Eagles Blank Blue Hose 2-0 to Notch the Season’s First Win

Wednesday, September 2

Statesboro

6 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

1-2-0

Presbyterian College

0-2-0

Presbyterian Coll.

Ga. Southern

Eric Dinka

Eagles Blank Blue Hose 2-0 to Notch the Season’s First Win

9/2/2015 8:33:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Eric Dinka and Jeremy Rector score the goals for the home side

STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern Men's Soccer posted its first clean sheet of the season en route to a 2-0 whitewash over Presbyterian College on Wednesday night at Eagle Field. Eric Dinka (57') and Jeremy Rector (80') did the damage for the Eagles who picked up their first win of the young season. Goalkeeper Jack Falle made three saves against 11 shots in net for the Eagles to earn his first shutout of the season and the eighth in his career.

MATCH FACTS
Presbyterian College (0-2-0) – 0
Georgia Southern (1-2-0) - 2

SCORING SUMMARY
57' – GS – Eric Dinka came off the bench to score his second goal of the season after the intermission. He dribbled the ball past a few defenders in the danger area to eventually take the shot from 15 yards out.
80' – GS – Jeremy Rector doubled the advantage and put the game to bed with his first goal of the season just 10 minutes from time. A misplayed clearance by the Blue Hose gave the ball to Rector at 10 yards where he calmly slotted the ball home.

NOTES
- Dinka's goal was the 11th of his career at Georgia Southern.
- Rector posted his seventh career goal with his insurance tally.
- The Eagles picked up their third-straight win over the Blue Hose and improve to 5-3-0 in the all-time series. The teams have also now played in each of the last six seasons.
- Georgia Southern doubled Presbyterian College's shot tally by posting 22 attempts to 11 from PC.
- Wednesday's game is the last home contest for Georgia Southern until Oct. 13 when Jacksonville comes to town. After playing three games in the first six days of the regular season, the Eagles will now have nine days off before a game at South Florida next Friday.

WHAT COACH KEVIN KENNEDY SAID
On the game
"Presbyterian made things very difficult for us today, they fought for everything and we made some adjustments in the second half. We tried to press up a little higher in the second half so we wouldn't end up fouling as much in the defensive third. We got a very good individual moment from Eric Dinka and after that the game opened up for us. We were a more relaxed and it opened us up to do some other things."

On the defensive performance
"The last thing we talked about before we came out for the second half was defense. We have been in that situation a lot where we were tied at halftime, we challenged the team about how they wanted it to end and how we wanted to write the story. The guys responded and showed tremendous effort to not only get the win, but keep the clean sheet which is one of their goals."

NEXT UP
Georgia Southern will get a chance to recover before visiting South Florida on Sept. 11 to open a run of five-straight matches away from home. Kickoff against the Bulls is set for 7 p.m. on the Florida Suncoast.

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