STATESBORO, GA. – Georgia Southern Men's Soccer plays its second-straight road game in the Tar Heel State on Tuesday night when it visits Ninth ranked UNC at Fetzer Field. The Eagles enter the final non-conference match of the regular season on a winning note following a 1-0 win over Appalachian State on Saturday night. Kickoff between the Eagles and Tar Heels is set for 7 p.m.
Georgia Southern (6-6-0, 2-1-0 SBC) at North Carolina (11-4-0, 5-2-0 ACC)Date – Tuesday, October 28th
Time – 7:00 p.m.
Location – Chapel Hill, N.C. // Fetzer Field
Series Record – GS Trails 0-2-0
Last Meeting – 10-2-2012 – L 0-2 – Chapel Hill, N.C.
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EAGLES ONE POINT OFF THE MARKGeorgia Southern is currently tied with NJIT for second place in the league standings with NJIT after the third of five rounds of league play. The Eagles trail Hartwick by one point with a game in hand over the Hawks. GS and NJIT square-off on Sunday in the Eagles' final regular season league game.
Sun Belt Men's Soccer Standings (as of 10/27/14)
Hartwick 7 pts (2-1-1)
Ga. Southern 6 pts (2-1-0)
NJIT 6 pts (2-1-0)
Howard 4 pts (1-1-1) *Ineligible for Sun Belt Tournament*
Ga. State 3 pts (1-2-0)
App. State 2 pts (0-2-2)
FALLE RANKED IN TOP-10Jack Falle ranks sixth nationally with 5.92 saves per game. The native of Lilburn, Ga. was recently featured in an article by the Georgia Southern student newspaper (http://www.thegeorgeanne.com/sports/men_soccer/article_36ffe946-c3fc-54ab-a27f-2b4c8a99f2ef.html)
EAGLE OFFENSE GETS THE GOALSOffensively the Eagles are ranked 31st nationally and tops in the Sun Belt with 1.83 goals per game.
SPREADING THE GOALS AROUNDThis season, 11 different Eagles have combined to score the team's 22 goals.
Dalton Churchwell,
Josh Ward,
Adam Abdellaoui,
Landon Barrow,
Nick Wells and Thor Svienbjornsson have scored opened their scoring accounts at GS with goals this year.
SUN BELT TOURNAMENT COMING SOON TO STATESBOROAlong with joining a new conference, Georgia Southern Men's Soccer will have another first in November of 2014 when the Eagles host the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. It will be the first time that the Eagles have hosted a postseason men's soccer tournament at Eagle Field.
NEXT TIME YOU SEE US…Georgia Southern returns to the friendly confines on November 2nd for the regular season home finale against NJIT. Kickoff against the Highlanders is set for 2 p.m.
EAGLE HOME GAME AVAILABLE ON GS ALL-ACCESSEach of Georgia Southern's six home games in the 2014 campaign will be available live on GS All-Access from GSEagles.com. The premium video streaming service allows fans worldwide to watch all the action from Statesboro.
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