The Week: Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 2018
Who's In Action: Football, Women's Soccer, Men's Soccer, Volleyball, Cross Country

Friday, Aug. 31
Sport: Women's Soccer
Opponent: Stetson
Location: Statesboro, Ga. || Eagle Field
Time: 4 PM

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Game Notes
Video (ESPN +)
Live Stats
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Twitter

Quickly: In the first of two soccer matches played Friday at Eagle Field, the Georgia Southern women's soccer team hosts the Stetson Hatters. The Eagles are coming off of a split weekend where they defeated Jacksonville State Friday at home 1-0, before falling to Gardner-Webb 3-0 on the road. The Blue and White currently lead the series 4-2-0, making this the seventh meeting between the two programs. This will only be the third time that these two teams have played inside the friendly confies of Eagle Field and the first meeting since 2013. 


Sport: Volleyball
Opponent: Arkansas
Location: Minneapolis, Minn. || Maturi Pavilion
Time: 5:30 PM ET

IMPORTANT LINKS
Video (Big Ten Network)
Stats
GS Twitter

Quickly: The Eagles (0-3) open their second weekend of the season against Arkansas (1-1) in the Diet Coke Classic, hosted by Minnesota. It's the first meeting between the Razorbacks and Eagles. GS went 0-3 at the WVU Invite last weekend but took a set against host West Virginia and suffered consecutive five-set losses to Wright State and UConn.  Lauren Reichard, who posted a career-high 10 blocks to go along with seven kills against Wright State, was named all-tournament. 


Sport: Men's Soccer
Opponent: North Florida
Location: Statesboro, Ga. || Eagle Field
Time: 7:30 PM

IMPORTANT LINKS
Video (True Blue TV)
Live Stats
Tickets
GS Twitter

Quickly: Georgia Southern went 1-0-1 in its season-opening trip to Virginia last weekend, notching a 2-0 win over Virginia Commonwealth and a 2-2 draw with Old Dominion. Javier Carbonell scored twice in a 3 1/2 minute span to help the Eagles overcome a 2-0 deficit in the final 14 minutes of regulation against the Monarchs. Friday, the Eagles will open up its home slate by hosting North Florida (0-2). The two teams met last year in Jacksonville, with Georgia Southern taking a 2-1 win. 
 

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Saturday, Sept. 1
Sport: Cross Country
Opponent: Carolina Challenge
Location: Columbia, S.C. 
Time: 9 AM

IMPORTANT LINKS
GS Twitter

Quickly: Georgia Southern will open the 2018 Cross Country schedule with a trip to the Carolina Challenge in Columbia, South Carolina. After missing the event in 2017, the Eagles will return to Columbia to open the season with the 5K race at the Sandhill Research and Education Center on Columbia's Northside (Directions).


Sport: Volleyball
Opponents: No. 3 Minnesota (2-0) and North Dakota State (1-2)
Location: Minneapolis, Minn. || Maturi Pavilion
Time: 11 AM and 5:30 PM ET

IMPORTANT LINKS
at Minnesota - Video (Big Ten Network) | Stats
vs. North Dakota State - Video (Big Ten Network) | Stats
GS Twitter

Quickly: The Eagles continue action at the Diet Coke Classic in Minnesota by taking on the host and third-ranked Golden Gophers and North Dakota State. It's the first meeting for the Eagles against Minnesota, and GS owns a 1-0 mark vs. North Dakota State with the lone meeting coming in Hanner Fieldhouse in 2013. Following Saturday's contest, GS plays its home open opener against North Florida at Alumni Arena on the Georgia Southern Armstrong Campus Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free, and the game will be the first official Georgia Southern athletics contest on the GS Armstrong Campus since the consolidation.


Sport: Football
Opponent: South Carolina State
Location: Statesboro, Ga. || Allen E. Paulson Stadium
Time: 6 PM

IMPORTANT LINKS
Game Notes
Video (ESPN+) ($)
Live Stats
Tickets
GS Twitter

Quickly: Georgia Southern opens the 2018 season at home against South Carolina State … It will be the eighth meeting on the gridiron between the two with GS leading 7-0 … Only four of the previous seven meetings have been in Paulson Stadium … GS is 35-2 all-time against MEAC schools with the only two losses coming against Florida A&M … GS has won 15 straight games against MEAC opponents … GS has won 20 straight games at home against non-conference opponents (including vacated wins and FCS Playoff games) dating back to a Nov. 18, 2006 overtime loss to end the season against Central Arkansas.
 

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Sunday, Sept. 2
Sport: Women's Soccer
Opponent: Davidson
Location: Statesboro, Ga. || Eagle Field
Time: 1 PM

IMPORTANT LINKS
Game Notes
Video (True Blue Live!)
Live Stats
Tickets
Twitter

Quickly: In part two of the short two game home stand, the Eagles will host long time SoCon opponent Davidson. The Wildcats currently lead the series 20-8-1 and enter the weekend with a 2-2-0 record. They will being their road trip Friday with a meeting against Mercer, before traveling to Statesboro to take on the Eagles.