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SPARTANBURG, SC – Wofford women’s soccer fell 3-2 against Georgia Southern Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field in Statesboro, Georgia. After both teams were scoreless in the first half, the Eagles triumphed late in the second half to win their first game of the season. 

This was the Terriers eighth Southern Conference match and are now 3-12-1 overall and 2-5-1 in Southern Conference play while the Eagles move to 1-14-0 and 1-7-0 in Southern Conference. 

As the first half opened up, Wofford took the lead in both shots and corner kicks early with Jewel Kawamoto taking a corner at 2:49 and a header at 3:05. Wofford’s Nikki Siebert and Sydney Reed took shots that both went wide right within 4 minutes of each other. Georgia Southern’s Danae Kaimuloa took a header at 33:38 that went wide. Before halftime the Terrier’s Kawamoto took another corner and at 44:09 Daniella Fatti took a shot that went wide to end the period. 

Going into the second half tied 0-0, the Eagle’s Sara Oland took an assisted shot from Morgan Springer to score from the left side of the box at 50:56. Wofford would battle back and after two failed shots by Nikki Siebert at 61:22, Rachel Blackburn took an assisted shot from Monica Ploetzke at 67:09 to tie the game. It was Blackburn’s first goal of the season. As Georgia Southern tired to rally back, a shot at 69:54 by Morgan Springer was blocked and at 73:58 Wofford’s Rachel Blackburn scored again on a free kick, making the score 2-1. Quickly the Eagle’s Danae Kaimuloa scored on a rebound, tying the game 2-2. At 75 minutes into the match, Wofford’s Anne Phillips and Nikki Siebert tried to pull away with shots that both went wide right. It was at 81:17 that the Eagle’s clenched their victory with a header by Michelle Carlson assisted by Sara Orland. A last minute shot to try and tie at 89:38 by Wofford’s Nikki Siebert was saved by Georgia Southern’s goalie Missy Meyer. 

The Terriers dominated play with twenty-one shots to the Eagle’s fourteen, had eight corner kicks over the Eagle’s five and had only eight fouls to Georgia Southern’s eleven. 

The Terriers are back at home Thursday October 22 against Appalachian State at 6 pm at Snyder Field.