Women's Soccer Continues Conference Play at Furman

Statesboro, Ga. - Georgia Southern Women’s Soccer continues conference play in Greenville, S.C. against the Furman Paladins on Sunday at 2 pm.

The Lady Eagles are now 3-3-2 (1-0-0) after knocking off Wofford 2-1 on Friday night.

Georgia Southern rallied in the second half tying the match at 1-1 in the 61^st minute of action. Senior Ashley Toussaint (Warner Robbins, Ga.) scored the game tying goal, her sixth goal of the season, off of a pass by Sophomore Michelle Berard (Kennesaw, Ga.).

Toussaint leads the Lady Eagles in goals scored (6), points (15) and shots on goal (21).

Sophomore Jenny Anderson (Birmingham, Ala.) gave the Lady Eagles the lead in the 86th minute of play when she scored off a give and go pass by Toussaint.

Junior Lauren Santos has started all eight matches for the Lady Eagles and has made 48 saves on the season. Santos became Georgia Southern’s all-time saves leader against High Pont (Sept. 21st).

Georgia Southern and Furman have faced off a total of 21 times. Georgia Southern dominated the series early, winning eight out of the first 10 matches and had two four-game winning streaks; however, Furman took control in 1998 and has not looked back. The Eagles have not beaten Furman since October 15^th, 1997 when Georgia Southern defeated the Paladins 1-0.

Furman enters the match with a 6-3-1 (0-1-0) record after losing at home to Davidson 3-2 in their conference opener on Thursday.

The Paladins are 3-1-1 at home this season, but the Lady Eagles are 2-1-1 on the road.

Furman’s last victory of the season came on the road at USC Upstate in a 1-0 overtime victory.

Martha Hall leads the Paladins in goals scored with four.

Sara El-Shami has started all 10 matches and has dished out a team leading five assists this season.

Jessica Smith and Briana da Mota have evenly shared the goalkeeping duties with five starts each. Smith has a 0.73 goals against average.

The Lady Eagles return home after the Furman match to face Chattanooga on October 3^rd at 4 pm at Eagle Field.

Category: Women's Soccer

Published on Saturday, 27 September 2008 00:18