Thursday, October 29
Macon, Ga.
7 p.m.
Mercer University
vs
Furman
10/28/2026 12:48:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Kickoff is at 7 p.m. ET
MACON, Ga. - The Mercer women's soccer team will close out the regular season with two home games beginning on Thursday night against Furman. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET.
MATCH INFO.
Date | Time: Thursday, Oct. 29 | 7 p.m. ET
Teams: Mercer (7-7-3 overall, 2-4-2 SoCon) vs Furman (11-3-3 overall, 6-0-2 SoCon)
Location: Macon, Ga. | Betts Stadium
Watch: No Stream
Live Stats:Â Stats
Twitter Updates:Â @MercerWSoccer
SERIES HISTORY
Thursday's game will be the 16th all-time meeting between Mercer and Furman. Furman leads the series, 8-4-3. Last season, the two teams played to a 2-2 draw in Greenville, South Carolina. The Bears fell behind 2-0 in the first half, but Sydney and Farr and Payton Nutzman each scored first half goals as the game finished in a 2-2 draw.
LAST TIME OUT
Maria Karipidis and Olivia Bori each scored first half penalty kicks as the Mercer women's soccer team played Western Carolina to a 2-2 draw last Friday from the Catamount Athletic Complex in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
Mercer's outshot Western Carolina,19-16, but the Catamounts had more shots on goal than the Bears with 11 to Mercer's seven. Each team had its fair chances to score on corner kicks with Mercer taking nine corners to Western Carolina's eight.
SCOUTING FURMAN
Furman enters Friday's game tied with Samford for first place in the SoCon standings with a conference record of 6-0-2. The two games Furman dropped points were both road games - to Tennessee Tech and Samford. Furman is coming off a 2-0 win at ETSU last Friday.
In eight conference games, Furman has scored 23 goals and allowed just five, both lead the SoCon. Furman has scored two or more goals in seven of those games.
Five Furman players have 10 or more points on the season, led by senior midfielder Bri Pinasco and senior forward Norah Roller who each have 18 points on the season. Pinasco has eight goals which leads the team. She has scored four goals in conference play.
In goal, junior Reese DeJong has started in 16 of Western Carolina's 17 games. She owns a 0.97 goals against average and has a 79.4% save percentage.
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MATCH INFO.
Date | Time: Thursday, Oct. 29 | 7 p.m. ET
Teams: Mercer (7-7-3 overall, 2-4-2 SoCon) vs Furman (11-3-3 overall, 6-0-2 SoCon)
Location: Macon, Ga. | Betts Stadium
Watch: No Stream
Live Stats:Â Stats
Twitter Updates:Â @MercerWSoccer
SERIES HISTORY
Thursday's game will be the 16th all-time meeting between Mercer and Furman. Furman leads the series, 8-4-3. Last season, the two teams played to a 2-2 draw in Greenville, South Carolina. The Bears fell behind 2-0 in the first half, but Sydney and Farr and Payton Nutzman each scored first half goals as the game finished in a 2-2 draw.
LAST TIME OUT
Maria Karipidis and Olivia Bori each scored first half penalty kicks as the Mercer women's soccer team played Western Carolina to a 2-2 draw last Friday from the Catamount Athletic Complex in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
Mercer's outshot Western Carolina,19-16, but the Catamounts had more shots on goal than the Bears with 11 to Mercer's seven. Each team had its fair chances to score on corner kicks with Mercer taking nine corners to Western Carolina's eight.
SCOUTING FURMAN
Furman enters Friday's game tied with Samford for first place in the SoCon standings with a conference record of 6-0-2. The two games Furman dropped points were both road games - to Tennessee Tech and Samford. Furman is coming off a 2-0 win at ETSU last Friday.
In eight conference games, Furman has scored 23 goals and allowed just five, both lead the SoCon. Furman has scored two or more goals in seven of those games.
Five Furman players have 10 or more points on the season, led by senior midfielder Bri Pinasco and senior forward Norah Roller who each have 18 points on the season. Pinasco has eight goals which leads the team. She has scored four goals in conference play.
In goal, junior Reese DeJong has started in 16 of Western Carolina's 17 games. She owns a 0.97 goals against average and has a 79.4% save percentage.
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