Sept. 25, 2016
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ATHENS, Ga. -- Kristen Dodson scored two goals and added a pair of assists to guide Auburn to a 4-2 win at Georgia on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers (7-4-0, 3-1-0 SEC) trailed 2-1 at the break, but used three unanswered goals in the second half to win their fourth consecutive match on the road.
Dodson became the first player to record two goals and two assists in a match since Katy Frierson did it on Oct. 5, 2008 against Mississippi State.
"What an unbelievable day from Kristen Dodson," said head coach Karen Hoppa. "Two assists and two goals in our first come-from-behind victory and coming off a two-goal performance against Florida, it was an unbelievable weekend, as good of a weekend as a forward can have."
The come-from-behind win was the first for Auburn in 2016 and the first since Oct. 19, 2014 at Arkansas.
"We just wanted to complete the weekend and show what we could do," stated Dodson.
Casie Ramsier and Bri Folds also had strong showings, each contributing a goal and an assist in the 90-minute affair. Avery Batson notched her first career point on an assist to Dodson for her second goal of the contest.
Georgia (3-7-1, 0-4-0) opened the tilt by scoring in the 12th minute by way of a goal from a corner kick.
It took just four minutes to equalize as Ramsier took a feed behind the defense by Dodson and rifled it into the back of the net for her 28th career goal.
The Bulldogs regained the lead in the 19th minute on a shot from long range. The home team would maintain the 2-1 lead into halftime.
Coming out of the locker room, the Tigers got on the front foot right away as Dodson slotted home a goal on the top shelf of the frame to tie the match at 2-2.
The Aurora, Ill. native then put her squad on top for the first time in the contest as she took a through ball from Batson on the left side and sent a curling effort inside the side netting in the 62nd minute.
Folds put the game out of reach with five minutes remaining on the scoreboard when she poked a cross from Dodson across the line to make it 4-2 and cap the scoring. Auburn has now totaled three wins in its opening four conference matches for the sixth time in program history.
"Coming off the Florida win, we were worried about a letdown, and to be fair I thought we were flat in the first half," said Hoppa. "I was really proud of my team with the way they responded out of halftime and just found a way to grind out a victory here in a tough place to play in Athens."
The Tigers return home to face Missouri in their next tilt, Sept. 30. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Auburn Soccer Complex on Friday.