Mercer University
UAB
Women's Soccer Blazes Past UAB, 5-1
9/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
MACON, GA. – The Mercer University women's soccer team cruised to a 5-1 victory over UAB on Sunday afternoon at Bear Field.
TURNING POINT
The Bears controlled the game from the beginning, with Sarah Daane scoring Mercer's first goal in the 7th minute. Mercer added a pair of goals a little later, as Alexius Hill and Maddie Clark scored in the 24th and 26th minutes, respectively, and the Bears carried the 3-0 lead into halftime.
WOMAN OF THE MATCH
Sarah Daane scored Mercer's first goal of the game and assisted Alexius Hill on the second goal. Daane led the Bears in the midfield, helping to control the ball and the pace of the game.
STAT OF THE GAME
Mercer placed six shots on goal and scored on five of those shots.
NOTABLES
- Sarah Daane's goal and assist we both the first of the season for the senior. She now sits second for Mercer with a total of three points on the season.
- Alexius Hill also scored her first goal of the season, giving the rookie not only her first career goal, but her first career game-winning goal.
- Maddie Clark's goal in the 26th minute gave the Bears a 3-0 advantage, that the team would take to halftime. The goal was the first of the season for Clark and the 10th of her career.
- Jamilah Tejan scored her third goal of the season to put Mercer up 4-0 in the 57th minute. Tejan leads the Bears with seven points so far this year.
- Taylor Dowse scored the first goal of her career to give the Bears a 5-0 advantage in the 64th minute.
- Maggie Cropp and Cristina Mursuli both spent time in goal and each tallied five saves. Mursuli gave up the lone goal of the day off a penalty kick in the 77th minute.
- UAB led in shots 22-12, as well as 11-6 in shots on goal, but Mercer was much more efficient with its shots, scoring with five of its six shots on goal.
- The Blazers also led in corner kicks, 5-2, but two of Mercer's goals came off of corner kicks.
QUOTABLES
"I was really happy with our team's performance today after a tough loss on Friday night in double overtime. We challenged the players to come out today and do two things: compete for the duration of the match and find a way to get it done. Today, we came out and we executed some set pieces, we got two goals off corner kicks, the players stepped up and we finished some opportunities. We had six shots on goal and five went in, and that's a great stat. The team needed this after a tough couple weeks of not getting the results we wanted. Now we're back hopefully in a positive manner and we'll get ready for MTSU." – Head Coach Tony Economopoulos.
RECORDS UPDATE
Mercer moved to 2-4-2 on the season and UAB fell to 1-5.
UP NEXT
Mercer will face Middle Tennessee on Friday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Bear Field in Macon. The game will be the second in a double header, as the men's team will play at 5 p.m.
For all the latest information on Mercer women's soccer, please visit MercerBears.com or, for up-to-the-minute updates, follow Mercer soccer on Twitter at @MercerWSoccer or www.twitter.com/MercerWSoccer.
