Women’s Soccer Downs Arkansas State Behind Two Goals from Wittick

Sunday, October 4

Jonesboro, Ark

1 p.m. (ET)

Georgia Southern University

5-6-2 (2-1-1)

Arkansas State

2-10-1 (0-3-1)

Ga. Southern

Arkansas State

Jennifer Wittick

Photo by: Ken Boyd

Women’s Soccer Downs Arkansas State Behind Two Goals from Wittick

10/4/2015 4:25:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Eagles face Georgia State at home next Sunday

JONESBORO, Ark. - The Georgia Southern women's soccer team tallied their second conference win on Sunday against Arkansas State, bringing their record to 2-1-1 in the Sun Belt. The Eagles topped the Red Wolves 3-1, with Jennifer Wittick leading the team with two goals to total nine goals this season. Melinda Lukas also put one in for the Eagles to mark her second of the season, while Angelica Wallerstedt added a pair of assists.

MATCH FACTS
Georgia Southern – 3 - 5-6-2 (2-1-1)
Arkansas State- 1 - 2-10-1 (0-3-1)

SCORING
22' - GS - Jennifer Wittick scored the first goal of the game off of a long pass from Angelica Wallerstedt and volleyed it over the goalie.
26' - GS - Melinda Lukas volleyed the ball off a cross from Angelica Wallerstedt on her first touch.
54' - GS - Jennifer Wittick buried her second goal of the game, heading it in after Nora El-Shami's corner kick.
70' - ASU - Sutton Wester brought it to a two-point game after scoring off of a throw in from Kassie Flynn and an assist from Jordan Adams

NOTES

Jennifer Wittick added two goals to total a team-high nine goals this season

Angelica Wallerstedt posted a game-high two assists

Nora El-Shami's assist puts her at 23 points this season (six goals, 11 assists) to lead the team

Georgia Southern tallied 10 shots on goal compared to ASU's five, with neither committing offsides

WHAT COACH BRIAN DUNLEAVY SAID
"It's a good road win for us; we had to work hard defensively. It wasn't the prettiest of games— it looked very much like two teams who had long overtime games on Friday night. Arkansas State puts a lot of pressure on teams playing longer balls. They have a long throw, and they're good on set pieces. So we had to win a lot of balls in the air. Ultimately we gave up a clean sheet because of it. Other than that one opportunity, we did well against it. In possession we were very effective; we created chances and scored three excellent goals. It was a good weekend overall, and now we turn our attention to preparing for a really strong Georgia State team next Sunday."

NEXT UP
The Eagles face rival Georgia State next Sunday, Oct. 11, who remain undefeated in conference play. The game is at 1 p.m. at Eagle Field and welcomes Georgia Southern graduates to attend for Alumni Day.

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