CONWAY, Ark. - The Central Arkansas men's soccer team hosted the Eagles from Georgia Southern for Senior Day in their final home match of the fall. It was a tight affair but the Bears outlasted the Eagles to win 1-0.

It was a sloppy start for the Bears as a yellow card was issued less than a minute in, leading to a free-kick 20 yards out for the Eagles. The teams exchanged fouls early in the half, but no shots came from either side. In the 24th minute, the Bears put the ball in the back of the net after a wonderful combination between Kyosuke Kubota and Pablo Azcona. Azcona played a wonderful ball across the 18-yard box, which met the head of Alberto Suarez. Central Arkansas continued to control the first half, but were called offside twice, disallowing goals.

The second half saw strong defensive performances by both teams. After multiple chances to change the scoreline were saved, the Bears held onto their 1-0 lead to see out the conference win in their home finale.

"Any time you can pick up a conference win, you have to be happy with that. It was far from a perfect performance but sometimes you just need to gut out a result. We got our second win in a row and second shutout in a row, so that's another huge positive for us," said Coach Ross Duncan. "We have some things we need to fix before the Georgia State game on Friday but we will get back after it on Monday."

The Bears travel to Atlanta to take on Georgia State on Friday, Oct. 6. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.