STATESBORO, Ga. - The Georgia Southern men's soccer program scored two goals in the game's first three minutes and seven seconds to pick up a 2-1 Sun Belt Conference victory over preseason league favorite Coastal Carolina on Saturday evening at Eagle Field.
The battle between the two teams who tied for the 2016 SBC regular season title saw the Eagles (3-3, 1-0 SBC) prevail by one goal - the sixth straight one-goal game that Georgia Southern has played to open up the 2017 campaign. Coastal Carolina falls to 2-4 overall and 0-1 in the SBC with the loss.