The Week: Sept. 3-9, 2018
Who's In Action: Football, Women's Soccer, Men's Soccer, Volleyball

Tuesday, Sept. 4
Sport: Volleyball
Opponent: North Florida
Location: Savannah, Ga. || Alumni Arena || Savannah Series
Time: 6:30 PM

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Promotions: T-Shirt Giveaway, Food Trucks, Youth Night, post-game autographs, and the Armstrong Campus Bookstore, stocked with all new GS gear, will extend its hours to 7 p.m. 

Quickly: GS plays its home open opener against North Florida at Alumni Arena on the Georgia Southern Armstrong Campus. Admission is free, and the game will be the first official Georgia Southern athletics contest on the Armstrong Campus since the consolidation. The Eagles own a 5-3 lead in the all-time series against the Ospreys, which dates back to 1991, and the teams split two contests last season with each club winning 3-0 at home. GS is coming off a 3-0 win over North Dakota State Saturday at the Diet Coke Classic in Minnesota.
 

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Friday, Sept. 7
Sport: Women's Soccer
Opponent: Kennesaw State
Location: Kennesaw, Ga.
Time: 6 PM

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Quickly: Following a hard fought weekend in Statesboro, the Georgia Southern women's soccer team is back in action for the final non-conference matchup of the season. The Eagles will travel to Kennesaw State to face off against the 5-1-0 Owls. The Eagles picked up their second win of the season against Davidson thanks to a strong defensive effort by the Eagles and a huge goal by Frida Brattum. Jocelyn Springer collected her first career clean-sheet and her first career victory in the win Sunday and will be looking to build on that Friday in Atlanta.


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

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Quickly: The Eagles (2-0-1) are coming off of a 3-0 win over A-Sun foe North Florida in Friday's home opener, and face another A-Sun opponent this Friday in Florida Gulf Coast. FGCU is 1-2 on the year after falling to top-ranked Wake Forest by a 3-1 score on Saturday. This will be the first meeting in school history between the two teams. O'Vonte Mullings (2 goals) leads the FGCU Eagles offensively this season, while Javier Carbonell (4 goals, 2 assists) leads the GS Eagles offensively.


Sport: Volleyball
Opponent: Akron
Location: Winston-Salem, N.C.
Time: 7 PM

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Quickly: The Eagles open play at the Wake Forest Invitational against Akron in what will be the first meeting between the schools.
 

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Saturday, Sept. 8
Sport: Volleyball
Opponent: Wake Forest and Elon
Location: Winston-Salem, N.C.
Time: 11 AM and 5 PM

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Live Stats vs. Elon
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Quickly: The Eagles play two matches in the Wake Forest Invitational, taking on the host Demon Deacons in the morning and facing former Southern Conference rival Elon in the afternoon. It will be the fifth meeting against Wake Forest, and the series is tied 2-2 with GS having won the last two contests, including a 3-1 decision in Hanner Fieldhouse in 2016. GS owns a 12-3 all-time mark against Elon and has won the last seven contests, including three during the 2013 season, the Eagles' last as members of the SoCon.


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

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Quickly: This will be the fourth meeting between the Eagles and the Minutemen with UMass leading 2-1 … The two teams played last season in Amherst with the Minutemen winning 55-20 … In the 1999 I-AA quarterfinals,  the Eagles won 38-21 behind five touchdowns and 333 yards rushing from Adrian Peterson at Paulson Stadium en route to a national title … The Minutemen beat GS 55-43 in the 1998 national championship game in Chattanooga … In the modern era, Georgia Southern is 3-2 all-time against teams from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts … The Eagles are 1-2 against UMass and 2-0 against Northeastern … GS has won 21 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 … The 670 yards of total offense allowed to UMass last year are the most given up by the Eagles since joining the FBS in 2014.