Box Score EVANS, Ga. – The two newest members of the Peach Belt Conference, the University of Montevallo and Flagler College, once again laced it up in the Peach Belt Conference final four at Blanchard Woods Park. Each team had won two matches in the previous four years in the tournament. Each won a semifinal match and each won a championship. Tonight, Montevallo, the No. 7 seed, upset Flagler, the No. 3 seed, 2-1 to advance to the conference championship match on Sunday against Francis Marion University.
Montevallo has won six of its last seven matches to improve to 10-8-0 overall. Flagler falls to 9-6-3 and will now await the NCAA Division II Selection Show on Monday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. on ncaa.com to see if it earned one of the six at-large berths to the tournament.
Gary O'Neill scored both goals for the Falcons. After a scoreless first half, O'Neill knocked in Jeffrey Hessenberger's free kick in the 50th minute for the first goal of the match.
O'Neill's second goal came in the 68th minute when he headed in Hessenberger's corner kick.
The Saints got on the board in the 72nd minute when
Zach Shanahan chested down
Stephen Pratt's cross from the right side, right in front of the goal, and then knocked the ball into the back of the net.
Shanahan tried to score the equalizer in the 76th minute when he blasted a shot from the top of the box, but Brendan Ledgeway was there to stop the shot.
Ledgeway recorded four saves for the Falcons while
Camp Bissell tallied two saves for the Saints.
Montevallo out-shot Flagler 8-7, but the Saints held a slight 5-4 advantage in shots on goal. Montevallo won the corner kick battle 3-2 and also led in fouls 14-11.
Montevallo (10-8-0) vs. Flagler (9-6-3)
Date: Nov 08, 2013 Attendance: 100
Weather: cool, 50 degrees
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
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Montevallo.......... 0 2 - 2
Flagler............. 0 1 - 1
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 49:10 UM-M Gary O'Neill (3) (Jeffrey Hessenberger) - 15 yd shot following free kick
2. 67:31 UM-M Gary O'Neill (4) (Jeffrey Hessenberger) - Header off corner kick
3. 71:35 FLG
Zach Shanahan (9) (
Stephen Pratt) - Bodied in from doorstep after cross from right side
Shots: Montevallo 8, Flagler 7
Saves: Montevallo 4 (Brendan Ledgeway 4), Flagler 2 (
Camp Bissell 2)
Peach Belt Conference Tournament Semifinal
#7 Montevallo vs. #3 Flagler
