STATESBORO, Ga.  – On Sunday afternoon, the Georgia Southern women's soccer team hosted Sun Belt Conference front runners Texas State. The Bobcats defeated the Eagles 3-0 to clinch a spot in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. 

Kaylee Davis opened up the scoring less than four minutes into the game scoring her 11th goal of the season, after Jamie Brown crossed a ball past Jocelyn Springer and Davis finished. Minutes later Kayla Geren received a pass from Mackenzie Smith and, leading scorer Kaylee Davis, to take a 2-0 lead on the Eagles early. In the 20th minute the Bobcats scored their third and final goal of the afternoon, as Kaylee Davis scored her 12th goal of the season.

The Eagles will now look to recover next weekend against Coastal Carolina and Louisiana. These two matches will be the final time the Eagles will be at home this season, before heading to Arkansas to take on Little Rock and Arkansas State. 

MATCH FACTS
Texas State (8-5-1, 6-0-1) - 3
Georgia Southern (4-9-0, 2-4-0) – 0

SCORING
4' - TXST - Kaylee Davis (11) Jamie Brown
6' - TXST - Kayla Geren (1) Kaylee Davis, Mackenzie Smith
19' - TXST - Kaylee Davis (12) Kayla Geren

NOTES
- Texas State clinched a spot in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament with a 3-0 victory against the Eagles. It was the second consecutive season that they are the first team to clinch a spot
- Kaylee Davis scored her 11th and 12th goals of the season increasing her lead in the Sun Belt Conference
- Tyler Gordon led all Eagles with four shots on the afternoon
- Jocelyn Springer made two saves on the afternoon
- Taylor Regensburger made her second appearance in two games, after making her Eagles debut on Friday

WHAT HEAD COACH BRIAN DUNLEAVY SAID
"It's very rare to absolutely dominate the majority of the game and still lose three nothing. We've got to find a way to start games better than we are, we gave the best player in the conference time and space to finish her chances. Kaylee Davis is a clinical finisher, and she was the difference. Texas state had five shots on goal and scored three. We had five shots on goal and couldn't score. In the second half Texas State crosses midfield three times, they couldn't get on the ball, we dictated the tempo and tore them apart but didn't finish our chances. There were two clear cut penalties that weren't called, and after watching film I'm at a loss as to why they weren't called. Nevertheless, it's on us to start games properly, finish our chances, and win games. Because the only thing that actually matters is the scoreboard and we were clearly on the wrong side of that today."
 
NEXT UP
The Eagles will host their final two home matches, next weekend against Coastal Carolina and Louisiana.