Late Second Half Rally Comes Up Short at Georgia Southern

Sunday, October 25

Statesboro, Ga.

12 p.m.

Troy University

1-8-1, 1-8-1

Georgia Southern

3-8-1, 3-5-1

Troy

Ga. Southern

Late Second Half Rally Comes Up Short at Georgia Southern

10/25/2020 3:51:00 PM | Soccer

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

STATESBORO, Ga. -- After falling behind by a pair of goals, the Troy soccer program mounted a furious second-half comeback, before ultimately falling 3-1 to Georgia Southern Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field.

After the Eagles scored just five minutes into the match, the Trojans (1-8-1, 1-8-1 Sun Belt Conference) found the equalizer 15 minutes later when Mia Tessier took a flick from Erin Bloomfield and knifed through the Georgia Southern (3-8-1, 3-5-1 Sun Belt Conference) defense. The freshman then calmly beat Sara Story with a left-footed shot.

With the score even at one, Georgia Southern quickly regained the lead when Marcela Montoya's shot deflected off a Trojan and past goalie Gaby Cossette. In her first action of the season, Cossette made four saves.

Following the halftime break, Georgia Southern extended its lead to 3-1 when Cossette's service from 25 yards out deflected off Deborah Ruiz' back and into the unoccupied net.

Down the stretch, the Trojans had a couple of good chances, including an 82nd-minute strike from Eubanks that was called offsides but could not draw any closer.

Troy will learn its first-round fate later this week for next week's Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:
• Tessier's strike was her first career goal.
• Bloomfield made her first start since Sept. 27 against Coastal Carolina.
• The freshman recorded her first career point on Tessier's goal.
• Cossette's four saves are a new career-best.
• Sophomore Makenna Stafford played a career-best 40 minutes.
• Georgia Southern played the final 10 minutes of action with just 10 players after Brogan Boudreaux was issued her second yellow card.