Women's Soccer to Clash with Georgia State

STATESBORO, Ga. – The Georgia Southern women’s soccer squad will look for its first win of the young season as it plays the last of a three-game road trip at Georgia State, Sunday at 1 p.m.

The Eagles are coming off a valiant performance at a tough Samford Tournament (Aug. 31, Sep. 2), falling to four-time Ohio Valley Conference defending champion Samford (1-0) and Southeastern Conference memberMississippiState(2-1).

The Eagles (0-2-0) and the Panthers (3-1-0) have previously met on 12 occasions with the Panthers taking the last game in 2006 by a 1-0 margin in Statesboro.  Going into Sunday’s match, the series is tied at 5-5-2.

Head coach Ashley Hart, in her fourth year at the helm of the Eagles, will seek her first win againstGeorgiaState as she holds a 0-2-1 record versus the Panthers.

GeorgiaStatereturns seven starters and 12 letterwinners from the 2006 squad.  Eighth-year head coach Domenic Martelli led the Panthers to a 5-12-3 record last year.

Post-game results and statistics can be found on GeorgiaSouthernEagles.com.

Category: Women's Soccer

Published on Saturday, 08 September 2007 00:03