COLUMBUS, Ga. – A Flagler College foul in the box with 45 seconds left to go in regulation set up Vanessa Aviles' penalty kick that gave No. 2 (United Soccer Coaches Top 25) Columbus State University a 1-0 win in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament Women's Soccer championship match Sunday afternoon at the Walden Soccer Complex.
Columbus State won its 13
th consecutive match and improved to 19-0-1 overall. It was the Lady Cougars' 10
th conference tournament title and second in a row. Flagler slipped to 8-3-6. Columbus State locked up hosting one of the two NCAA Division II Southeast Regional sites and Flagler will wait and see if it earns one of the at-large berths. The entire field will be unveiled tomorrow at 7 p.m. on ncaa.com.
Ella Gembicki had dispossessed the ball from a Columbus State player in the box and started to dribble the ball away when a CSU player cut in front, creating a collision, to draw the foul. Aviles fired a shot into the lower left corner for the lone goal of the match.
The Lady Cougars out-shot the Saints 31-5 as Emma Beddow had six and Aviles added five.
Paige Churchill led Flagler with two shots. The Saints did not have a shot on frame.
Heidi Harris recorded the shutout for Columbus State while
Henley Grunst finished with eight saves. The Lady Cougars had a 17-1 advantage in corner kicks.
All-PBC Tournament members were Maci Dunlap, Georgia Southwestern; Sophia Willis, USC Beaufort; Carrie Consolino, Clayton State; Emma Sexton, Lander; Adriana Duque, Georgia College; Ava Martin, Georgia College; Alizee Buresi, North Georgia; Darby Olive, North Georgia;
Andrea Fernandez, Flagler; Grace Simon, Flagler; Samantha St. Pierre, Flagler; Anna Labarbera, Columbus State; Faith Knoedler, Columbus State; and, Sage Smith, Columbus State. The tournament MVP was Vanessa Aviles of Columbus State.
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