CHARLESTON, S.C. - Georgia Southern redshirt junior Megan Przybysz headed home a corner kick by senior Nora Falnes in the 66th minute for her first career goal, and the Eagles' stout defense notched its second clean sheet in its last three matches in a 1-0 victory at The Citadel on Tuesday afternoon at WLI Field.

The Eagles (3-1-1) notched their third straight victory, while handing The Citadel (3-1) its first loss of the young 2021 season. Georgia Southern also ended up unbeaten in the city of Charleston this season, going 2-0-1 against the College of Charleston, Charleston Southern and The Citadel. The Eagles are next in action on Sunday, traveling to Jacksonville, Ala., for a 2 p.m. matchup at Jacksonville State.

"All credit to the girls, we talked about having to play three games in six days," Georgia Southern Head Women's Soccer Coach Chris Adams said. "And the closest analogy we could draw was the conference tournament. So we tried to treat this stretch like that, and just take it one game at a time. Our entire team paid attention to the small details, defended well as a team and didn't give anything up against a good Citadel team."

Georgia Southern had a great chance early on in the first half on a corner kick as Smith Cathey's header in the fifth minute hit the left post. Neither team found a first-half goal and The Citadel took an 11-6 edge in shots into the break.

Redshirt freshman Elis Nemtsov nearly put the Eagles in front in the 48th minute, but The Citadel goalkeeper Jess Newton came off her line and made a diving one-handed block of Nemtsov's shot.

The breakthrough goal came in the 66th minute. Junior Isabel Kopp won a corner kick on the left side. Falnes' delivery to the near post found the head of a leaping Przybysz, who headed it over Newton into the top netting for the center back's first goal in her 38th match as an Eagle.

"Today's match came down to the narrowest of margins," Coach Adams said. "We had great execution on the corner. It was a perfect service."

From there the Eagle defense clamped down on the Bulldogs, allowing just two shots over the match's final 20 minutes to secure the clean sheet.

The Citadel had an 18-11 edge in shots for the match, as each team had four shots on goal. Georgia Southern had all six corner kicks on the afternoon. Freshman Michaela English made four saves in net for her second collegiate shutout, while Newton made three saves for the Bulldogs. Georgia Southern was whistled for six fouls, while The Citadel was whistled for five fouls and a pair of offsides.