Under Armour Team of the Week Announced
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Eastern Oregon University women’s soccer team has been selected as the “Under Armour Team of the Week” for April 12-18 the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
The No.16 ranked Mountaineers completed a weekend sweep winning the Santa Barbara Opening Round of the NAIA National Championship.
Entering the two-day affair as the No. 2 seed, EOU defeated the No. 3-seeded La Sierra University Golden Eagles, 2-1. EOU displayed constant pressure offensively with 19 shots, 10 of which were on goal and a stingy defense limiting La Sierra to just four shots.
In the final, EOU would face conference foe Oregon Tech. The Lady Owls, seeded No. 4 had upset No. 1 seed Westmont on Thursday to advance to the title game for a shot at advancing. In what was likely the most exciting game of the National Tournament thus far, nothing could be decided in regulation or the two overtime periods. As a result, a trip to Alabama would be decided on penalty kicks (PK’s). After finding themselves in the hole 3-0 to Oregon Tech an improbable comeback ensued with the Mountaineers prevailing by a final PK score of 5-4.
Eastern Oregon (8-1-3 CCC,5-1-2 overall) will next be in action on April 27 as they take on Spring Arbor (Mich.) at the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship final site.
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