Women's Soccer fell to the MidAmerica Nazarene University Pioneers at home Tuesday night.
The No. 4 Seed Ravens scored a late goal, but lost 2-1 to the No. 5 Seed Pioneers in the Heart of America Conference Tournament Quarterfinals.
MNU notched the game's opening goal with 12 minutes left in the opening half. A good ball forward was met with a solid strike that beat
Emma Smith in the Ravens net.
The Pioneers doubled their lead late in the half, scoring on a solid move in the box to put MNU up 2-0 at the break.
The Ravens showed fight in the second half and earned a corner with 33 minutes to play.
Isabel Agudelo's ball went into the box and
Eva Andrews was able to put her head to it but the MNU keeper was there to swallow it up and keep the Ravens scoreless.
Jenna Wilken earned a Penalty Kick with 21:20 left in the contest when she was taken down inside the box on a breakaway, but the ensuing PK from
Teya Bigknife slipped wide left as the Ravens remained down 2-0.
The Ravens finally broke through in the 90
th minute when Agudelo scored in the box off a rebound, but the time ran out on the comeback attempt. The Pioneers move on to the Heart Semifinals against No. 1 Seed Clarke University.
The Ravens (13-3-3) will now wait for the NAIA National Tournament Selection show at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 to find out what their future holds.
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