WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Midwestern State (14-0-4, 8-0-2) defeated St. Mary's (10-5-2, 6-2-2) 1-0 on Wednesday night at Stang Park. Midwestern State earned the No. 1 seed in the upcoming LSC Postseason Tournament and extended its unbeaten streak to 29 games. MSU finished with an 18-8 shot advantage, put seven shots on goal and recorded the shutout with two saves.
Midwestern State won the LSC regular season trophy for the 13th time and for the fourth time in the last six seasons. MSU has captured 16 regular season conference championships since 1999.
The Mustangs finished the regular season unbeaten for the sixth time in program history.
The Maroon & Gold generated several chances before breaking through, including a 14-minute stretch early in the match with five shots and two corner kicks and another first-half spell with five shots and a corner. The breakthrough came in the second half, when
Liam Kervick received a ball into the box and crossed into the six-yard area for
Parker Plaxco, who finished from short range at the near post. StMU followed with a stretch of four attacking actions, including three shots and a corner, but the Mustangs kept the margin intact. MSU also created a late sequence of its own with two shots and three corner kicks over a five-minute span.
Plaxco, who scored his conference-leading 15th goal of the season and his NCAA Division II-leading seventh game-winning goal, had four shots and three on frame.
Alan Rivera and
Eduardo Cerna each added three shots.
Jake Morris played the full 90 minutes in goal and made two saves, one in each half.
Midwestern State will play the winner of Saturday's quarterfinal match between No. 5-seed St. Edward's and No. 4-seed UT Dallas on Wednesday night at Stang Park.
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