Mercer Travels to Lexington to Face VMI

Saturday, March 20

Lexington, Va.

2 p.m.

Mercer University

VMI

Photo by: Katie Linkner

3/19/2021 3:55:00 PM | Men's Soccer

The Bears and Keydets will kickoff at 2 p.m.

By: Stephen Waldman

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer men's soccer team travels to Lexington, Va., to play VMI in Southern Conference play on Saturday at 2pm.

Bear Necessities
Date | Time: Saturday, March 20 | 2 p.m.
Teams: Mercer (2-7-1) vs VMI (2-4)
Location: Lexington, Va. | Patchin Field
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Twitter Updates: @Mercer_MSoccer

Series History | Last Meeting
Mercer is undefeated against VMI with an all-time record of 13-0. The last meeting between the Bears and the Keydets took place in Macon at Betts Stadium on November 2^nd, 2019. The Bears won the match 4-1 courtesy of FOUR goals from forward Trevor Martineau.

Notables

Midfielder Dylan Gaither leads the team in points with nine off of four goals and one assist.
Senior goalkeeper JR DeRose has played 740 minutes this season making twenty-eight saves and totaling one shutout.

Scouting the Keydets
VMI is 2-4 this season following a 5-0 away loss to Belmont in their opening conference game. Sophomore midfielder Nathan Lam leads the team in points with six so far this season. Lam's points have come in the form of goals; the midfielder scored two versus Marymount in a 2-1 home victory for the Keydets and added another one against Radford in a 4-1 loss away from home to bring his total to three goals for the season. Junior goalkeeper Broden Schull has featured in all six matches for VMI this season playing a total of 540 minutes. He has made 35 saves this season.

Follow the Bears
For complete coverage of Mercer Men's Soccer, please follow the Bears on social media at @Mercer_MSoccer (Twitter), MercerMSoccer (Instagram) and /MercerMSoccer (Facebook) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.