MONTGOMERY, ALA. – Georgia Southern delivered its highest offense in more than a decade on Friday night in a 10-2 win over Alabama State. The Eagles got a pair of hat tricks, breaking a run of 259 matches without a hat trick scorer. Jennifer Wittick got hers first and was joined by Nora El-Shami ten minutes later when she bagged her third goal.

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

SCORING
15' – GS – Jennifer Wittick heads home a corner kick from Nora El-Shami.
18' – GS – Jennifer Wittick gets on the end of a Nora El-Shami pass down the right side of the box.
19' – GS – Nora El-Shami pushes a rebounded shot by Jennifer Wittick home in the danger area.
19' – GS – Nora El-Shami scores 27 seconds after her first goal with a 25-yard blast.
44' – GS – Hallie Huff gets her first collegiate goal of assists by Taylor Burns and Jessica Scales when the ball is crossed in the box.
46' – ALA ST – Shelbi Vienna-Hallam scores her first goal of the season off Shyann Cordova's assist inside the box.
49' – GS – Jennifer Wittick scores her seventh of the season and third of the night, this time from the penalty spot
60' – GS – Melinda Lukas dribbles around defenders for her third goal of the season, an unassisted effort.
60' – GS – Nora El-Shami got her third goal of the night just 21 seconds after the goal by Lukas. El-Shami dribbles past defenders in the box and gets the assist from Renee Nance.
70' – GS – Jessica Scales scores her second goal of the year when she pushes home a deflected shot by Taylor Burns in the danger area.
79' – ALA ST – Ally Murphy got the second of the night for Alabama State, this time off a corner kick by Aalyah Lewis.
85' – GS – Jessica Scales scores her second goal of the night, this time off the breakaway. Hallie Huff fed the ball forward for Scales on the break.

NOTES
- It was the first time that two Georgia Southern student-athletes scored hat tricks in the same match.
- Friday's match was the third time Georgia Southern has scored in double figures and the first time since 1998. The other matches were at Jacksonville (10-4-1995 | 13-1) and at Chattanooga (9-27-1998 | 11-0)
- Jennifer Wittick leads the Eagles with seven goals. Last year El-Shami led the team with seven for the season.
- Nora El-Shami has five goals and nine assists for 19 points. That total is just three off her 2014 total of 21. She also has 21 career goals which ties for sixth in school history.

WHAT COACH BRIAN DUNLEAVY SAID
On the offensive performance
"Obviously a great offensive performance tonight, Jenn (Wittick) and Nora (El-Shami) have been outstanding thus far; they're in really good form. The team has done well in keeping possession, getting crosses into dangerous areas and the movement off the ball has been dynamic. We've proven that we can score goals in a variety of ways, it's been very enjoyable to watch.

Defensively
"If I'm honest, I'm disappointed in the manner in which we conceded the two goals, we lacked focus. That aspect of our game needs to be eradicated immediately. Particularly since we are going to face a very formidable opponent in South Florida on Thursday night."

NEXT UP
The Eagles return home for a week of practice before visiting South Florida on Thursday night. The Eagles battle the Bulls at 7 p.m. from Corbett Stadium in Tampa.

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