THE BASICS:
SCORE:Valdosta State 2, Shorter 0
RECORDS:Valdosta State 11-5 (9-3 GSC), Shorter 3-13-1 (1-9-1 GSC)
LOCATION:Rome, Ga.
THE LEAD – Valdosta State junior Riley Tennant scored just 4:03 into the contest as VSU posted a 2-0 victory at Shorter Thursday evening to run its winning streak to four matches.  Junior Ashley Lewis scored her team-leading 13^thgoal of the season in the second half for the insurance score.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Following a save from VSU sophomore goalkeeper Caroline Embler, Tennant scored the first goal off an assist from senior Mallory McDaniel for a 1-0 lead as it was McDaniel's team-leading sixth assist of the season 4:03 into the contest.
• VSU had three great looks on a blocked shot from McDaniel, shots wide of the frame from Lewis and McDaniel later in the half.  
• The Hawks had a great chance on a corner as Fiorella Gamarra fired a shot off the corner, but Embler made her second save of the half at the 35:26 mark.
• Later, Shorter had a great look on a strike from Bianca Martins Da Si, but VSU came up with the team save and then Gamarra's shot off the corner sailed wide.  
• The game remained 1-0 at half.
• Both teams had good looks through the first part of the second half until Lewis scored at the 78:47 mark off an assist from senior Carley Montgomery for a 2-0 lead.
• The Hawks had two corners, through the remaining 12 minutes, but were unable to get a shot. 

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• For the first half both teams had five shots, while Embler made three saves and Shorter had two corners.
• For the match, VSU had 11 shots with four on frame, while Shorter had nine shots with six on goal.
• Embler made six saves in the match for her fifth clean sheet of the season and improved to 8-5 on the year.  
• Lewis had five shots and the one goal, while Tennant had two shots, both on net and the game winner.

 
UP NEXT:

• The Blazers close the regular season with a huge regional match Saturday against Lee at 5 p.m.
• Fans can access links to live stats and audio/video streaming on vstateblazers.com on the soccer schedule page.
• VSU entered the week ranked eighth in the second NCAA South Region rankings, while Lee is fourth in the rankings.
• If the Blazers could get a result against the Flames, it would definitely enhance their resume heading into Super Tuesday of the Gulf South Championship.  
• The Blazers currently are tied for third and, with a win or tie on Saturday will claim the No. 3-seed in the upcoming GSC Championship and host a Super Tuesday match at The Soccer Complex next week.
• A loss would move them to the No. 5-seed and would play on the road Tuesday.
• Check back with vstateblazers.com Saturday evening for a complete recap of the match and information on the GSC Championship.