Gracen Crosby
Bree Hicken
1
Winner Mercer MER (1-0-0, 0-0-0)
0
Georgia St. GSU (0-1-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Mercer MER
(1-0-0, 0-0-0)
1
Final
0
Georgia St. GSU
(0-1-0, 0-0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Mercer MER 0 1 1
Georgia St. GSU 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Panthers Fall 1-0 to Bears

ATLANTA -- Georgia State fell to Mercer 1-0 Thursday night in the season opener.

The Bears scored in the 53rd minute and managed to defend a flurry of shots by the Panthers in the final minutes. Georgia State rattled off seven shots in the second half.

Mercer and Georgia State split possession 50-50 and the Bears finished with 13 shots to GSU's eight.

In the 53rd minute, Jaddah Foos saved a point-blank shot for the Panthers but the ball deflected to Mercer's Payton Schurr who sent the rebound to the back of the net.

Freshman Bree Barley put two shots on target for the Panthers and sophomore Brooke Hart put a header on goal in the closing minutes that was saved by the Bears. 

Georgia State travels to Chattanooga Sunday to take on the Mocs at 7 p.m. on ESPN+. 
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