.

"We've put together a very challenging spring schedule," Head Coach Brian Dunleavy said. "All six teams had a very good fall 2017. Our program is in a good place right now, we are returning a really strong group. We want our spring to be a time for our players to develop individually while we enhance our team's style of play and build a solid foundation for 2018. We will experiment with varying formations and systems to help us prepare for next season. We will be focused on player performance and team tactics in order to get the most out of these exhibitions."

The Eagles will have six spring matches, with five of them being at home. Competition will begin this weekend with Georgia College on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. GCSU is coming off of an 11 win season which included a win over Columbus State.

The Blue and White will play Columbus State on March 10^th at 1:00 p.m. inside the friendly confines of Eagle Field. The cougars finished with 16 wins, advancing to the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

Brian Dunleavy and crew will continue their spring tour after spring break on Saturday March 24^th against Stetson University. The Hatters had nine wins during the 2017 campaign and tied 0-0 to the eight straight Atlantic Sun Champions, Florida Gulf Coast.

Following a meeting with the Hatter the Eagles will shift their attention to Mercer who had 10 wins a season ago and defeated Sun Belt Conference opponent Troy. The Blue and White will conclude their home stand in the spring with a meeting with Charleston Southern.

The Eagles will travel for the final match of the spring to North Florida who had their best season in 10 years. The Ospreys finished with nine wins in 2017 and signed a Brazilian U-20 National Team Player.  

Georgia Southern finished the 2017 season with an 8-9-2 overall record, advancing to the Sun Belt Conference semifinals for the first time since joining the league in 2014. The Eagles return eight starters from the 2017 roster and 22 overall returns from the 2017 squad.

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