Men's Soccer | 11/6/2015 12:58:00 PM
STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern Men's Soccer is back home on Saturday night for the 2015 regular season finale against in-state rival Georgia State. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. between the Panthers and Eagles and can be seen live on ESPN3. There will be a pregame ceremony to honor the six Eagle seniors.
MATCH SNAPSHOT
GS vs. Georgia StateSaturday | Nov. 7 | 7 p.m.
Statesboro, Ga. | Eagle Field
Live Stats |
ESPN3 BroadcastSENIOR NIGHT ON SATURDAYGeorgia Southern's six seniors will be honored in a pregame ceremony set to begin at aproximately 6:45.
Jack Falle,
Chase Park,
Emmanuel Raji,
Eric Dinka,
Matt Melton and
Dalton Churchwell will be recognized in the pregame ceremony prior to their final match at the friendly confines.
LAST MATCHThe Eagles dropped a 3-0 result to LIU Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon to close a weekend the Tri-State Area. Georgia Southern downed NJIT on Friday night to pull the Eagles' third-straight league victory.
ABOUT THE EAGLESGeorgia Southern enters Saturday's match on a good run of league form with three-straight victories, all by shutout.
Emmanuel Raji leads the Eagles with four goals while the trio of
Jeremy Rector,
Christian Duncan and
Alfonso Ochoa have three goals each. Goalkeeper
Jack Falle has five shutouts this season and has made 55 saves as Georgia Southern's top choice netminder.
SCOUTING GEORGIA STATEGeorgia State enters Saturday's match at 8-7-0 and 3-1 in the Sun Belt. The Panthers are tied with the Eagles for second place in the league standings entering the final match of the regular season. Eddie Wilding leads the Panthers with five goals and seven assists this season. A total of 14 different Panthers have scored as States has outscored its opponents 33-24.
A POINT IS ON THE LINEA full point is on the line for both programs in the Georgia Southern-Georgia State rivalry series. The Eagles currently lead the series 1.5-to-1.0 For more information about the rivalry series, click
HERE.
SERIES HISTORYGeorgia Southern trails 9-21-5 in the all-time series, but snapped a three-match skid against the Panthers last year. The Eagles defeated Georgia State 2-1 in Statesboro in the Sun Belt Tournament Semifinals behind
Emmanuel Raji's game-winning goal.
NEXT UPGeorgia Southern makes the trip to Boone for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament next weekend. The Eagles will face Georgia State on Friday, Nov. 13, at either 3 p.m. or 6:30 p.m.
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