DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Junior Kate Weisner buried her fifth goal of the season off a pass from Katie Watkins in the 42nd-minute to give the UNC Pembroke soccer team a 1-0 lead over host North Georgia, but the Nighthawks found goals in the 73rd- and 82nd-minutes to complete the comeback and escape with a 2-1 victory a critical Peach Belt Conference (PBC) contest Saturday afternoon in Dahlonega.

MATCH INFORMATION
Score: UNC Pembroke 1, North Georgia 2
Records: UNC Pembroke (10-4-1, 5-2-1 PBC); North Georgia (10-3-2, 7-2-0 PBC)
Location: UNG Soccer Complex
Series: UNC Pembroke leads 6-5-3

HOW IT HAPPENED
Box Score/Play-by-Play

FIRST HALF
-The Nighthawks took the first eight shots and three corner kicks of the match, but UNCP keeper Gina Ryan was forced to make just two saves in the first 37 minutes.
-Weisner's uncorked the Braves' first shot of the day in the 39th-minute, but it was blocked away by a North Georgia defender.
-Just under four minutes later and with 3:13 on the clock in the opening half, Weisner slipped behind the Nighthawk netminder who had fallen down and punched in the game's first goal off a lofted ball from Watkins.

SECOND HALF
-The Braves took just three shots in the second half, but played stellar defense for the first 27 minutes coming out of the break before North Georgia finally broke through in the 73th-minute.
-North Georgia's Renee VanHorn rolled a shot past the outstretched arm of Gina Ryan and off the left post for the Nighthawk's first goal of the match at the 72:50 mark.
-Eight minutes later, North Georgia's Olivia Dumphy blasted a shot from 22 yards out past a leaping Gina Ryan for the eventual game winner in the 82nd-minute.
-Weisner forced the Nighthawks' Hannah Goudy to make her second save of the match in the 83rd-minute and fired another shot in the 89th-minute that was blocked.

NOTABLES
-With today's result, the Braves fall into a tie for fourth in the PBC standings with Young Harris. The top four teams in the standings after next Saturday will host a quarterfinal match, while teams five through eight will hit the road in the first round of the league tournament.
-The setback snaps UNCP's eight-match unbeaten streak that dated back to Sept. 28.
-Weisner's goal was her fifth of the season, which ties Alexis Pittman for the second most on the team. Watkins's assist was her first of the season.
-Weisner accounted for four of the five UNCP shots (two on goal), while Carly Rochelle put one on net.
-Gina Ryan made seven saves in net and allowed multiple goals for just the fourth time this season and eighth time in her 33-game career. Three of those eight games have come against the Nighthawks.
-North Georgia outshot the Black & Gold by a 20-5 margin, including 9-3 in shots on goal.

WHAT WAS SAID (HEAD COACH LARS ANDERSSON)
-"While I am disappointed in today's result, I am not disappointed in our effort."
-"We have held a lead inside of 20 minutes in both of our Peach Belt losses so we are going to take a look at that and see what we can do differently as coaches and players."
-"We need to be able to win some games despite not being the team that possess the ball the most. We had another opportunity to do that today and didn't get the job done."

UP NEXT
The Braves host USC Aiken Wednesday at Lumbee River EMC Stadium in what will serve as the "Think Pink" game for UNCP. First touch is scheduled for 5 p.m. The Pacers (3-11-0, 1-7-0 PBC) snapped a six-match losing streak with a 2-1 win over Clayton State on Saturday. UNCP is unbeaten (13-0-3) in the 16 all-time meetings with USC Aiken, including a 4-0 win last season in Aiken, South Carolina.