STATESBORO, GA. - Georgia Southern Women's Soccer suffered a 1-0 defeat to UL Lafayette in the 2015 Sun Belt opener for both squads. An 11th minute goal was the difference for the Ragin Cajuns who avenged last season's loss to the Eagles. Next up for Georgia Southern is a 1 p.m. Sunday matinee against UL Monroe at Eagle Field.

MATCH FACTS
UL Lafayette (7-3-1, 1-0-0 Sun Belt) - 1
Georgia Southern (3-4-1, 0-1-0 Sun Belt) - 0

SCORING
11' - ULL - Cassandra Reyes gets the Ragin Cajuns on the board with shot from the top of the box. She got free and struck the shot into the top-left corner of the net.

NOTES
- Georgia Southern out-shot the Cajuns 13-8 on the night with a 9-5 advantage in shots on goal.
- UL Lafayette goalkeeper Corsette Morche made nine saves in the match for the clean sheet.
- Nora El-Shami lead the Eagles with four shots, all on frame.

WHAT COACH BRIAN DUNLEAVY SAID
On Friday's Match
"I think for us in the second half, we were just trying to focus on doing a better job in the midfield and when we were defending better, we actually put ourselves in position to win the ball and kept possession. I thought we were all over them (UL Lafayette). There were about 15 minutes where they had the run of play. I really felt like we were the better team. I just told them that they were desperately unlucky. I kept willing the ball to go in the back of the net and it just didn't happen."

On preparing for Sunday
"I think I just want the players to understand that (a performance like) tonight's performance every night will lead to positive results. It's going to bounce our way. We just need to keep ourselves in a perspective that we're not playing bad soccer. We couldn't readily identify one strong issue that led to a loss tonight, so it's just about us feeling better about ourselves moving forward."

NEXT UP
The Eagles are back in action on Sunday afternoon as UL Monroe comes to the friendly confines. Kickoff against the Warhawks is set for 1 p.m.

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