Mercer Faces Samford Sunday In SoCon Tournament Championship Game

Sunday, November 9

Birmingham, Ala.

2 p.m.

Mercer University

Samford

Mercer Faces Samford Sunday In SoCon Tournament Championship Game

11/8/2025 5:16:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET from Birmingham, Alabama

MACON, Ga. - The Mercer women's soccer team is set to play Samford in the SoCon Tournament Championship game Sunday afternoon. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT from Shauna Yelton Field in Birmingham, Alabama.

MATCH INFO.
Date | Time: Sunday, Nov. 9 | 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT
Teams: No. 6 Mercer (10-6-3 overall, 3-3-3 SoCon) vs No. 1 Samford (12-2-5 overall, 7-0-2 SoCon)
Location: Birmingham, Ala. | Shauna Yelton Field
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Stats
Twitter Updates: @MercerWSoccer

SERIES HISTORY
Samford and Mercer are meeting for the 29th time, with Samford holding a 20-3-5 series lead. Earlier this season, the teams played in Macon with Samford coming away with a 3-0 victory.

LAST TIME OUT
With a trip to the SoCon Tournament Championship game on the line, Morganne Eikelbarner stepped up to the penalty spot in the 109th minute of the game and buried her shot in the back of the net to lift the Bears to a 1-0 win over Western Carolina in the SoCon Tournament Semifinal last Sunday from the campus of Western Carolina in Cullowhee, North Carolina.

SCOUTING SAMFORD
Samford enters Sunday afternoon's game with a record of 12-2-5 overall and 7-0-2 in SoCon play. The Bulldogs earned a 3-2 double overtime win over Furman in the SoCon semifinals last Sunday. Samford is unbeaten in its last 16 games, a school record.

Samford has been led so far this season by Sam De Luca with 14 goals and four assists for 32 total points. She leads the SoCon and is tied for 14th in the nation in goals scored and is tied for the SoCon lead in points.

Sarah Holland has four goals and four assists, while Martha Bishop and Mamie Carman have four goals and three assists each. Samford goalkeeper Peyton Hull has posted a goals against average of 0.83 with 77 saves in 1,726 minutes in goal. She is tied for fourth in the nation in shutouts with 11.

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