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OMAHA, Neb. – Marshfield High School graduate Ethan Finlay scored the game-winning goal in the 97th minute to lead the Creighton University men’s soccer team to the College Cup with a 1-0 win over South Florida on Sunday at Creighton’s Morrison Stadium in an NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Tournament quarterfinal.
The game was originally scheduled for Saturday but was postponed due to heavy snow.
Finlay knocked in a deflection of a shot attempt from teammate Andrew Ribeiro to score his team-leading 14th goal of the season and sixth game-winner. Finlay, who graduated from Marshfield High School in 2008, has scored 43 career goals for Creighton, which ranks seventh all-time in Missouri Valley Conference history.
Creighton finished the season a perfect 14-0 at home and will move on to its fourth College Cup Final Four in school history (1996, 2000, 2002).
The Bluejays (21-2) will play Charlotte (16-4-3) in the first of two national semifinals at 5 p.m. Saturday at Hoover, Ala. North Carolina (20-2-2) and UCLA (18-4-1) will play in the other semifinal at 8:30 p.m. The winners will play in the NCAA championship game Sunday at 3 p.m. All three games of the College Cup will be televised live on ESPNU.
For a complete wrap-up of the game go to: gocreighton.com