Sunday, November 15
Birmingham, AL
2 p.m. ET
Mercer University
at
#1 Samford
11/14/2026 4:22:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Kickoff is at 1 p.m. CT from Birmingham, Alabama
MACON, Ga. - The Mercer women's soccer team will take on No. 1 seed Samford in the SoCon Tournament championship game Sunday afternoon from the campus of Samford in Birmingham, Alabama. Kickoff is at 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT.
MATCH INFO.
Date | Time: Sunday, Nov. 15 | 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT
Teams:Â Mercer (10-8-4 overall, 3-5-2 SoCon) vs Samford (13-2-5 overall, 8-0-2 SoCon)
Location: Birmingham, Ala. | Shauna Yelton Field
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats:Â Stats
Twitter Updates:Â @MercerWSoccer
SERIES HISTORY
Sunday's game will be the 28th all-time meeting between Mercer and Samford. Samford leads the series, 20-2-5. Samford defeated the Bears in Birmingham in the regular season meeting, 2-0.
LAST TIME OUT
Avery Parker made a great diving save to her left on ETSU's fourth penalty kick to send the Mercer women's soccer team to its second straight Southern Conference Tournament championship game appearance as the Bears advanced with a 3-1 win on penalty kicks over ETSU.
The game needed a penalty kick shootout to decide who would advance to the championship game after the two teams played to a 2-2 draw after 110 minutes of play.
SCOUTING SAMFORD
Samford has won four of the last five SoCon Tournament titles. The Bulldogs won a share of the regular season title with Furman, finishing 8-0-2 in conference play. In the SoCon Tournament, Samford has defeated Western Carolina, 5-1 and Tenenssee Tech 2-0 in the semifinals on Friday.
Senior forward Sam De Luca leads Samford with 22 points (10G, 2A) on the season. Senior defender Caroline Smith is second in the SoCon with nine assists. Only Mercer's Anna Bachman has more with 11 assists.
In goal, First Team All-SoCon selection Peyton Hull has started all 20 games for the Bulldogs and owns an impressive 0.41 goals against average and has a 89.2% save percetnage.
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MATCH INFO.
Date | Time: Sunday, Nov. 15 | 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT
Teams:Â Mercer (10-8-4 overall, 3-5-2 SoCon) vs Samford (13-2-5 overall, 8-0-2 SoCon)
Location: Birmingham, Ala. | Shauna Yelton Field
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats:Â Stats
Twitter Updates:Â @MercerWSoccer
SERIES HISTORY
Sunday's game will be the 28th all-time meeting between Mercer and Samford. Samford leads the series, 20-2-5. Samford defeated the Bears in Birmingham in the regular season meeting, 2-0.
LAST TIME OUT
Avery Parker made a great diving save to her left on ETSU's fourth penalty kick to send the Mercer women's soccer team to its second straight Southern Conference Tournament championship game appearance as the Bears advanced with a 3-1 win on penalty kicks over ETSU.
The game needed a penalty kick shootout to decide who would advance to the championship game after the two teams played to a 2-2 draw after 110 minutes of play.
SCOUTING SAMFORD
Samford has won four of the last five SoCon Tournament titles. The Bulldogs won a share of the regular season title with Furman, finishing 8-0-2 in conference play. In the SoCon Tournament, Samford has defeated Western Carolina, 5-1 and Tenenssee Tech 2-0 in the semifinals on Friday.
Senior forward Sam De Luca leads Samford with 22 points (10G, 2A) on the season. Senior defender Caroline Smith is second in the SoCon with nine assists. Only Mercer's Anna Bachman has more with 11 assists.
In goal, First Team All-SoCon selection Peyton Hull has started all 20 games for the Bulldogs and owns an impressive 0.41 goals against average and has a 89.2% save percetnage.
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