Mercer University
Western Kentucky
Women's Soccer Gives Up Late Goal in Double-Overtime Loss
9/11/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
MACON, GA. – The Mercer University women's soccer team nearly recorded its third consecutive 0-0 tie, but a goal by Western Kentucky with under a minute remaining led to a 1-0 loss for the Bears on Friday night.
TURNING POINT
Western Kentucky scored with 26 seconds left in the second overtime period to win, 1-0. Hannah Chua broke away from the crowd and sent the ball to the bottom right corner of the net, just shy of Mercer's Maggie Cropp's hands as she dove towards that ball.
WOMAN OF THE MATCH
Jamilah Tejan led the Bears offense in the match, notching a team-high four shots, including one on goal.
STAT OF THE GAME
Mercer led Western Kentucky in corner kicks, 7-1. The Bears had a couple of good chances off a pair of late corner kicks, but couldn't find the back of the net.
NOTABLES
- The Bears played their third consecutive double-overtime game, and came 26 seconds shy of recording a third straight tie.
- Mercer's defense played 339:59 between Aug. 30 and tonight without giving up a goal.
- Maggie Cropp made three saves on the night before allowing the lone goal in three games.
- Abbey Reddig and Haleigh Svede were second for the Bears with three shots on the night, and Svede had a shot on goal.
- Katelyn Dimopoulos fired off two shots, while Sarah Daane, Alexius Hill and Corinne Wooten each had a shot of their own.
- Western Kentucky led in shots, 19-15, but Mercer led in shots on goal. 6-4.
QUOTABLES
"It was a tough match for us, to play 109 minutes in a very even game and then we just fatigued at the end, we ran out of gas. Credit to Western Kentucky for putting their chance away. Unfortunately, we had a couple of good looks in front of goal early on and we just couldn't put them away and that's the difference in the match. We'll regroup tomorrow and get ready for a very organized, good UAB team." – Head Coach Tony Economopoulos.
RECORDS UPDATE
Mercer moved to 1-4-2 on the season and Western Kentucky improved to 3-2-1.
UP NEXT
The Bears will continue their home stand, hosting UAB on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 2 p.m. at Bear Field.
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