WILMINGTON, N.C. --- Georgia State’s soccer (7-6-6, 1-5-5) fell to UNC Wilmington 0-2 Friday night in Wilmington, N.C. bringing the Panthers’ 2009 season to a close.

"Everybody played, we had a lot of people contribute today," said Georgia State head coach Domenic Martelli. "It was not the result we wanted for our last game, but the effort was there and that’s always a good thing."

The Panthers allowed two goals in the season finale, setting a new school record by only allowing 14 goals during the Colonial Athletic Association conference slate.

Georgia State gave up only five goals in their final seven conference matches, going 1-2-4 over that stretch.

Junior Heidi Blankenship stopped four shots on the game, bringing her season save total to 125, the third best mark in school history, eight shy of second and 17 shy of the record.

Georgia State made it through the first half unscathed, but allowed a goal to UNC Wilmington’s Laura Wilson in the 50th minute. Erin Pardini struck the final blow for the Seahawks with a goal in the 67th minute.

"We played a very good first half," said Martelli. "After the first ten minutes or so we were under a lot of pressure. In the second half we gave up a tough corner kick. We still haven’t given up a run of play goal in quite a while. Towson was the last team to score a run of play goal against us."

"We came back and hand some chances, but couldn’t find the back of the net. We had some chances with Stephanie Cuccia, Apryl Goodwin, and Sarah Bennett. We pushed up to try to get our equalizer and gave up the second goal."

"Not getting those chances to get in the back of the net, it could have been a much different game if we had had some success on those."

Playing in the final game of their careers, Kari Quinn, Caitlin Smith, and Virginia Wood all had a chance to contribute.

"Virginia, Kari, and Caitlin played a lot of minutes tonight and ended their career with some great games. We wish them luck and thank them for all they’ve done for us," said Martelli.

With the Panthers’ season coming to a close, the focus shifts to next year and building on what the team has accomplished at such a young age.

"The hard work for next year starts next week and goes all the way to next August," said Martelli. "We have to build on this year in the offseason and continue to do what we do well getting ready for next season, to avoid some of these ties and turn them into wins."

"It wasn’t a tale of two halves tonight or either team dominating too much," said Martelli. "The biggest thing was that we got down and didn’t score in the second half when we were given our chances. It’s tough to come back against a quality team but we did tonight, we just missed a couple chances to equalize. We played really well tonight and that’s a positive."