SU Seals ASC Playoff Birth with Win Over McMurry

ABILENE, TX - The Schreiner Men's Soccer team clinches their first ASC Playoff birth since 2006 with a 2-0 victory over McMurry.  With the win, the Mountaineers earn the fourth seed in the six team tournament field and will play #5 seed Howard Payne on Friday at 11:00 am at UMHB in Belton.  SU, HPU and Mississippi College all tied for fourth place in the regular season standings but Schreiner won the tiebreaker and earned the highest seed of the three teams.   The two teams met in Kerrville on September 18th with Schreiner getting the 1-0 win in overtime.

As for Saturday's match, Schreiner dominated the action, outshooting McM 18-1, but it was a still a scoreless tie at halftime.  With their season on the line in the second half, junior Jeremy Leoni had the tie-breaking goal midway through the second period on an assist from Adam Harvey.  Less than six minutes later, Harvey again provided the assist, this time to sophomore Taylor Bontz, as Schreiner picked up an insurance goal.  Sophomore Matt Johnson picked up another shutout, only needing to make two saves as the Mountaineer defense was again stifling.

The win caps a regular season turnaround for the Mountaineers and a return to the ASC playoffs.  After appearing in the ASC tournament for three straight years (2004-06), the past two have seen a dropoff.  The Mountaineers were picked to finish 11th this year, but happily return to the ASC playoff hunt as SU finished 7-3-3 in the conference, which claimed the fourth spot.