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ST. AUGUSTINE – Peach Belt Conference regular season champion Flagler College hosts the No. 8 seed Lander University in a quarterfinal match in the league's postseason tournament at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Nov. 12) at Saints Field.
Flagler will look to advance to Evans, Georgia and the PBC final four on Friday. The last time the Saints played in the semifinals was in 2017.
The Saints are 3-8-2 all-time vs. the Bearcats. However, Flagler is 3-1-1 in the last five matches. The two teams have met twice before in the conference tournament quarterfinals with Lander winning both 1-0 (2009 and 2011) at Greenwood, South Carolina.
The same two teams met at Saints Field on Nov. 2 with the Saints coming away with a 3-2 overtime win.
Annie Habeeb scored the golden goal with 2:42 left in the first overtime period. It was her second goal of the match. Haleigh Bollig scored the first goal of the match and the Bearcats got an own goal late in the game to force overtime.
Flagler (16-0-1 overall, 10-0-1 PBC) is one of just four teams in the nation without a loss. The No. 3 (United Soccer Coaches D2 Top 25) Saints are led by
Sara Sandberg, who has a pair of single-season school records for goals (20) and points (50). She is second in the nation in points per game (2.94), third in goals per game (1.18) and points, and fourth in goals.
Charlene Nowotny leads D2 in assists (18) and has scored 10 goals. She has tallied 38 points. Habeeb has added 11 goals.
Sarah-Lisa Dubel has recorded six shutouts this season and broke the school's career record earlier in the year. Dubel is third in the conference in goals-against average (0.77).
Lander (6-8-2, 4-5-2) snapped a four-match losing streak with an 8-0 win against Georgia Southwestern State University last Saturday. Emily Jernstad leads the Bearcats with 10 goals and 23 points. Brianna Taylr has seven goal and four assists for a total of 18 points. Sarah Owen has a 1.20 goals-against average. She is fourth in the PBC in GAA.
The winner of the match will advance to the semifinal round, which will be played Friday, Nov. 15 at Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, Georgia and will face the winner of the Georgia College-Columbus State game at 11 a.m.
Ticket prices for Tuesday's quarterfinal match are $8 for adults; $5 senior citizens (age 55-up); $5 for children (10-17); $3 for Flagler College faculty; and, $3 for military members. Children under 10 years of age are free along with students with valid identification from Peach Belt Conference member institutions.
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