Georgia Southern 1, South Carolina State 0

STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern’s women’s soccer team improved to 4-0-2 on the year with a 1-0 victory over South Carolina State at Eagle Field on Wednesday. Courtney Collins fired home her second goal of the season in the 15th minute to take the win for the Eagles.

Georgia Southern’s offense opened the scoring in the 15th minute via a quick-strike goal. Goalkeeper Katie Merson delivered her throw to her right back, Jessie Eberhardt, who took a couple of touches and rifled a through ball past the SCSU midfield and found Collins one-on-one with the Bulldog keeper. Collins one-touched the ball past the netminder for a 1-0 Georgia Southern advantage.

Merson, the defending SoCon Player of the Week, posted her fifth shutout of the season and third in a row with five saves on the afternoon. She has a microscopic 0.16 goals against average, allowing just one goal in 580 minutes of play this season.

Georgia Southern logged 16 shots in the match as the quest for a second goal continued into the waning minutes of the match. Collins had the best chance to double GSU’s lead in the 87th minute as she blasted a shot past the SCSU goalkeeper, only being denied by the crossbar.

The Eagles are back in action on Sunday afternoon with a battle of the GSUs from Eagle Field as Southern faces Georgia State starting at 1 p.m.