Women’s Soccer Blasts Winthrop, 2-0, for Second-Straight Win

Wednesday, September 9

Statesboro

6 p.m. (ET)

Georgia Southern University

2-3-1

Winthrop

1-2-1

Winthrop

Ga. Southern

Cori Dulmage

Photo by: Ken Boyd

Women’s Soccer Blasts Winthrop, 2-0, for Second-Straight Win

9/9/2015 8:39:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Jennifer Wittick scores her fourth of the year while Cori Dulmage gets a goal on her birthday

STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern scored twice to win its second match on the trot with a 2-0 victory over Winthrop on Wednesday night. Georgia Southern was victorious in the battle of the Eagles and claimed the team's first clean sheet of the year.

MATCH FACTS
Winthrop (1-2-1) – 0
Georgia Southern (2-3-1) - 2

SCORING
60' – GS – Jennifer Wittick earned her team-high fourth goal of the season to get the Eagles off the mark at the hour mark. Bang-bang passes from Nora El-Shami and Melinda Lukas developed in a cross to the far post for Wittick who shot from six yards.
81' – GS – Cori Dulmage celebrated her 21st birthday with her fourth career goal to put the Eagles in an unassailable 2-0 lead. A low pass in the box by El-Shami broke Dulmage free at the penalty spot where she blasted the ball home for the goal.

NOTES
- Georgia Southern picked up its first clean sheet of the season with the goalkeeping tandem of Emily Egan and Emily Flinn playing 45 minutes each. Flinn, who played the second 45 minutes took the win in the scorebook while making the only save of the game for GS.
- El-Shami took six shots in the game with two on frame and now finds herself in third place in program history for shots. She also scored two assists to consolidate her place at the top of the Sun Belt point scorers list.
- Jennifer Wittick has four goals this season through six games. She tallied four goals last year in 13 total contests.
- Cori Dulmage's goal is the fourth of her career and matches her tally from last season.

WHAT COACH BRIAN DUNLEAVY SAID
On Halftime Adjustments
"We did enough in the first half to be in the game, but we didn't do enough to excel. At halftime we challenged the team to be better mentally, physically, tactically and technically. Both teams were average in the first half, but we showed some of our strengths in the second half which is what we wanted to do."

NEXT UP
Georgia Southern will have a travel day on Thursday before visiting Alabama State on Friday evening in Montgomery. The contest starts at 5 p.m. (CT)/6 p.m. (ET) in the heart of the Yellowhammer State.

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