Bears Get Balanced Scoring in 3-1 Win Over Wofford

Thursday, September 28

Macon, Ga.

7 p.m.

Mercer University

6-2-5, 1-1-1

Wofford

3-7-2, 1-2-0

Wofford

Mercer

Bears Get Balanced Scoring in 3-1 Win Over Wofford

9/28/2023 10:10:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Goals from Cook, Moorman, and Thomason

MACON, Ga. – Three goals from three different players helped guide Mercer to a 3-1 conference win over Wofford Thursday night at Betts Stadium

A bit of a slow start for the Bears would not prevent them from scoring the first three goals of the game. In the 35th minute, Kendall Cook scored a spectacular goal off her left-foot from the right edge of the box. She curled in her shot over the Wofford goalie and in to the side netting for her fourth goal of the season.

35' | Goal Mercer!

Kendall Cook with the left-footed shot from distance puts us up 1-0.

Assisted by Bachman and Whitely.

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After taking a 1-0 lead into halftime, Mercer came out fast to start the second half as they looked to put the game away early and they did just that.

In the 50th minute, Lena Dykes took a throw in and then crossed the ball into the box where Jada Moorman headed home her 10th goal of the season to put Mercer up 2-0.

Then, four minutes later, Moorman dribbled down the right side and crossed a ball to Larkin Thomason who controlled the ball and slotted it past the Wofford goalie for her ninth goal of the season.

Wofford would get one back in the 57th minute, but after that Mercer would have the better of the chances for the remainder of the game.

Mercer outshot the Terriers 25-8, including an 8-2 advantage in shots on goal.

Mercer will play its third consecutive home game on Sunday when ETSU comes to Macon for a 2 p.m. kickoff.

SCORING SUMMARY
35'	MERCER GOAL: Kendall Cook (4); ASSISTS: Anna Bachman, Ciara Whitely
50'	MERCER GOAL: Jada Moorman (10); ASSIST: Lena Dykes
54'	MERCER GOAL: Larkin Thomason (9); ASSIST: Jada Moorman
57'	WOFFORD GOAL: Ines Obradovac (4); ASSIST; None

TOP BEARS

+ Cook got Mercer's offense going with the first goal of the game and was relentless all night creating scoring opportunities for herself and her teammates.
+ Freshman Larkin Thomason made her first career start and scored one goal and had five shots on the night.
+ Freshman Maria Karipidis was great in the midfield for the Bears and hit the crossbar in the final seconds of the game.

NOTABLES

+ Kendall Cook had a game-high eight shots, the most by a Mercer player in a game this season.
+ Nine different Mercer players accounted for the 25 shots in the game.
+ Moorman's goal makes it six of the last seven games she has scored in.
+ Mercer's 25 shots were the most they've recorded in a game since they had 33 in a 9-0 win over Alabama State on August 27.

UP NEXT

Mercer will play its third consecutive home game on Sunday when ETSU comes to Macon for a 2 p.m. kickoff.

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