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3
Alabama St. ALST (1-8-0, 0-0-0)
4
Winner Mercer MU (8-1-0, 0-0-0)
Alabama St. ALST
(1-8-0, 0-0-0)
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Final
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Mercer MU
(8-1-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Alabama St. ALST 1 2 3
Mercer MU 2 2 4

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Late rally comes up short for @BamaStateWSC against Mercer

MACON, Ga. | After trailing late, Alabama State rallied to pull within a goal, but the late rally came up one goal short in a 4-3 loss to Mercer on the road in the Hornets final non-conference regular season match Sunday afternoon.

Alabama State (1-9) scored early in the match on a penalty kick, the first of two combined for each team in the match in the third minute to give the Hornets a 1-0 lead as McKenna Lupori was able to finish the play. However, Mercer answered with a pair of goals late in the half to take a one-goal lead into intermission. The Bears got a penalty kick goal by Hayley Moore, before Nicole Icen scored her fifth goal of the season on an assist by Moore for the 2-1 lead.

The second half was scoreless until a flurry of goals by both teams in the final 14 minutes of the match, beginning with the second goal of the year by Ashley Thomas to tie the match for Alabama State to even the score at 2-all.

Mercer would add a pair of goals within a minute of each other beginning with a goal by Sarah Adcock in the 79th minute, before Pace Stephenson took a feed from Icen to push the lead to 4-2 in the 80th minute. Alabama State was able to cut the lead to one at 4-3 on the fifth goal of the season by Isabella Beortegui in the 90th minute for the final margin.

Alabama State opens conference play this week on the road against Grambling State Friday night, before facing UAPB Sunday afternoon.

Quotable from head coach Jodie Smith
"I am really proud of how we competed today, especially in the second half. I love the character of our team, and the way we compete. For the fourth straight game, we took an early lead that we let get away but kept playing and got the equalizer. We got down again, but kept competing." - on the overall play of his team

"We now have to turn our attention to second season, with conference play. I like our mentality moving forward." - on moving forward

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