STATESBORO, Ga.  – On a toasty evening in Kennesaw, Georgia, the Georgia Southern women's soccer team competed in their final non-conference match of the season. The Owls jumped out to an early lead in the ninth minute, after Erin Harris scored her second goal of the season off the assist of Morgan Harrison.

The first half ended with the Eagles trailing 1-0 and down in the shot totals 7-4. Coming out of half, the Eagles pressured the Kennesaw State keeper, making her work for all five saves she had to make. Jocelyn Springer collected another six saves this evening, as Ashton Adams and Victoria Howell made their season debuts.

MATCH FACTS
Kennesaw State (6-1-0) - 1
Georgia Southern (2-5-0) – 0

SCORING
9' - KSU - Erin Harris (2) Morgan Harrison

NOTES
- Eagles were outshot 13-8 on the evening, while the corner kicks were even at four a side.
- Ashton Adams and Victoria Howell both made their season debuts tonight, with Howell making her first appearance with the Eagles.
- Jocelyn Springer made six saves on the night and increased her save total to 29 on the season.
- Tyler Gordon lead the Eagles in shots with four and two of them were on frame.

WHAT HEAD COACH BRIAN DUNLEAVY SAID
"Kennesaw is a very good team, really dynamic in transition, athletic, they have an excellent goal keeper. We knew that their attacking transition would be the main thing for us to deal with, and by and large we did a great job defensively with that. We had one miscue, and they capitalized on it. It's unfortunate, because we played very well. We are just missing that component in our game right now, capitalizing on opponents mistakes. We played some fantastic soccer moving forward, we had them on their heels a lot, we just didn't reward ourselves with a goal. If we keep pushing, the goals will come, right now it hurts because our players are executing games plans, they're doing what's asked of them. It's interesting conundrum, because we are creating chance after chance so I don't want to make any big changes. I believe in this team, and they'll get the results their hard work and talent deserve."
 
NEXT UP
The Eagles will have the rest of the weekend off, before traveling back to Atlanta to open up conference play against Georgia State. The Blue and White will return home that Sunday to face off against Louisiana at 12:00 PM.