SPORTS BRIEFS: Georgia Southwestern soccer teams lose at home

GSW women’s soccer remains winless

The Georgia Southwestern women’s soccer team fell 4-0 to Georgia College in a Peach Belt Conference match Saturday at Hurricane Field in Americus.

Georgia College three times in a span of 13 minutes early in the second half to pull away from GSW (0-11, 0-6 PBC). The Hurricanes’ defense held up until the 41st minute when Amanda Bartholomew punched in her PBC-leading 14th goal of the season to propel Georgia College to a 1-0 lead at the halftime break.

GSW goalkeeper Sammie Conley made eight saves in the match to push her above 100 for the season (105).

GSW men’s soccer loses to Reinhardt

The Georgia Southwestern men’s soccer team allowed a pair of goals in each half for the second consecutive match and dropped a 4-0 decision to Reinhardt on Saturday in Americus.

Leonardo Fagioli converted a penalty kick in the 11th minute to put the Hurricanes (4-7-1) in a hole early. Jordan Williams added his seventh goal of the season less than two minutes later to put Reinhardt ahead 2-0, a lead it took into the break.

GSW had two shots hit the post before Reinhardt made it a 3-0 game with a goal by Matthew Gray in the 66th minute. The Eagles tacked on their final score in the closing minute of the match.

Goalkeeper Torge Wiedenroth stopped nine shots to earn a clean sheet for Reinhardt. Joshua Swift and Matthew Sherry each took a half in goal for GSW.

Georgia Southern loses to New Mexico State

Georgia Southern fell to 0-5 with a 35-27 loss to New Mexico State on Saturday in Statesboro.

The visiting Aggies scored two touchdown passes in the final quarter, including a 5-yard pass from Tyler Rogers to Jaleel Scott with 2:05 to go, to secure the victory.

New Mexico State controlled things offensively, picking up 25 first downs to Georgia Southern’s 13. The Aggies picked up 505 total yards, 399 through the air, while Georgia Southern managed just 265 total yards.

Records set in Georgia State win

Led by Conner Manning and Penny Hart, Georgia State used a record-setting offensive performance to win its third straight road game and move to 2-0 atop the Sun Belt Conference with a 47-37 victory Saturday evening at Louisiana-Monroe.

Manning directed an attack that piled up a school record 670 yards of total offense with Georgia State’s most points ever against an FBS team. The senior quarterback completed 26-of-35 passes for a career-high 446 yards, the second-highest single-game total in school history, and tied the Georgia State record with four touchdown passes.

Much of Manning’s yardage was to Hart, who set the Georgia State record with 190 yards receiving on 11 catches, which ties his own school mark. Hart, who recorded his third straight 100-yard game, caught touchdowns of 50, 25 and 22 yards.

Georgia State is 3-2, 2-0 in the Sun Belt.

Kennesaw State wins fifth straight

Redshirt freshman running back Shaquil Terry and junior running back Jake McKenzie combined for 237 of Kennesaw State’s program-record 498 rushing yards in leading the Owls to a 42-28 victory over Liberty on Saturday night at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The win extends the Owls’ winning streak to a program-record five games.

The Owls (5-1, 1-0 Big South) had to hold off a late Liberty rally that saw the Flames (3-3, 0-1 Big South) reel off 21 unanswered points to cut the deficit to 35-28 with 9:06 remaining. But junior quarterback Chandler Burks — who finished with 82 rushing yards on 20 carries and a touchdown — led a key 12-play, 75-yard drive that milked 5:53 off the clock. The game was iced was McKenzie sprinted 30 yards for a touchdown with 3:13 left.