BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Maddi Koury's three second half points helped Mercer hold off Campbell 14-11 during Saturday's 2023 regular season finale at Barker-Lane Stadium.

The Bears claimed the Big South's regular season championship and earned the top seed in next week's conference tournament, improving to 15-2 overall and finishing 9-0 in league games. Campbell, meanwhile, dropped to 11-6 on the season and 7-2 in Big South games.

After back to back Campbell goals from Joslin Hanbury and Olivia Ohlmann broke a four score Mercer run, the Camels and Bears took a 7-7 deadlock into the halftime break.

Out of the half, Mercer posted three of the first four strikes of the third period that included a goal and an assist from Koury. With Mercer up 12-9, Rasa Welsh and Lexi Goff goals, both assisted by Hanbury, brought CU back within one with 4:01 to play.

Mercer answered 53 seconds later with a Kileigh Casey goal, and Koury's second score of the day capped off the 14-11 win.

Koury tallied a game-high five points on two goals and three assists, adding a caused turnover and a ground ball, while Shannon Urey and Gabby DiVirgilio both notched three goals apiece for the Bears. Lind tacked on two goals, while Emma Pizzo caused three turnovers with three ground balls and Kate Vanderlinde collected 13 saves.

Welsh paced Campbell with four points on three goals and an assist with three caused turnovers and two ground balls. Sam Bischoff also recorded two goals and an assist with five draw controls, while Hanbury also totaled three points on a goal and two assists, adding three ground balls.

Chandler Stewart grabbed three ground balls with two caused turnovers, while Katie Ochall collected seven of Campbell's 17 draw controls, and Emma Strickland made 10 saves.

The Camels will await their tournament seeding for next week's 2023 Big South Championship, set for May 5-7 in Macon, Ga., featuring Campbell, Furman and High Point in addition to regular season champion Mercer. Semifinal matchups are set for Friday, May 5 at 4:00 p.m. (No. 1 seed Mercer vs. No. 4 seed) and 7:00 p.m. (No. 2 vs. No. 3 seeds).