bruzonic at mercer
Mercer Athletics
0
VMI VMI (5-7-1, 1-4-0)
1
Winner Mercer Mercer (9-3-2, 3-1-1)
VMI VMI
(5-7-1, 1-4-0)
0
Final
1
Mercer Mercer
(9-3-2, 3-1-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
VMI VMI 0 0 0
Mercer Mercer 0 1 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

VMI falls in final minutes at Mercer

MACON, Ga. – Despite a 0-0 tie at halftime and most of the second half, the VMI women's soccer team fell to host Mercer in the final moments of the match as the Bears escaped with a 1-0 victory Sunday afternoon at Betts Stadium in Macon, Georgia.
 
With just over eight minutes left in regulation, Mercer's Lena Dykes scored her first goal of the season after fielding a rebound from a shot by teammate Karia Karipidis and putting it into the back of the net to lift the Bears (9-3-2, 3-1-1) to victory at the 81:19 mark of the second half.
 
The Keydets (5-7-1, 1-4) tried furiously to catch up in the final moments and earned a few scoring opportunities on the Mercer end but could not put in a goal as the host team earned a 1-0 win on its own turf.
 

 
Key Stats
*VMI keeper Whitney Tracy nearly earned the shutout before Mercer's late goal but registered 10 saves over the course of the game
*The Bears earned 28 shot attempts during the match – including 15 in the second half - and logged 13 corner kick opportunities
*Mercer goalie Lindsay Bell earned two saves in her personal victory
*One of the nation's leading scorers, Mercer's Larkin Thomason had a game-high six shot attempts on the day but never found the back of the VMI net
*Jada Moorman and Maria Karipidis had four shots apiece for the Bears
*VMI senior forward Sedona Dancu led VMI with two shots on the afternoon while freshman Emma Rice contributed one
 
Up Next
The Keydets return home to face league foe Samford University Friday at 3 p.m. at Patchin Field
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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