Statesboro, Ga. – Sophomore Clint Ritter scored on a 20-yard shot with less than eight minutes remaining in regulation to lift Furman to a 2-1 victory over Georgia Southern in Southern Conference men's soccer action on Tuesday night at Eagle Field.

With the victory, Furman upped its overall record to 11-3-3 and improved to 3-2-1 in the SoCon.  Georgia Southern dropped to 4-11-1 overall and 2-3-1 in league play.

Furman, with the match knotted at 1-1 and just over seven minutes left to play in regulation, earned a corner kick.  Martin Ontiveros served the set piece into the box and an Eagle defender attempted to clear the ball, but the clearance bounced to Ritter who volleyed a 20-yard effort into the upper right corner at 82:56.  The match-winner marked Ritter's second goal of the campaign.

The Paladins had taken the first half lead in the 19th minute despite GSU opening the match with six straight shot attempts and forcing Furman's Sven Lissek into a pair of saves.  Danny Hojaij sent in a corner that was cleared to Ontiveros.  The Pharr, Texas, native volleyed the ball towards the top of the six-yard box where senior Coleton Henning headed past Eagle goalkeeper Neal Bates for his sixth goal of the season at the 18:32 mark.

The Eagles equalized only 42 seconds before the half hour mark as Nick Lane's cross found a sprinting Rocco Bagley for a header into the open net.

Furman forced Bates into three second half saves before Ritter's game-winner and the Eagle defense had to save an Amadu Ndiaye header off of the line in the 68th minute.

Lissek, a freshman from Germany, was credited with two of his five saves on the night in the final 15 minutes to preserve the victory and earn his first collegiate win in goal.  Bates stopped six shots in the loss for GSU.

The Paladins finished with a 16-15 edge in total shots and 9-6 advantage in shots on goal.  Furman earned seven corner kicks and netted both of its goals as a result of set pieces.  Georgia Southern earned six corner kicks.

Furman concludes its regular season on Saturday night when it visits Spartanburg, S.C., and Snyder Field to face the Wofford Terriers.  Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

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