Mercer University
Chattanooga
Women's Soccer Cruises Past Chattanooga, 6-1
10/2/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
MACON, GA. – The Mercer University women's soccer team steamed past Chattanooga for a 6-1 win on Friday night to improve to 2-0 in Southern Conference play.
TURNING POINT
The Bears controlled the pace of the game early, and Sarah Daane started the scoring with a header off a corner kick in the 19th minute. Katelyn Dimopoulos added a pair of goals in the 37th and 38th minutes to give Mercer a 3-0 advantage into halftime. Despite a Chattanooga goal midway through the second half, Mercer kept the momentum and added another three goals to move the lead to 6-1.
WOMAN OF THE MATCH
Katelyn Dimopoulos scored a career-high five points, which includes the game-winning goal. Dimopoulos registered two goals and an assist, all of which came in the first half. The two goals are also a career high for the junior.
STAT OF THE GAME
Mercer led in shots, 23-12, as well as shots on goal, 10-3.
NOTABLES
- Sarah Daane scored her second goal of the season when she gave Mercer a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute after heading the ball in off a corner kick from Katelyn Dimopoulos.
- Katelyn Dimopoulos scored both of her goals off crosses from Maddie Clark. The goals came less than a minute apart and gave the Bears a 3-0 advantage heading into halftime.
- Alexius Hill scored her second goal of the season on a penalty kick in the 79th minute to put Mercer back up by three, 4-1.
- Valeria Bermeo found the back of the net for the first time this season after Maddie Clark kept the ball from going out of bounds to the right of the net. Clark sent the ball to Bermeo, who connected from less than five yards out from the goal and increased Mercer's lead to 5-1 in the 84th minute.
- Haleigh Svede received a quick pass from Jamilah Tejan in the 87th minute and took a short shot to score and give Mercer a 6-1 lead.
- Maddie Clark dished out a career-high three assists.
- Maggie Cropp and Cristina Mursuli each spent 45 minutes in goal, as Cropp earned the start and Mursuli came in for the second half. Chattanooga only took two shots in the first half and both were wide, meaning Cropp did not record any saves. Mursuli faced three shots on goal and notched two saves for the Bears.
- Mercer led in corner kicks, 6-2.
QUOTABLES
"Overall I'm happy that we were able to get a win tonight against a good, organized, hard-working Chattanooga team; Gavin McKinney has done a great job there. We were fortunate in the first half to put three chances away, and our team stuck to the game plan. Credit to Chattanooga for tweaking a few things and making it difficult for us in the second half. Our players got a little complacent with the 3-0 lead and Chattanooga made a game out of it when they scored. I was happy that we regrouped and our players got organized, stuck to the game plan and got three more goals at the end of the second half; so I was happy we ended the game the way we did." – Head Coach Tony Economopoulos.
RECORDS UPDATE
Mercer improved to 5-4-2 (2-0 SoCon) on the season, while Chattanooga fell to 2-8-2 (0-2-1 SoCon).
UP NEXT
Mercer will conclude its six-game home stand on Sunday when it hosts Samford at 1:00 p.m. at Bear Field.
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