Bears Battle Back To Earn 2-2 Draw At Georgia Southern

Thursday, August 29

Statesboro, Ga.

5 p.m.

Mercer University

4-0-1, 0-0-0

Georgia Southern

1-2-1, 0-0-0

Mercer

Ga. Southern

Bears Battle Back To Earn 2-2 Draw At Georgia Southern

8/29/2024 7:23:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Moorman and Thomason each scored for Mercer

STATESBORO, Ga. – Trailing 2-0 at halftime, Mercer battled back to earn a 2-2 draw on the road at Georgia Southern on Thursday evening from Bo Pitts Field.

The Bears tied the game in the 84th minute when Larkin Thomason was found inside the penalty box. Thomason stepped up to the spot and placed her penalty kick into the right side of the goal to tie the game at two.

Mercer had the better of chances throughout the game and outshot Georgia Southern 17-9, including a 10-4 advantage in shots on goal.

Both of Georgia Southern's goals came within a two minute span in the first half. The Eagles scored in the 20th and 22nd minute to put Mercer in its largest deficit of the season.

The Bears played well in the second half, nearly doubling their first half shots of six to 11 shots in the second half. In the 58th minute Lena Dykes took a throw in to Thomason who flicked it down the sideline to Kendall Cook who sent a perfect cross into the box to Moorman who one-touched it into the side netting to cut the deficit in half.

Thomason nearly found the equalizer in the 78th minute before her penalty kick when her header was deflected off the fingertips of the Georgia Southern goalie and hit the post.

Thomason's game-tying penalty kick goal was her team leading fifth goal of the season.

SCORING SUMMARY
20'	GEORGIA SOUTHERN GOAL: Kyleigh Drew ASSIST: Smith Casey
22'	GEORGIA SOUTHERN GOAL: Meredith Pugh ASSIST: Smith Casey
58'	MERCER GOAL: Jada Moorman (3) ASSIST: Kendall Cook, Larkin Thomason
84'	MERCER GOAL: Larkin Thomason (5) ASSIST: None

TOP BEARS

+ Larkin Thomason followed up her hat trick against UNC Asheville with another strong showing, scoring the game-winning goal and leading Mercer with five shots on goal
+ Kendall Cook had perfect cross to Jada Moorman for her goal and was also one of Mercer's top threats going forward in the first half.

NOTABLES

+ Mercer's 2-0 deficit in the first half was its largest its faced this season.
+ The Bears have scored at least two goals in all five games this season.
+ Thomason's penalty kick goal was the first of her career.
+ Cook's assist on Moorman's goal was her team best fifth assist of the season.

UP NEXT

Mercer heads to Jacksonville, Florida to play North Florida on Sunday. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m.

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