WARRENSBURG, Mo. – After their shootout victory over Northeastern State on Friday in their first ever NCAA Tournament game, the #20 Concordia-St. Paul soccer team (17-2-3, 12-1-2 NSIC) will play the 2017 National Champions #4 Central Missouri (18-2-1, 10-0-1 MIAA) on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Central Missouri is playing in their 10^th straight NCAA Tournament and are coming off a 4-1 victory over Southwestern Oklahoma State on Friday. On the other side of the Central Region bracket, Augustana defeated Central Oklahoma 2-1 on Friday afternoon and will face the number one seeded Minnesota State on Sunday. 
 
2019 NCAA Central Region Tournament schedule
 Semifinals, Sunday, November 24 – Warrensburg, Mo.
1:00 p.m. – CSP vs UCM

Semifinals, Sunday, November 24 – Mankato, Minn.
1:00 p.m. - No. 1 Minnesota State vs AUGIE
 
LAST TIME OUT
In the first half the Golden Bears struck first and they struck fast. Hannah Pavek took one through the defenders and found the net from about 30 yards out to get the Golden Bears up 1-0 in the 5^th minute of play. The RiverHawks picked up their pace of play and possessed the ball 52% of time in the first as they outshot the Golden Bears 4-3 and each team put one shot on goal. The Golden Bear defense was able to propel NSU's attacks and maintain the CSP lead. The RiverHawks had three corner kicks and the Golden Bears had two as Jordyn Clark made one save in the first 45 minutes and Ainsley Cunningham allowed one goal and faced three shots without making a save in the first half.
 
In the second half the RiverHawks came out strong as they had a shot in the 47^th minute that missed the net wide. Four minutes later Sarah Rector took the ball herself up the middle and had a great shot that found the top right side of the net in the 51^st minute to tie the game up 1-1 in the second half. The Golden Bears would dominate the rest of the half as they possessed the ball 52% of time in the second half and outshot the RiverHawks 6-4 with two shots on net and held Northeastern State to just one shot on net. The Golden Bears had seven corner kicks in the second half to try and take the lead but Cunningham and the RiverHawks defense played tenacious and held the Golden Bear offense off to force overtime in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. 
 
In the first overtime the Golden Bears continued their dominance as they put two shots on goal and held the RiverHawks to zero shots. In the 94^th minute Nikki Anderson tried to go up top, but Cunningham made a great save. Again, in the 98^th minute Haleigh Bares tried to win the game for CSP, but Cunningham got low to make the save and the game would head into double overtime.
 
In the second overtime the Golden Bears again had two shots and the RiverHawks had a shot as well. In the 100^th minute of play Callie Rucker tried to win the game for Northeastern, but she missed wide which set up an opportunity for Hannah Pedersen and the Golden Bears, but Pedersen's shot also went high of the net. In the 107^th minute Jena Berkland tried to win the game for Concordia, but she was stopped by Cunningham and the game would be decided in a shootout.
 
 In the shootout, Paulina Chavez shot first for the RiverHawks as she tried to go bottom left, but Jordyn Clark made the diving save. Anna Haub shot first for the Golden Bears as she buried the ball in the right side of the net. Emily Seiler shot second for Northeastern State as she tried to go bottom right but again Jordyn Clark made the diving save. Nikki Anderson shot second for the Golden Bears as she buried her shot into the bottom left side of the net and CSP was up 2-0 in the shootout. Sarah Rector shot third for NSU and she placed the ball into the top right side of the net to get the RiverHawks on the board in the shootout. Leah Johnson shot third for the Golden Bears as she put the ball into the bottom left corner to give CSP a 3-1 lead in the shootout. Mariah Nicolet shot fourth for Northeastern and she missed the net wide right and the Golden Bears won the game in a shootout to advance to the second-round game on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
CENTRAL MISSOURI SERIES HISTORY
This will be the first time ever that the Golden Bears and the Jennies will play each other. CSP is 3-3 vs MIAA schools since 1999 including Friday's first round win over Northeastern State. 
 
ABOUT THE JENNIES
Central Missouri is 18-2-1 overall and 10-0-1 in conference play this season, they finished in first place in the MIAA Standings. In their conference tournament they defeated Washburn 2-1 in the quarterfinals but were defeated by the MIAA Conference Tournament champions Central Oklahoma 1-0 in the semifinals. Central Missouri defeated Southwestern Oklahoma State in Friday's round one game as Emily Kramer scored two goals in the victory for the Jennies. Central Missouri played three NSIC teams in their non-conference schedule at the beginning of this season. They defeated Augustana 5-1, they lost to Minnesota State 2-0 and they defeated Bemidji State 1-0 in OT. 
 
The Jennies have scored 51 goals and have only given up 19 goals this season, they have put up 333 shots and have allowed 244, they have recorded 175 shots on goal and have allowed 102 shots on goal. Junior Makayla Toth leads the team and is tied 13^th in the nation with 17 goals this season. She is second on the team with eight assists and leads the team with 42 points. Kassie Newsom is second on the team with seven goals and is tied for the team lead with nine assists. Haley Freeman has four goals and is tied with Newsom for the team lead in assists with nine. Macy Ruffalo is third on the team with six goals, Kelsey Mueller and Nayeli Gallo each have three goals and seven other Jennies have scored at least one goal this season. 
 
Sophomore keeper Lindsey Johnson has seen the majority of time in net for Central Missouri, she has a 17-2-1 record while playing in 1,827 minutes and making 76 saves for a .817 save percentage and a .84 goals against average. 

The Golden Bears will face off with the Jennies at 1 p.m. at Central Missouri. Both live stats and live stream will be available free of charge for this game. The links to this game can be found on the soccer teams schedule page.