The No. 19 Georgia soccer team (13-4-1, 6-4-0 SEC) concluded its regular season road schedule with a disappointing 2-0 loss at Auburn (8-7-3, 5-5-0 SEC) Sunday afternoon.

The Bulldogs’ loss was their first at Auburn since the 1997 squad fell 1-0 to the Tigers and comes just three days after the Bulldogs’ impressive 3-0 win over Alabama Thursday night at the UGA Soccer Stadium.

“I think it was the most disappointing Sunday performance we’ve put together the entire year,” said Georgia head coach Patrick Baker. “We give the ball away cheaply, we don’t get after people, we don’t get stuck in on tackles. We don’t do the things that are necessary to get a good start to the game and dictate the game and get that first goal.”

After a relatively uneventful first half of play in which the Bulldogs outshot the Tigers 7-6, the two teams entered the locker room still knotted at 0-0.

However, the deadlock didn’t last long, as the Tigers jumped on the scoreboard first in the 56th minute with the first of two goals on the afternoon by forward Rebecca Howell.

Howell took on three Georgia defenders before firing a shot far post, beating Georgia goalkeeper Michelle Betos.

Despite giving up two goals on the afternoon, Betos kept her team in the match, making a season-high nine saves.

Howell struck again in the 79th minute, after some poor defending on the part of the Georgia backline. Howell collected a failed clearance by the Georgia defense inside the box before firing a shot past Betos into the right side netting.

The Tigers now own a two-game winning streak against the Bulldogs, after taking home a 1-0 win over Georgia last season in Athens.

Much like Georgia’s earlier losses this year to Ole Miss and LSU, the Bulldogs were plagued by errant play in the defensive third of the field.

“We were poor defensively across the board and predominately in the back,” Baker said. “I mean, both goals are relatively easy defensive plays and you know, we didn’t defend the first one well, gave her the ball and the second one, they caught us in possession which is an absolute no-no.”

The Bulldogs have the week to prepare for their regular-season finale, a 7 p.m. showdown on Friday against Tennessee at the UGA Soccer Stadium.