ONEONTA, N.Y. – Georgia Southern Men's Soccer dropped its Sun Belt opener on Friday night, 3-0 at Hartwick. Next up for Georgia Southern is a home match against Jacksonville University on Tuesday night in Statesboro at the friendly confines.
MATCH FACTSGeorgia Southern (2-5-1, 0-1-0 Sun Belt) – 0
Hartwick (5-4-2, 1-0-0 Sun Belt) - 3
SCORING21' – HC – Mike Rood scores on the penalty kick.
33' – HC – Dean Fowler makes it 2-0 on a through ball from Jamie O'Grady.
69' – HC – Jack Donaldson hits on the Hawks' third goal from the top of 18-yard box off an assist from Nick Hills.
NOTES- Hartwick out-shot the Eagles 13-9 on the night.
- Thor Svienbjornsson,
Eric Dinka and
Aidan Reising each tallied two shots for Georgia Southern.
- Georgia Southern's best opportunity of the night came in the 58th minute as Thor Svienbjornsson missed a penalty kick.
WHAT COACH KEVIN KENNEDY SAID"We're obviously disappointed with the result. There were some difficult circumstances in the match, and we failed to respond properly. Couple this with missing a penalty early in the second half and it will be tough to find a way to win. We took a step backwards tonight, but we will bounce back."
NEXT UPGeorgia Southern returns home for the first time in a month on Tuesday as Jacksonville University comes to Eagle Field. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. with the contest available on ESPN3.
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