STATESBORO, Ga. – On a cool Friday evening in Statesboro, the Georgia Southern women's soccer team hosted the Troy Trojans to kick off this weekends conference play. The Trojans would take two first half goals to defeat the Eagles 2-1 at Eagle Field. The Blue and White will now host Texas State on Sunday afternoon to complete the conference weekend.
The evening began with the Trojans scoring quick. In the 13th minute Britt Ellmore took a great build up by Lauren Aldrich and Natalie Melillo and finished it into the side netting to take a 1-0 lead. The Eagles and Trojans would play scoreless from there for about 23 minutes, until Kendra Cashion intercepted a back pass and scored into the empty net.