HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison men's soccer fell in its home regular-season finale on Friday night, 1-0, to Georgia State at Sentara Park.
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The Dukes dropped to 7-3-6 overall and 3-2-3 in Sun Belt Conference matches, as their 11-match home unbeaten streak was snapped. The Panthers snapped their eight-match winless streak and improved to 4-7-5, 1-4-3 SBC.
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Redshirt senior
Evan Southern paced JMU's offense with four shots, while junior
Sebastian Conlon made one save in goal.
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Quoting Head Coach Paul Zazenski
"Tonight was a touch one as we would have loved to get a result on senior night. This loss is on me."
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How It Happened
- JMU had the first opportunity on goal in the ninth minute as Southern's shot was saved.
- Georgia State netted their goal as Tom Williams took a shot that Conlon saved and Williams followed it up with a chip on an open net. A JMU defender raced in and deflected it away, but the ball bounced off the post and back into the goal.
- Southern had another chance in the 75th minute with a run down the side of the box, but a save by Georgia State negated the shot.
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Quick Facts
- The Dukes outshot the Panthers 12-5, putting seven of their shots on goal.
- JMU had a 5-4 advantage on corner kicks..
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Up Next
The Dukes wrap up their regular season on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at Old Dominion for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
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