Creighton Overtime Victory Advances Bluejays to College Cup
Minnesota’s Eric Miller and Brent Kallman will be making a trip the NCAA Men’s D1 College Cup next weekend. The Bluejays shut out their opponent for the 18th time this season with a 1-0 overtime win over South Florida Sunday afternoon at Morrison Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
The golden goal came in the 97th minute of action and was scored by Ethan Finlay, his 14th of the season. Andrew Ribeiro had taken a hard shot at the SFU goal after several minutes of sustained pressure by Creighton. Ribeiro’s shot was stopped by an SFU defender but the ball dropped to Riberio who made no mistake from close range.
Freshman defender Eric Miller went the distance and sophomore midfielder Brent Kallman logged in 43 minutes in the rescheduled game. The NCAA quarterfinal game was originally scheduled for Saturday but a snowstorm forced the cancellation of the match until the field was cleared of snow on Sunday.
The 1-0 win gave Creighton its 18th shutout of the season and moves the Bluejays to their fourth College Cup. They also advanced to the finals in 1996, 2000 and 2002. The victory also returns Creighton head coach Elmar Bolowich to his fourth straight College Cup and his fifth overall.
It was also Bluejays’ senior goalkeeper Brian Holt’s 43rd career shutout setting a new NCAA record.
Creighton (21-2-0) will now travel to Regions Park, Hoover, Ala. for the College Cup semifinal game against Charlotte (16-4-3). The game will be played next Friday, December 9th at 5:00 pm CT. Charlotte defeated Connecticut 4-2 in penalty kick shootouts on Sunday.
The University of North Carolina (19-2-2) will also advance to the College Cup after defeating St. Mary’s (CA) (11-6-5) by a score of 2-0. The Tar Heels will play UCLA (17-4-1) who defeated Louisville (14-6-2) by a score of 1-0 with the goal coming in the second overtime on Saturday.
Both matches will be televised on ESPNU.
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USF put up a fight against an extremely physical team under adverse conditions and disrupted travel plans. The team did the school proud, and a large portion of the team is back next year. Looking forward to see how they respond next fall.