Mercer Defeats Winthrop 4-2 For Fourth Straight Win

Thursday, September 11

Macon, Ga.

5 p.m.

Mercer University

5-2-0, 0-0-0

Winthrop

2-3-2, 0-0-0

Winthrop

Mercer

Mercer Defeats Winthrop 4-2 For Fourth Straight Win

9/11/2025 8:32:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Sydney Farr scored two goals in the win

MACON, Ga. – Sydney Farr scored twice and Mercer defeated Winthrop 4-2 on Thursday evening from Betts Stadium. The win is Mercer's fourth straight.

Mercer outshot Winthrop 25-12, including an 11-7 shots on goal advantage. Payton Nutzman and Morganne Eikelbarner each had one goal and one assist for the Bears. Redshirt freshman goalie Avery Parker got her first career start in goal for the Bears and made five saves.

The first goal of the game came less than three minutes into the game as Sydney Farr got past her defender down the left wing and took a shot inside the box that beat the Winthrop goalie to give Mercer an early 1-0 lead.

Mercer found a second goal in the 29th minute as Nutzman dribbled past her defender on the left side of the box and took a left-footed shot that beat the keeper to the far right post for the goal. Mercer would take a 2-0 lead into halftime.

Winthrop cut its deficit in half in the 60th minute on a cross into the box that was redirected into the net. The Bears responded two minutes later as Nutzman crossed a ball from the left wing to the top of the 6-yard box where Eikelbarner redirected it out of the air with her right foot and into the goal to once again give the Bears a two-goal lead.

Mercer's fourth goal of the game came in the 74th minute as Kelsie Henton sent a long pass over the top of the Winthrop defense where Farr ran under it, took on the Eagles' defenders and place a right-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the goal for her second of the game to give Mercer a 4-1 lead.

Witnhrop got one goal back in the 87th minute on a corner kick that took an unfortunate bounce of a Mercer player and into the goal.

Mercer closed out the game to earn the 4-2 win with one more non-conference game to play before the start of conference play.

SCORING SUMMARY
3'	MERCER GOAL: Sydney Farr (2) ASSIST: Morganne Eikelbarner
29'	MERCER GOAL: Payton Nutzman (5) ASSISTS: None
60'	WINTHROP GOAL: Lindsay Sheets (2) ASSISTS: Cordelia McIntosh
62'	MERCER GOAL: Morganne Eikelbarner (5) ASSISTS: Payton Nutzman, Kelsie Henton
74'	MERCER GOAL: Sydney Farr (3) ASSISTS: Kelsie Henton
87'	WINTHROP GOAL: Megan McGovern (1) ASSISTS: None

NOTABLES

+ Mercer has scored 18 goals over its current four-game winning streak.
+ Avery Parker earned her first career start in goal for the Bears. She made five saves and got the win.
+ Morganne Eikelbarner scored her fifth goal in her last three games.
+ Sydney Farr's two goals marked her second career mulit-goal fame and first since scoring three goals against South Carolina State on Sept. 9, 2002.
+ Mercer's 4-game winning streak is its longest since starting the 2024 season with four straight wins.
+ Freshman Kelsie Henton had a single-game career high two assists.
+ Freshman Payton Nutzman had a season high 10 shots and five shots on goal.

UP NEXT

Mercer concludes non-conference play on Sunday, Sept. 14 against Jacksonville State at home. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. from Betts Stadium.

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