Here’s what you missed over the weekend in Georgia Southern Athletics…

Men’s soccer

• The team defeated Wofford on Friday, 3-2, at home

• Record: 5-5 

• Sophomore forward Adam Davie scored a goal in the sixth minute and junior midfielder Aldair Cortes had two second-half goals to lift the Eagles over the Terriers

• GS outshot Wofford 6-3 and sophomore goalie Jose Bomfin notched a crucial save in the second half 

• “We had great performances from guys that are deeper in our team,” Head Coach John Murphy said. Our kids’ effort and application was excellent and the quality and our connections were better tonight.”

What’s Next? 

• The team will take on South Carolina on Tuesday in the last non-conference game of the season

• SC holds a 5-5 record going into the match and 0-3 in Conference USA, but undefeated at home

• Junior goalkeeper Buenyamin Yusufoglu has made 47 saves this season and allowed 17 goals 

Women’s soccer

• The team lost to Troy on Sunday, 4-1, on the road

• Senior forward Frida Brattum scored the lone goal for the Eagles during minute 17

• GS made 11 shot attempts in the second half, the most all season

• Senior goalkeeper Lauren Karinshak added five saves

• Record: 4-6-1

• “Another tough conference away game, against a strong Troy side,” Interim Head Coach Josh Moffet said. “We had some good looks on goal and hit the woodwork twice but to concede from 3 set pieces in any game isn’t good enough and we must correct that in the build up to remaining Sun Belt games.”

What’s Next?

• The team will play a 9-3-2 South Alabama team on Friday at 7 p.m.

• The Jaguars defeated GS 2-0 last season and hold a 4-1-1 conference record 

• USA’s leading scorer senior Briana Morris leads team with 19 goals in 2019, was named to Sun-Belt All-Tournament team last season

Volleyball

• The team defeated Troy, 3-1, at home on Friday with one of the best performances of the season

• Sophomore middle hitter Baylor Bumford set a new school record with 15 blocks

• GS hit for .219 and held Troy to .097 in the match

• Sophomore outside hitter Maddie Bryant led the team with 14 kills

• “We talk about putting yourself back in the middle of the ring, and just keep punching and fighting and clawing, and they did that,” Head Coach Chad Willis said.

• The team lost to South Alabama, 3-0, at home on Saturday

• GS was not able to get into an offensive rhythm and allowed Jaguar Iva Durdanovic to tally 17 kills and digs

• Record: 6-9

Swimming and Diving

• The team fell to FGCU and Campbell on Saturday at home

• Sophomore fly swimmer Melissa Cox had a first place finish in the 50 meter freestyle

• Senior diver Gretchen Mossburg finished in third place in the 1 meter dive and third in the 3 meter dive

Cross Country

• The team finished in first place at the GATA XC Classic

• Sophomore runner Merabu Nagwandala finished in first place with a time of 18:36.59 in the 5k race

• Sophomore Carley Braman and freshman Mattie Harris finished with season-best times in the 5k race

• “We came out today trying a couple of different things to close out the race strong in the last mile,” Head Coach Wesley Penberthy said. “We got quite a few season-bests today so it’s an accurate representation having competed here previously.”

Football 

• The team defeated South Alabama, 20-17, in double overtime on Thursday in Mobile

• Redshirt-senior Tyler Bass hit a 37-yard field goal to add the second victory of the season 

• Junior running back Wesley Kennedy III had a one-yard run in the fourth quarter to force OT

• The GS defense held the Jaguars to only four first downs the entire game

• Record: 2-3

Amanda Arnold, The George-Anne Sports Editor, gasports@georgiasouthern.edu