CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- Fifth-seeded Chattanooga women's soccer takes on No. 4 seed Mercer Friday afternoon in the quarterfinal round of the Southern Conference Championship. The game is set to kick off at 4:00 p.m. at Whitmire Stadium in Cullowhee, N.C.
 
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRACKET
The Mocs are in the Western Carolina bracket. The Catamounts claimed a second straight regular season title are hosting the quarter and semi final rounds as the No. 1 seed. They will take on Wofford Friday night after the Terriers beat VMI in the first round on Tuesday.
 
GAME DAY INFORMATION
#5 Chattanooga vs. #4 Mercer
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Site: Cullowhee, N.C. | E.J. Whitmire Stadium
Links for live stats and streaming video on ESPN+ are available online at GoMocs.com on the women's soccer schedule page.
 
POSTSEASON AWARDS
To be announced Thursday, October 31 at 3:00 p.m.
 
ABOUT CHATTANOOGA (6-8-3, 5-4 SoCon)
The Mocs played a stout non-conference slate that included SEC foes Tennessee and Alabama as well as #15 Xavier. Once in league play, UTC started off with a win over Wofford. After falling in the next three, Chattanooga bounced back with a four-game win streak to jump to third in the Southern Conference standings by one point over Mercer and Furman. However, a season-finale loss to regular season champion Western Carolina dropped the Mocs to fifth.
 
Caroline Richvalsky leads the team with 14 points on a team-best six goals and two assists. Zoey Mize has a team-best seven assists and is tied for third in the SoCon. She is second on the team in scoring with 11 points. Richvalsky, Mize and Sophia Mize have two game winning goals apiece. Caroline Ekern has played every minute in goal for the Mocs and has a 1.16 goals against average.
 
ABOUT MERCER (11-4-3, 5-2-2 SoCon)
The Bears opened the season with a five-game non-conference unbeaten streak that included a four-game win streak as well as an exhibition 3-0 win over Auburn. In league play, Mercer posted three shutouts falling only to the SoCon's top two teams. The team averages 2.39 goals per game on an average 18.8 shots.
 
Larkin Thomason leads the Southern Conference with 34 points on 14 goals and six assists. Jada Moorman is tied for fourth with 20 points as well as nine goals. Sara Engels has four goals and four assists and is third on the team with 12 points. Lindsay Bell has played all 18 games in goal for the Bears and is second with seven clean sheets. She has a 1.11 goals-against average and a 74.0 save percentage.
 
MOCS IN THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
1996     First Round        #5          at #4 Appalachian State              L, 2-6
1997     First Round        #7          at #2 Wofford    L, 0-3
2003     Quarterfinal      #4          vs. #5 ETSU        W, 3-1
               Semifinal                           vs. #1 Furman   L, 0-3
2004     Quarterfinal      #4          vs. #5 Davidson               L, 1-2
2005     Quarterfinal      #6          vs. #3 UNC Greensboro              L, 0-2
2014     First Round        #10        vs. #7 Wofford  L, 0-5
2015     First Round        #8          vs. #9 VMI          2OT, 0-0 (2-3 PK)
2016     Quarterinal        #6          vs. #3 Mercer     L, 0-3
2017     Quarterfinal      #6          vs. #3 UNC Greensboro              L, 0-2
2018     First Round        #7          vs. #10 VMI        L, 0-1
2019     Quarterfinal      #6          vs. #3 UNC Greensboro              2OT, 1-1 (2-4 PK)
2020 (21)            Semifinal            #3          vs. #2 Furman   L, 0-1
2021     First Round        #8          vs. #9 Wofford  2OT, 1-1 (5-3 PK)
               Quarterfinal                     vs. #1 Samford L, 0-5
2022     Quarterfinal      #1          vs. #8 Wofford  W, 2-1
               Semifinal                           vs. #4 UNC Greensboro              LO2, 1-2
2023     Quarterfinal      #6          vs. #3 Samford LO2, 2-3
 
First Round        0-4-2 (PK: 1-2)
Quarterfinal      2-6-1 (PK: 0-1)
Semifinal            0-3-0
Overtime             0-2-3 (PK: 1-2)
 
MOCS IN THE CHATTANOOGA RECORD BOOK
• Caroline Richvalsky is tied for ninth on the Mocs career list with 39 points. She has 15 career goals, also tied for ninth, and nine assists. She is seventh all-time with 162 shots taken.
• Zoey Mize is tied for fourth on UTC's all-time list with 13 assists, five off UTC's all-time mark. Her seven assists this season is also tied for fourth on the single season list. She tallied two assists in the Mocs win over The Citadel, marking the second time in her career that she has aided two goals in the same game.
• Caroline Ekern second on UTC's career list for wins with 20 and fourth with 13 shutouts. She is fifth with a 1.19 career goals against average and sixth for saves (163). Her 1.29 goals against average this season is currently tied for 10th on the single season list.
 
MOCS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS (10/29)
• Zoey Mize is 54th for assists per game (0.41) and 46th in the NCAA for total assists with seven. She has assisted on five Caroline Richvalsky's six goals and had two against The Citadel (Sophia Mize, Sylvie Keck).
• Caroline Richvalsky is 44th for shots per game at 3.59 and 52nd for shots on goal per game with 1.71 per game.
• Clarissa Salinas is tied with 319 players this year so far for penalty kicks. She is 1-for-1 with the game-tying PK against Georgia State. The Mocs are one of 134 teams to hit all PK attempts.
• Caroline Ekern is 58th in the NCAA for Goalie Minutes Played at 1530:00. She has played every minute in goal for Chattanooga this season. She is ranked 150th for shutouts with fourth is season.
• 100     Shot Accuracy  0.476
• 139     Goals-Against Average 1.176
• 149     Corner Kicks per Game               4.71
• 153     Shots on Goal per Game            5.76
• 175     Shots per Game              12.12
 
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