CHARLESTON, S.C. (Sep. 18, 2025) - In college soccer, player stats combine goals and assists into points: two points for each goal and one point for each assist.

Jada Cooper's goal in the scorching Charleston heat was worth three points.

The sophomore from Chattanooga struck in the 83rd minute to tip the scales toward ETSU in a 2-1 win in the SoCon opener at The Citadel on Thursday afternoon.

The first good chance for either side fell to the Bulldogs (3-4-1) in the 25th minute, when Adrianna Gill got leverage on the center back and found space in an attacking position, but her right-footed strike was parried over the bar by Emily Dorfman to keep the Buccaneers (6-2-2) on level terms into halftime.

In the 50th minute, Grace Eatz received a throw-in and turned on a dime to drift a ball in from the left side that held up for Fitzgerald's run, and the junior poked the ball past a sprawling Zoe Santos with her left foot for her eighth goal this season and the 15th of her career, putting her 11th on ETSU's all-time goal-scoring list.

Elisa Fuentes answered in the 59th with a free kick from 20 yards out that curled around the Bucs' six-player wall and just under the bar and out of the reach of Dorfman for her second goal in as many games, but the Bucs were not content to get back on I-26 with a draw. In the final minutes of the match, a poor clearance deflected off a Citadel defender and fell to Cooper, who fired a low line drive and banked it off the left post for her second goal in as many games and the fourth of her college career.

ETSU's win is its fifth in a row, tying for the third-longest winning streak in program history. The team won five straight games from October 21-November 7, 2007, six straight from August 22-September 4, 2014, and seven in a row from September 23-October 14, 2011.

The Bucs are at home on Sunday for a 1:00pm kickoff against UNC Greensboro. Admission is free for all ETSU matches at Summers-Taylor Stadium.

For more information on ETSU women's soccer, go to ETSUBucs.com.