2014 GSU MEN’S SOCCER GEORGIA STATE MATCH NOTES OCT. 7, 2014 SCHEDULE MATCH PREVIEW AUGUST MATCH 9 29 Mercer Macon, Ga. L, 0-2 Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER Atlanta, Ga. 5 College of Charleston # Greenville, S.C. L, 0-2 GSU Soccer Complex 7 Furman # Greenville, S.C. L, 0-5 13 North Florida Atlanta, Ga. W, 4-1 16 Presbyterian Atlanta, Ga. W, 1-0 20 UNCG Greensboro, N.C. W, 2-1 26 Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. W, 3-1 30 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. L, 1-2 (OT) OCTOBER GEORGIA STATE BELMONT 7 Belmont Atlanta, Ga. 7 p.m. 11 NJIT * Newark, N.J. 5 p.m. PANTHERS BRUINS 14 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 7 p.m. (4-4-0, 2-0-0 Home) (1-10-0, 0-5-0 Away) 18 Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. 7 p.m. NOTES 21 Jacksonville Atlanta, Ga. 7 p.m. 25 Hartwick * Atlanta, Ga. TBA HOW WE GOT HERE… 28 Duke Durham, N.C. 7 p.m. Last time out, GSU dropped a 2-1 heartbreaker in overtime at South Carolina 31 Howard * Washington, D.C. 7 p.m. to end the Panthers’ four-match winning streak. After a scoreless first half, Aaron Jones gave Georgia State the lead with a perfect free kick in the 62nd NOVEMBER minute. The ball was spotted just outside the 18-yard box on the left side. Jones 8 Georgia Southern * Atlanta, Ga. 7 p.m. was able to curve the ball over the wall and into the top left corner past the 13-16 SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP Statesboro, Ga. TBD diving Gamecock goalkeeper. The Panthers held the lead until the 89th minute but South Carolina was able to put the ball in the back of the net following a * - Sun Belt Conference match | # - Gray Griffin Memorial Tournament scramble in the six yard box. In overtime, the Gamecocks had momentum and All times Eastern and subject to change they scored in the 93rd minute to clinch the win. On Friday, Sept. 26, Georgia State defeated Lipscomb 3-1 in Nashville, Tenn. SUN BELT CONFERENCE STANDINGS Rashid Alarape scored the opener in the 9th minute as the Panthers held a 1-0 TEAM SUN BELT PCT. OVERALL PCT. edge at halftime. Then Georgia State bagged two goals in the first four minutes of the second half to extend its advantage to 3-0. In the 47th minute, Tyler Appalachian State 0-0-1 .000 3-5-2 .400 Alexander scored the game-winner off a rebound when the Bison goalkeeper Hartwick 0-0-1 .000 0-6-3 .167 could not hold Stephen McGill’s effort. Two minutes later, McGill got on the NJIT 0-0-0 .000 5-3-3 .591 score sheet himself from the penalty spot. Lipscomb added a late goal in 73rd minute but it was not enough as GSU earned the 3-1 victory. Georgia State 0-0-0 .000 4-4-0 .500 Georgia Southern 0-0-0 .000 4-4-0 .500 UP NEXT… Howard 0-0-0 .000 0-11-1 .042 A week after their last match, the Panthers will host Belmont at the GSU Soccer Complex on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. and live stats can be found SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS at www.GeorgiaStateSports.com. Contact: Matt Arsenault E-mail: [email protected] The Bruins are 1-10 overall and has lost five-straight matches. Belmont is 0-3 Office: (404) 413-4034 in Horizon League play after falling to Cleveland State last time out. The Vikings picked up a 1-0 win on Saturday, Oct. 4 in Nashville, Tenn. behind a 69th minute Cell: (864) 529-2086 match-winner. Previously, Belmont was defeated 3-0 by Wright State in Dayton, Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3975 Ohio on Wednesday, Oct. 1. The Raiders bagged three goals in the first half to Atlanta, GA 30302-3975 cruise to the easy victory. The Bruins only managed six shots over 90 minutes Physical Address: GSU Sports Arena and none were on target. 125 Decatur Street, Room 130 • This will be the ninth all-time meeting between the Panthers and Bruins, Atlanta, GA 30303 and Georgia State has won all eight previous meetings. • GSU defeated Belmont 2-1 in last season’s regular-season finale on Nov. 15. Like us! facebook.com/GSUMensSoccer • Belmont is 0-5 on the road this season. • The Bruins are led by Nat Hubert, who has scored two goals for a team-high Follow us! @GSUMensSoccer four points. 2014 GEORGIA STATE MEN’S SOCCER 1 WWW.GEORGIASTATESPORTS.COM GSU MEN’S SOCCER ON THE HORIZON… WINNING WAYS... Following the Belmont match-up, Georgia State will travel to Newark, N.J. to The Panthers had won four-straight matches before falling to South Carolina face NJIT. The match will be the Panthers’ Sun Belt opener as they compete for 2-1 in overtime on Sept. 30. GSU opened the season by dropping its first three a conference title for the first time in two years. The match is set to kickoff at 5 contests of 2014. p.m. • During the streak, Georgia State outscored its opponents 10-3 after failing to score a goal in the team’s first three matches. The Highlanders are 5-3-3 overall and are currently ranked ninth in the NCSAA/ • Seven different Panthers have scored in the four contests. Continental Tire Southeast Region poll. NJIT fell to St. Francis Brooklyn 2-0 in Brooklyn, N.Y. in the Highlanders’ last match on Saturday, Oct. 4. Before the defeat, NJIT was unbeaten in its last seven matches, including four wins and OFFENSIVE OUTBURST... three draws. On Saturday, Sept. 13, Georgia State defeated North Florida for the Panthers’ • This will be the first meeting between the Panthers and Highlanders. first victory of the season. GSU’s four goals scored is the most by the Panthers • Both NJIT and GSU competed as Division I independents last season. since Oct. 16, 2011 in a 4-2 win over Drexel. The match was tied 1-1 at halftime • NJIT is 4-0-2 when playing at home in 2014. but Georgia State scored three goals over five minutes in the second half to • The Highlanders are led by Marko Drljic, who has scored three goals and cruise to the easy victory. assisted on three more for a team-high nine points. • Jad Elkhalil found the back of the net for his first career goal and the match- • Cristian Marcel is tied for the team lead with three goals and he is second winner in the 71st minute. with six points. • Aaron Jones then scored off a free kick in the 73rd minute to extend the lead. • Danny Cordeiro and Phillip Costa are tied for Drljic for the team lead with • Amiri Abraham capped the evening with an unbelievable solo effort. He three assists. dribbled past four defenders before firing the ball over the keeper’s head and into the top right corner. COCHRAN AND MCGILL SWEEP WEEKLY AWARDS... Seniors CJ Cochran and Stephen McGill swept the Sun Belt’s weekly awards on FAMILY MATTERS... Sept. 30. Cochran was named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week and McGill The Georgia State men’s soccer team has one set of siblings on the team: the received Sun Belt Offensive Player-of-the-Week honors after an outstanding Elkhalil brothers. 3-1 win over regionally-ranked Lipscomb Friday, Sept. 26. • Ali and Jad were both born in the United States but there parents are natives • Cochran made three saves on 14 total shots faced to help the Panthers extend of Beirut, Lebanon. their winning streak to four matches. • Their family settled in the Atlanta area and the brothers attended Walton • Over Georgia State’s four-match win streak, Cochran has allowed only three High School in Marietta, Ga. goals and registered 11 saves. • Ali, a senior midfielder and forward, is tied for the team lead with one goal • McGill picked up his first Sun Belt weekly award after leading the Panthers scored and he has appeared as a substitute in five of six matches this season. with a goal and an assist in the win over the No. 5 team in the southeast • Jad has started all six matches at forward this season and is also tied for the region. team lead with one goal. • McGill is tied with three others for the team lead with four points. He also has a team-high two assists and is one of eight Panthers to find the back of Junior forward Andy Anglade plays the same sport at the same school as his the net this season. younger sister Taina Anglade. She is also a forward and they are one of two sets SUN BELT PLAYERS OF THE WEEK of brother and sister who play soccer at the same school in the Sun Belt (Walker and Logan White at Appalachian State). DATE OFFENSIVE DEFENSIVE POW 9/2 Cristian Marcel, NJIT Jack Falle, Georgia Southern ON THE ROAD AGAIN... 9/9 Shaun Keegan, NJIT Kit Tregear, Hartwick 9/16 Stanley Broaden, App. State Alex Beranger, App. State The Panthers open the season with nine of their first 12 matches on the road, 9/23 Mike Rood, Hartwick Christian Foust, NJIT including six of their first eight. GSU kicked off the 2014 season with three Joshua Mercer, NJIT straight road matches, before hosting North Florida and Presbyterian. 9/30 Stephen McGill, Georgia State CJ Cochran, Georgia State • After picking up a 2-1 win over UNCG on Sept.