The Basics

Score: Mercer 1, Western Carolina 0, 2 OT

Records: Western Carolina 11-8; Mercer 16-3

Location: Betts Stadium, Macon, Ga. 

MACON, GA. – No. 5 seed Western Carolina women's soccer dropped a heartbreaker Sunday falling to No. 4 seed Mercer 1-0 in double overtime in the quarterfinals of the Southern Conference Championship at Betts Stadium.

Turning Point:

Mercer scored the lone goal in the match in the 108^th minute in double overtime. 

Individual Leaders

• Mercer's Ally Fordham scored the golden goal for the Bears.
• Western Carolina's Mackenzie Wright, Renee Saneholtz and Emily Threatt each had three shots in the match.
• Junior goalkeeper Natalia Icen gave up one goal, had four saves and falls to 4-2 on the year.

Inside the Box Score

• Western Carolina outshot the bears with 18 to the Bears 16.
• The Catamounts had a strong chance to be the team walking away with the win at the 103^rd minute when WCU had a corner kick and got quality shots by Saneholtz and Mackenzie but both were wide of the goal.
• WCU also had two scoring chances to close out regulation with shots that went wide by Threatt and Julia Winter.
• The Bears, however, were the ones who found the back of the net just before the close of the second overtime. At the 108^th minute, Fordham took a pass from Abigail Zoeller for the Mercer goal.

News & Notes

• The Catamounts' 11 wins this season is the most under Head Coach Chad Miller. The 11 wins are also the most for a Western Carolina club since the 2008 team ended the year with 13 victories.  
• The Southern Conference will release the All-Conference and All-Freshman team on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

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