SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Mercer goalkeeper Jeremy Booth has been named the Southern Conference men’s soccer player of the week for all competition Oct. 5-11. The selection is made by the league office.

Booth, a junior from Norcross, Ga., allowed just one goal on the week and posted a shutout as Mercer went 1-1. Booth fashioned a 0.47 goals-against average in 191 minutes, 15 seconds of work.

Booth allowed his only goal of the week in a 1-0, double-overtime loss to Furman on Tuesday, Oct. 6. After saving a Paladin penalty-kick try in the first overtime, Booth was unable to stop a second attempt from the spot, as Furman took the win in the 102nd minute of play. Booth made two saves in the contest.

In a 1-0 win at ETSU on Saturday, Booth made five saves en route to his fifth clean sheet of the season.

The award is the first of Booth’s career and the third for a Mercer player this season.

Mercer (7-5-0, 2-2-0 SoCon) heads to Lexington, Va., to take on VMI (0-12-0, 0-4-0 SoCon) on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Also nominated: Jacques Francois (UNCG) and Tanner DeFreitas (Wofford).

2015 SoCon Men’s Soccer Players of the Week
Sept. 1 Leeroy Maguraushe, UNCG
Sept. 8 Jordan Duru, Mercer
Sept. 15 Damieon Thomas, UNCG
Sept. 22 James Smith, ETSU
Sept. 29 Eli Pinner, Furman
Oct. 6 Ian Antley, Mercer
Oct. 13 Jeremy Booth, Mercer

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