Tigerville, SC – The North Greenville Trailblazers played their first home match of the 2026 season on Wednesday afternoon at Pepsi Stadium, falling to the Georgia Southwestern State Hurricanes by a final score of 2-0. The loss dropped North Greenville to 0-2 on the season, while Georgia Southwestern improved to 1-0-1.
Georgia Southwestern controlled much of the possession and scoring opportunities during the opening half, but North Greenville goalkeeper Cadie Pendergrass kept the Hurricanes off the board through the first 29 minutes. Pendergrass recorded five saves during that stretch before Georgia Southwestern finally broke through in the 30th minute. Zoie St. John scored off an assist from Anna Wheatley at the 29:57 mark to give the Hurricanes a 1-0 advantage. Pendergrass added another save less than a minute later as NGU went into halftime trailing by one.
The Trailblazers kept the deficit at 1-0 through the opening 25 minutes of the second half before Georgia Southwestern added an insurance goal. Following consecutive corner kicks by the Hurricanes, Maci Dunlap found the back of the net in the 71st minute off an assist from Sydney Weslowski to extend the lead to 2-0.
Ana Maria Pinzon put a shot on target in the 73rd minute, but Georgia Southwestern goalkeeper Alana Beddow made the save to preserve the shutout. It was NGU's lone shot of the afternoon.
Pendergrass played all 90 minutes in goal for North Greenville and finished with six saves while facing 14 Georgia Southwestern shots. The Hurricanes put eight shots on goal and held a 7-1 advantage in corner kicks. Pinzon recorded North Greenville's only shot and shot on goal, while Isabella Gyurich and Jaycee Watkins each played the full 90 minutes for the Trailblazers.
North Greenville will return to action on Saturday, September 5, when the Trailblazers travel to Aiken, South Carolina to face USC Aiken.
