BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Richie Edmondson scored one goal and set up the winner and Mercer upset top-seeded Campbell 3-1 in Friday's first semifinal game of the Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer championship tournament at the Eakes Athletic Complex.

Mercer keeper Brett Petricek made four diving saves, all in the first half, to keep the Bears level. Campbell hit the woodwork twice, once in each half, before Mercer took the lead for good on Ian Cameron's 72nd minute goal.

The Bears (7-10-2) advance to Sunday's 1:00 p.m. championship against either second-seeded Stetson or third seed East Tennessee State. Campbell, which won the A-Sun regular season title for the third time in five years, concluded its year at 8-10-1.

The Camels went in front on Keegan Terry's header off Mitchell Cardenas' corner kick. Cardenas touched the corner to Vince Petrasso, who stopped the ball for a far post service. Terry nodded the ball home for his fifth goal of the year.

However, Mercer equalized just 1:21 later. Camel keeper Ted Awana saved Ryan Young's header off a corner, but the rebound fell loose in the area. Will Betts touched the ball to Richie Edmondson, who netted his second goal of the season.

Petricek dove to save Ben Iiames' ninth-minute header, then left his feet again in the 19th minute to stop Cardenas' free kick.

In the 23rd minute, Petrasso's left-footed shot beat Petricek, but caromed off the left post. Twice in the final nine minutes of the half, the Mercer keeper again kept the score tied - on a point-blank stop against Terry in the 38th minute and in the 41st when he came off his line to stop Petrasso at the top of the area.

Arkenson Neckles nearly put the Bears in front in the 48th minute when he broke free down the right flank, but Awana dove to make the save.

In the 61st minute, Petrasso was fouled on the break just outside the Mercer box. Cardenas' resulting free kick deflected off the wall and the cross bar.

The winning goal came in the 72nd minute. Neckles headed down Edmondson's serve in the box to Cameron, whose 10-yard shot was nearly saved by Awana, but rolled in. Less than eight minutes later, a poor clearance fell to Neckles just outside the box. His right footed shot deflected off a Camel defender and dipped into the upper right corner of the net.

Campbell finished with a 14-9 edge in shots, but only five of those were on target.

"I have to commend our opponent for the fight and drive Mercer had," said Campbell head coach Doug Hess. "As hard as it is to believe that the season is over, I'm not going to define the careers of our seniors; or the work of our team this season, by 90 minutes, but rather the long haul, their body of work. Tournament soccer is never fun. It's cruel."

Six Fighting Camel seniors, who helped the Camels win four Atlantic Sun Conference trophies and earn the program's first NCAA College Cup berth, made their final playing appearances. Ted Awana (2008-09), Pat Danford (2006-09), Jason Keever (2007-09), Justin Madrid (2005-09), Vince Petrasso (2006-09) and Austin Skakle (2006-09) helped Campbell build a 25-4-5 A-Sun regular season record over the past four years, and a 32-5-5 mark dating back to fifth-year senior Madrid's freshman campaign. Along the way, the Camels won the league regular season title in 2005, '08 and '09 as well as the conference tournament crown in '07, while garnering the program's first-ever year-end national ranking in '08.