STATESBORO, GA. – Georgia Southern's quest for a Sun Belt Tournament Championship starts on Friday with a semifinal match against the Georgia State Panthers. The Eagles dropped a 1-0 result to the Panthers last Saturday in both sides' regular season finale. Kickoff against the Panthers is set for 6:30 p.m. at Eagle Field. Tickets are $5 for single game and $10 for full tournament passes.

Georgia Southern (7-8-0, 3-2-0 SBC) vs Georgia State (8-9-0, 3-2-0 SBC)
Date – Friday, November 14th
Time – 6:30 p.m.
Location – Statesboro, Ga. // Eagle Field
Series Record – GS Trails 8-21-5
Last Meeting – 11-8-2014 – Panthersville, Ga. – L (1-0)
Tickets - $5 Single Game | $10 Tournament Pass
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TOURNAMENT TIME IN STATESBORO
This season the Sun Belt Men's Soccer Tournament returns for the first time since 1996. The Eagles welcome four other teams to Statesboro for the weekend which includes four games at the friendly confines.

GAME 1 – No. 5 App St. vs. No. 4 NJIT – Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 2 – Winner Game 1 vs. No. 1 Hartwick – Friday, 3 p.m.
GAME 3 – No. 3 Georgia Southern vs. No. 2 Georgia State – Friday, 6:30 p.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 2 – Sunday, 1 p.m

EAGLES LEAD LEAGUE IN POSTSEASON HONORS
Six Eagles shared seven of the Sun Belt postseason awards which were announced on Thursday morning. Thor Svienbjornsson took Freshman of the Year as well as First Team All-Sun Belt honors. He was joined on the first team by Jack Falle, Chase Park and David Vargas Masis. Two forwards took spots on the second team with Emmanuel Raji and Eric Dinka winning All-Sun Belt Second Team honors.

WATCH THE GAMES FOR FREE
The first three in the Sun Belt Men's Soccer Tournament can be seen for free on SunBeltSports.org. Fans can tune-in for free on the league's website. Sunday's Championship Game can be seen live on ESPN3 at WatchESPN.com

FALLE NAMED DEFENSIVE POTW
Georgia Southern goalkeeper Jack Falle was named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season on October 28th. Falle picked up a win over App State and was also named Defensive POTW on September 2nd.

JUNIOR NETMINDER RANKED AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS
Goalkepeer Jack Falle enters the postseason as the No. 6 ranked goalkeeper in terms of saves per game with 5.87 saves per game. He is also 11th nationally in total saves with 88 this season.

CRAZY FINISH
Georgia Southern was part of one of the craziest finishes in NCAA soccer history when the Eagles and Tar Heels combined for four goals in 83 seconds in the 85th and 86th minutes of the match. Adam Abdellaoui scored twice for the Eagles in the 6-2 loss to UNC which snapped a five-match shutout streak for the No. 6 ranked Tar Heels.

EAGLE OFFENSE GETS THE GOALS
Offensively the Eagles are ranked 43rd nationally and tops in the Sun Belt with 1.67 goals per game.

SPREADING THE GOALS AROUND
This season, 11 different Eagles have combined to score the team's 25 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.

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