Sport: Women's Soccer
Opponent: Mercer
Location: Statesboro || Bo Pitts Field
Time: 5 PM

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Quickly: Georgia Southern opens up play at the newly christened Bo Pitts Field on Thursday, hosting in-state rival Mercer ... The Eagles are 1-2 on the year after collecting a 2-0 victory over Kennesaw State last Thursday at Tormenta Stadium ... Addison Comer and Smith Cathey scored goals off of corner kicks in a three-minute second-half stretch to help the Eagles notch their first win of the season ... Mercer enters the match 4-0 with a gaudy 18-1 goal differential after defeating UNC Asheville, 4-0, in its last outing ... This is the first meeting between the two teams since a 1-0 win by Georgia Southern on September 12, 2021 ... Marcela Montoya converted a late penalty kick to give the Eagles the win in that match in Macon ... Mercer has not visited Georgia Southern since 2020 ... GS leads the overall series, 12-8-1, but the series is tied 5-5 in Statesboro.