OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels have qualified for the Sooner Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament as the fifth-seed and will play at the fourth-seeded Wayland Baptist University Flying Queens Saturday night (Nov. 7) at 7 p.m. in Plainview, Texas.
The Lady Evangels rebounded nicely from an 0-3 start to finish 8-7-1 overall and 5-3-1 in the SAC, while the Flying Queens bring a record of 6-6-3 overall and a 5-2-2 league record into the tourney.
The lone meeting this season came in Plainview, where the Lady Evangels battled WBU to a 1-1 tie.
The winner of this matchup will advance to the semifinals on Tuesday (Nov. 10) against the survivor of No. 8 seed Southwestern Christian University and top-seeded USAO at the campus of the highest remaining seed.
The SAC women's soccer championship match will be held on Friday (Nov. 13), also at the site of the highest seed.
The other SAC quarterfinal matchups are (6) Texas Wesleyan University at (3) John Brown University and (7) Southwestern Assemblies of God University at (2) Oklahoma City University.
The Lady Evangels are led in scoring this season by Kaci Power's 12 goals, while Kaitlyn Whitten leads the SAC with 95 saves on the season.