The South Georgia State College Hawks finished the regular season undefeated in conference play with a 3-0 win over the Central Georgia Tech Titans last week in Douglas. The Hawks will face the Gordon State Highlanders for the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association conference championship Saturday afternoon on the SGSC campus.
The Hawks carried a 1-0 lead into halftime then scored two more goals in the second half for the 3-0 win. Madeleine Forschler (unassisted) found the net at the 32:00 mark for the Hawks’ first goal. Holly MacLaurin (unassisted) gave SGSC a 2-0 lead early in the second half. Olivia Benson (assisted by Rose Bowman) scored the final goal at the 74:00 mark.
The Hawks’ goalie duo of Katie Lantier and Toi Collins turned in the clean sheet for SGSC.
The Hawks are 11-2 overall and 9-0 in GCAA play this season. They face the Highlanders on Saturday in a rematch of last year’s conference championship. SGSC won that game 5-1.
Gordon State is 8-5 overall and 6-3 in the conference. All of the Highlanders’ losses have come courtesy of the Hawks.
Saturday’s championship game begins at 2 p.m.
