MONROE, La. - Georgia Southern women's soccer notched its fifth shutout of the season with a 2-0 Sun Belt Conference road victory over UL Monroe on Sunday at Brown Stadium.

The Eagles move to 8-4-2 overall an 3-1-1 in Sun Belt Conference play with the victory, while ULM falls to 7-2-1 overall and 1-2-1 in the Sun Belt with the loss. Georgia Southern returns home to begin a three-match homestand on Friday, taking on Texas State at 6 p.m. in Sun Belt action from Eagle Field.

Both of the Eagles' goals came in a five-minute stretch in the first half. In the 33rd minute, redshirt freshman Elis Nemtsov tallied her eighth goal of the season to put the Eagles up 1-0. In the 37th minute, senior Olivia Durham then doubled Georgia Southern's lead with her second goal of the season.

ULM held an 8-7 edge in shots at the break as the Eagles took that 2-0 lead into halftime.

The Eagles had a chance to extend their lead in the 64th minute as Georgia Southern was awarded a penalty kick, but ULM goalkeeper Hailey Hillock saved the try by Marcela Montoya to keep it a two-goal match.

Georgia Southern freshman goalkeeper Michaela English tallied a pair of second-half saves - the last coming in the 77th minute off of a shot by ULM's Courtney Marten - to preserve her fifth shutout of the season.

"I'm super proud of our team, after dealing with loads of adversity from our travels," Georgia Southern Head Women's Soccer Coach Chris Adams said, as the team had to bus 11 hours on Saturday from Statesboro and got into Monroe at 9 p.m. on Saturday night. "We could have made excuses, but I thought the team was very mature. We played a very good first half to go up 2-0, then we were really smart about seeing the game out in the second half. We were focused on defending and managing the game. We subbed quite a bit to keep fresh legs, and I thought everyone kept the level high."

ULM finished the match with a 14-11 edge in shots, although the Eagles had the edge in shots on goal, 6-5. English finished with four saves in the contest for Georgia Southern, while Hillock made three in net for ULM. Georgia Southern had a 4-3 edge in corner kicks, and both teams were whistled for five fouls. The Eagles were offsides three times on the day and ULM was offsides once.