(Photo: Courtesy of Spring Arbor Athletics)
By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | November 27th, 2018
Spring Arbor Women’s Soccer has advanced to the NAIA Quarterfinals after their 2-0 win over Mobile. They shutout the team in Alabama on Monday night. This was the Cougars seventh appearance in eight years in the second round. Their record now stands at 19-1-1.
Spring Arbor outshot Mobile 17-4 and finished with nine corner kicks while the Rams had two. The shutout was the 16th of the season for Spring Arbor – the most in the country. Balcer had both of SAU’s goals in the match as well. This means she now has 126 career goals, moving her into fifth place all-time in NAIA history. She also has now scored 21 career national tournament goals.
The Cougars have claimed two national titles of late. SAU won it all in Orange Beach (tournament location) in 2015. The team finished 23-2-1. They were the sixth seed and defeated first seed Lindsey Wilson in the national title match. They also won it all last season, finishing 24-1-1 and defeating Benedictine.
Spring Arbor will now have a rematch with No. 9 Benedictine College who stands at 20-1-2 on the season. This is the quarterfinal round of the national tourney. The match will take place tomorrow at 2:30pm ET.
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