GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNCG women's soccer team dropped a tough conference game to Furman, 4-1, Friday night at the UNCG Soccer Stadium.

The Spartans are now 8-7-3, 4-3-1 in the Southern Conference. Furman improves to 11-3-2, 5-1-2 in league play having won four-straight conference games.

In the first half, Furman scored two goals to take a 2-0 lead into halftime.

Furman took an early 1-0 lead in the 16^th minute after Jamie Alexander scored off a rebound from Stephanie DeVita.

In the 39th minute, the Paladins made it 2-0 after DeVita received a pretty long ball from Alyssa Althoff and finished inside the box.

Junior Chesney White (Franklin, Tenn./Franklin) led the team with three shots, including a chance inside the box but Furman keeper Rose Hull made the save.

In the 33^rd minute, off a corner kick senior Ashley Stokes (Cary, N.C./Green Hope) came charging in with a header that hit the crossbar coming just short of a goal.

In the second half, Furman added another goal from DeVita, her second of the game and 11^th of the season, pushing the Paladins lead to 3-0 in the 67^th minute.

In the 71^st minute, UNCG cut the lead to 3-1 after White spun away from the defense and fired a shot into the lower left corner for her 15^th of the season. White is now tied for the fifth best in school history and has scored the most goals in 14 years.

The Paladins answered quickly two minutes later as India Robinson scored off a rebound from Carlie Couch to make the final score 4-1.

The Blue and Gold finished with 12 shots and three corners. Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Chloe Buehler (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg/Penn State) had six saves.  Junior Kirsten Glad (Germantown, Md./St. John's College) played the final 11 minutes in net.  

UNCG returns Sunday for its final home regular season against Wofford on Senior Day. Stokes will be honored before the game for her contributions to the programs. Stokes has played in 62 career games to date and has nine career goals with 10 assists to go along with five game-winning tallies. The first 50 fans in attendance will receive a UNCG stadium cup and the first 100 fans will receive a free slice of pizza before UNCG takes on Wofford at 2 p.m.