STATESBORO, Ga. - The 2018 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Championship Semifinals, slated for Friday at Eagle Field in Statesboro, have been moved to Floyd E. Morris Field in Savannah's Daffin Park. Top-seeded Georgia State will meet fourth-seeded Coastal Carolina at 4 p.m., with second-seeded Georgia Southern facing third-seeded Appalachian State at 7 p.m.
The first round of the tournament was played at Daffin Park on Thursday afternoon with Coastal Carolina defeating Howard, 2-1. Heavy rains on Wednesday and a forecast for more thundershowers on Friday forced the moving of the semifinals. As of now, the final is still slated to take place on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Eagle Field between the winners of the semifinals.
Due to set-up logisitcs, admission to Friday's matches will be free.
Click here for directions to Floyd E. Morris Field.
If Sunday's championship match is played in Statesboro as planned, ticket prices will remain as advertised before the tournament.
Georgia Southern (6-6-3) is hosting the Sun Belt Conference Championships for the second time in program history. The Eagles hosted the tournament in 2014 and advanced to the final, losing to Hartwick, 1-0. For Georgia Southern to return to the final this year, they will have to get past Appalachian State (8-5-3), who they defeated 1-0 on a goal with six seconds left on the clock in the regular season.Â