11/1/2026 6:31:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Olivia Bori scored her ninth goal of the season
MACON, Ga. –
With the win to close out the regular season, Mercer (8-8-3, 3-5-2 SoCon) earned the No. 7 seed in the SoCon Tournament. The Bears handed the Mocs (9-4-5, 5-3-3 SoCon) only their fourth loss all season and dropped Chattanooga from the No. 3 seed to the No. 5 seed.
In a tightly contested game that saw the shot total after 90 minutes, even at nine for each team, it was Mercer that was able to score the lone goal of the game and the Bears held on for their third conference win of the season. Mercer had four shots on goal to just two for Chattanooga. Not many corner kicks were had either as the Bears had three to only one for the Mocs.
The first half saw both defenses playing well as neither team's offense was able to gain much possession in the attacking third.
Mercer came out playing fast to start the second half and in the first three minutes had itself the game's opening goal. In the 48th minute,
Mercer did well to keep as much possession as it could and held Chattanooga without a quality scoring chance for much of the rest of the second half. Until, in the 90th minute a long ball ove...