ATLANTA Ga. – Suzanne Arafa scored a pair of goals as Georgia State took a 3-0 win over Southeastern Louisiana in non-conference action Friday evening at the GSU Soccer Complex.
   
    The Lady Lions (1-1) held the Panthers (1-2) scoreless in the final 45 minutes after Georgia State took a 3-0 halftime lead. Southeastern out-shot the Panthers 6-5 in the second half after GSU held a 9-2 advantage in the first half.
   
    Freshman goalkeeper Michaela Hawthorn recorded four saves for Southeastern.
   
    Alex Addington added a goal for the Panthers while Siobhan Wilson had a pair of assists. Brie Haynes made three saves.
   
    Georgia State took a 1-0 lead in the eight minute as Addington lofted in a shot from the top of the box off a pass from Wilson.
   
    Arafa cashed in off a pass from Wilson in the 17^th minute to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead. She scored her second goal of the match off a deflection in the 39^th minute.
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS:
    Hawthorn dove to her left to deflect away a shot in the box by Arafa in the 15^th minute.
   
    Junior defender Christina Cutura lined a shot from the left wing that was snared by Haynes in the 24^th minute. Haynes then dove on a shot in front by freshman defender Maja Blanck off a cross from freshman forward Jessi Cooper in the 33^rd minute.
   
    Hawthorn leapt to punch away a shot by Arafa in the 35^th minute.
 
    Wilson sailed a shot high in the 52^nd minute.
   
    Junior midfielder Ramsey had an attempt deflected over the net in the 58^th minute.
   
    Hawthorn blocked a point-blank shot by Wilson in the 59^th minute.
   
    Haynes saved a liner by freshman midfielder Larissa Galvez Estrada from the right wing in the 74^th minute.
   
    Kylie Ruffule's hit the crossbar from the right wing in the 77^th minute.
   
    Junior forward Sofia Olsson had her shot from the left wing punched off the crossbar by Haynes in the 84^th minute.
 
NOTES:
    Georgia State moved to 6-0 all-time versus Southeastern. It was the second straight shutout by the Panthers in the series and their third overall.
 
    Southeastern started five freshmen – Hawthorn, defender Matilda Hallas-Potts and midfielders Galvez Estrada, Megan Gordon and Gabbi Anderson.
   
    Blank and junior defender Logan Phillips saw their first action as Lady Lions.
   
    Addington and Arafa scored their first goals of the season. Wilson now has three assists.
 
    Southeastern assistant coach Mary Mancin was a four-year member of the Columbus State soccer program in Columbus, Ga. and also served as a graduate assistant coach for the Lady Cougars from 2013-15. Mancin also was the starting goalkeeper and captain for the WPSL Georgia Revolution.
 
    Georgia State midfielder Monique Hundley attended Acadiana High School in Scott, La.
 
QUOTES:
Southeastern head coach Chris McBride:
    "We came out slow today. We made a couple of mistakes and they capitalized on them and put it in the back of the net and we were down 3-0. In the second half, we played much better. We moved the ball well and defensively, we kept it tight. The girls fought and never gave up and that's important. When you face adversity like that, you like to see your team come back and fight and that's what we did tonight. We're proud of the girls for their effort in the second half. The first half, we just got out-shot and we have to tighten up on a few things. We look forward to the game on Sunday"
 
UP NEXT:
    Southeastern concludes its two-game road trip with a 1 p.m. match at Alabama State (0-3) in Montgomery, Ala. on Sunday.