STATESBORO, Ga.  – On Friday afternoon, the Eagles took to the road to embark on the first of two matches away from home. The Eagles traveled to Monroe, Louisiana to face off against the Warhawks of ULM. The Blue and White scored three first half goals to defeat ULM 7-2.

The afternoon began with defender Ashton Adams scoring off a corner kick by Tyler Gordon. The senior combination linked up in the 29 minute to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead. With just over five minutes left to play in the half, Maddie Klintworth found a pass from Frida Brattum and scored her second goal of the season to push the lead to two. Moments later Brooke Barrett netted her first career goal for the Eagles giving them a 3-0 lead. Two minutes later the Warhawks cut the lead to two after Rahel Zerazion cleaned up her own rebound and scored.

In the second half the Eagles continued to pepper the ULM keeper finishing the game with 24 shots and 17 of those shots on goal. ULM opened up the second half scoring with a 77th minute goal from Cassidy Wiest. Junique Rodriguez responded with a goal of her own in the 81st minute, from Maddie Klintworth. Two minutes later the Klintworth scored her second of the game to give the Eagles a 5-2 lead. In the final three minutes Frida Brattum scored twice to give the Eagles a 7-2 victory and improve to 4-6-0 on the season and 2-1-0 in conference play. The Blue and White will travel to Mobile, Alabama to take on the South Alabama Jaguars on Sunday afternoon.

MATCH FACTS
UL-Monroe (0-11-0, 0-4-0) - 2
Georgia Southern (4-6-0, 2-1-0) – 7

SCORING
29' - GS - Ashton Adams (1) Tyler Gordon
39' - GS - Maddie Klintworth (2) Frida Brattum
41' - GS - Brooke Barrett (1) Vala Kristin Theodorsdottir
43' - ULM - Rahel Zerazion (1)
77' - ULM - Cassidy Wiest (2) Maelwenn Gaiffas
81' - GS - Junique Rodriguez (2) Maddie Klintworth
83' - GS - Maddie Klintworth (3) Marcela Montoya
87' - GS - Frida Brattum (2) Maddie Klintworth 
89' - GS - Frida Brattum (3) 

NOTES
- Sophomore Maddie Klintworth finished the afternoon with six points, scoring two goals and assisting on two goals
- Senior Ashton Adams scored her first goal of the season against the Warhawks in a three goal first half for the Eagles
- Freshman Brooke Barrett scored her first career goal with the Eagles
- Eagles outshot the Warhawks 24-11 and led the shot totals 15-4 at the half
- The seven Eagle goals were the most by the Georgia Southern women's soccer program since a 10-2 victory over Alabama State on September 11, 2015

WHAT HEAD COACH BRIAN DUNLEAVY SAID
"Great all around team performance today, scored some special goals. Conceding late in the first gave them some momentum. ULM really came out swinging to start the second half, they were playing really good soccer, creating chances. They came out in a different formation and were able to score, they had us reeling for a good spell. Once we got the fourth goal, we dictated the tempo again and got back to our style. I'm proud of our players for handling the game, it was a tricky twenty minutes to start the second half, but we showed quality and more importantly maturity. Good road win, now our minds are switched on to South Alabama."
 
NEXT UP
The Eagles will travel to Mobile, Alabama to face off against the South Alabama Jaguars. The Eagles are 1-8-0 all time against the Jaguars and have never won inside The Cage.