Columbus State Advances with 7-0 Win Over USC Aiken

Columbus, GA - Columbus State's Sarah Hawkins took a Lindsey Morgan pass and beat the USC Aiken defense for a goal just over 14 minutes into play Tuesday night, and the Lady Cougars never looked back from there, taking a 7-0 win over USC Aiken in the opening round of the 2007 Peach Belt Conference Tournament. CSU moves to 14-3-1 on the year with the win - its seventh consecutive win and sixth straight shutout.

CSU got the first of two goals from Stephanie Parrish at the 28:29 mark of the first half to make it 2-0. Jill Walthall and Leslie Matthews each assisted on the score - the team-best 11th of the season for Parrish. Kate Walton got the final score of the period for the Lady Cougars as she took a perfect feed from Gina Goforth and poked a shot past Pacers keeper Nicole Westphal for a 3-0 lead.

Hannah Ospina collected her 10th goal of the season just under eight minutes into the second half to put CSU up 4-0. The goal came off a corner kick. Parrish would add her 12th goal of the year in the 70th minute for a 5-0 lead, this one coming off a nice pass from Cortney Norris.

Goforth then got into the scoring column just over three minutes later as she took a feed from Jessica Woodson and blasted it into the upper right corner for a 6-0 lead. Rachel Walthall added the final score in the 77th minute off another well-placed cross from Woodson.

In all, CSU out-shot the Pacers 22-0 on the night. The Lady Cougars had nine corner kicks in the game to none for USCA, and the Pacers committed seven fouls to three for CSU in a cleanly played contest. USC Aiken ends its season at 5-12-1.

Sixth-ranked CSU earned the right to host the PBC Final Four for the third straight year by virtue of Tuesday's win. The Lady Cougars, regular season PBC champions, will face fourth-seed GC & SU on Friday night at 7 PM. The Bobcats defeated Clayton State 2-0 in Milledgeville on Tuesday. The other semifinal game will kick off at 4:30 PM and will feature #2 seed Armstrong Atlantic State against #3 seed Lander. AASU survived with a 1-0 overtime win over North Georgia on Tuesday, while Lander defeated UNC Pembroke 2-0. The Friday winners will advance to Sunday's championship game at 2:30 PM at the CSU Soccer Complex.