WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
* GSU scored a season-high five goals in a 5-1 win at Presbyterian.
* The Panthers have won two straight and are 4-3 on the season.
* Eddie Wilding added a goal and two assists to up his season totals to five goals and four assists in the seven matches. Casey Shultis had a goal and assist, each his second of the year.
CLINTON, S.C. – Georgia State scored three goals in the first eight minutes to roll to a 5-1 win Tuesday night at Presbyterian. The win marked a second straight for GSU and improves the Panthers' report card to 4-3 on the season.
Senior Eddie Wilding was again the catalyst for Georgia State with the game's second goal and then the Felixstowe, England midfielder provided the assists for goals three and four. He now has five goals and four assists in the seven matches of the season.
GSU, ranked No. 42 in the NCAA in scoring (1.83 per game), attacked fast and furiously tonight with 21 shots, 12 on goal and the five into the goal. It marked the third time in the past four matches that GSU scored three or more goals.The Panthers now have 16 goals in seven matches.
Midfielder Tristen Trevino nailed the first goal just 1:49 into the match. He collected the ball off a throw in and finished.
Then, just 3:26 into the match, Casey Shultis crossed the ball in to Eddie Wilding to drill into the net and it was 2-0 already.
Host Presbyterian rallied at 5:38 when Onyemachi Provost got close to the net and headed the ball home to make it 2-1.
But, the visiting Panthers accepted that challenge and Wilding sent the ball behind the defense to Casey Shultis, who finished with his second goal of the season to make it 3-1 at 7:39. That made it four goals scored by the teams in the first eight minutes.
In the second half, the busy Wilding lifted a corner kick in front of the net that alert freshman Max Hemmings headed into the goal for his first collegiate goal at 65:06.
The final scoring play was a penalty kick by Jad Elkhalil after he was fouled in the box at 84:09.
Greyson Walldorff played all 90 minutes with four saves in improving his mark to 3-2 on the season.
Georgia State has a week to heal some injuries before it returns to action next Tuesday, Sept. 29, when the Panthers play host to UAB.
