Friday, October 23
Cullowhee, N.C.
7 p.m.
Mercer University
at
Western Carolina
10/22/2026 11:59:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Kickoff is at 7 p.m. ET
MACON, Ga. - The Mercer women's soccer team will head to Cullowhee, North Carolina to take on Western Carolina Friday, Oct. 23. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET. Both teams enter the game tied in the SoCon standings with seven points.
MATCH INFO.
Date | Time:Â Friday, Oct. 23 | 7 p.m. ET
Teams: Mercer (7-7-2 overall, 2-4-1 SoCon) vs Western Carolina (4-9-2 overall, 2-4-1 SoCon)
Location: Cullowhee, N.C. | Catamount Athletic Complex
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats:Â Stats
Twitter Updates:Â @MercerWSoccer
SERIES HISTORY
Friday's game will be the 17th all-time meeting between Mercer and Western Carolina. Mercer leads the series, 9-7-0. The two teams met twice last season with each team winning once. The Catamounts took the regular season meeting, 2-1 in Macon. However the Bears responded by defeating the Catamounts in the SoCon Tournament Semifinals, 1-0 in overtime in Cullowhee.
LAST TIME OUT
Payton Nutzman scored two goals for the second straight game and Mercer blitzed VMI with three quick goals early in the second half to pull away for a 4-1 win over VMI Sunday afternoon from Betts Stadium.
Mercer's four goals were its most scored in a conference game this season. The Bears scored three goals in less than a four minute span in the first six minutes of the second half to put the game out of reach for the Keydets.
SCOUTING WESTERN CAROLINA
Western Carolina enters Friday's game with the same conference record as the Bears at 2-4-1. Also like Mercer, the Catamounts are coming off a win over VMI in their most recent game as they won 2-0 in Lexington, Virginia. Western Carolina is 0-3-0 this season in home conference games.
The win for Western Carolina over VMI was its first conference win since defeating UNCG in its SoCon opener. Prior to their 2-0 win over VMI, the Catamounts had not scored more than one goal in any of their previous six conference games.
Junior midfielder, Gabriella Vatrano leads the team offensively with five goals and 10 points. She is the only Catamount player with more than one goal on the season. She has scored one goal in each of the last two games against The Citadel and VMI.
In goal, sophomore Amara Yetka has started in 11 of Western Carolina's 15 games. She owns a 2.17Â goals against average and has a 70.4% save percentage.
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MATCH INFO.
Date | Time:Â Friday, Oct. 23 | 7 p.m. ET
Teams: Mercer (7-7-2 overall, 2-4-1 SoCon) vs Western Carolina (4-9-2 overall, 2-4-1 SoCon)
Location: Cullowhee, N.C. | Catamount Athletic Complex
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats:Â Stats
Twitter Updates:Â @MercerWSoccer
SERIES HISTORY
Friday's game will be the 17th all-time meeting between Mercer and Western Carolina. Mercer leads the series, 9-7-0. The two teams met twice last season with each team winning once. The Catamounts took the regular season meeting, 2-1 in Macon. However the Bears responded by defeating the Catamounts in the SoCon Tournament Semifinals, 1-0 in overtime in Cullowhee.
LAST TIME OUT
Payton Nutzman scored two goals for the second straight game and Mercer blitzed VMI with three quick goals early in the second half to pull away for a 4-1 win over VMI Sunday afternoon from Betts Stadium.
Mercer's four goals were its most scored in a conference game this season. The Bears scored three goals in less than a four minute span in the first six minutes of the second half to put the game out of reach for the Keydets.
SCOUTING WESTERN CAROLINA
Western Carolina enters Friday's game with the same conference record as the Bears at 2-4-1. Also like Mercer, the Catamounts are coming off a win over VMI in their most recent game as they won 2-0 in Lexington, Virginia. Western Carolina is 0-3-0 this season in home conference games.
The win for Western Carolina over VMI was its first conference win since defeating UNCG in its SoCon opener. Prior to their 2-0 win over VMI, the Catamounts had not scored more than one goal in any of their previous six conference games.
Junior midfielder, Gabriella Vatrano leads the team offensively with five goals and 10 points. She is the only Catamount player with more than one goal on the season. She has scored one goal in each of the last two games against The Citadel and VMI.
In goal, sophomore Amara Yetka has started in 11 of Western Carolina's 15 games. She owns a 2.17Â goals against average and has a 70.4% save percentage.
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