Cougars cruise past IWU, enters CL Finals for sixth straight season
SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – The No. 5 ranked Spring Arbor University women’s soccer team has punched its ticket to the Crossroads League Tournament Championship for the sixth straight season following its 5-0 win over Indiana Wesleyan University on Saturday. Spring Arbor scored four first half goals, including three off of corner kicks, en route to the victory. The top-seeded Cougars will host third-seeded Marian University in the finals next weekend after the Knights upset second-seeded, and No. 10 ranked, Grace College in the tournament's other semifinal matchup. Sophomore Sarah Klunder put SAU on the board early when she put a corner kick into the back of the net in the sixth minute. The Cougars doubled their lead in the 13th minute when Klunder found the head of freshman Bethany Balcer, who was just named the league's Player of the Year, on another corner kick. Moments later, the duo would hook up once again in similar fashion with Balcer heading home another corner from Klunder. Spring Arbor would tack on one more before halftime when freshman Casandra Besteman notched her third goal of the season. Sophomore Abbey Fuller lofted a centering pass towards the goal that the…
