The Covenant College men's and women's soccer teams played a doubleheader conference playoff games on Saturday.
The men's team beat No. 4 seeded Maryville 2-1 and will advance to the conference championship. The women loss to Asbury 2-0.
The Covenant men immediately went in front as Kade Theunnisen assisted a Luke Laughlin header off a corner kick in the second minute. The Scots kept getting corner kick opportunities with eight of them over the next 25 minutes.
Fox Landgren and Theunissen had Covenant's final shots of the half, both of which were off target.
At the half, Covenant had outshot Maryville 11-2. Less than two minutes after the intermission Craig Mcllwraith netted a free kick from just outside the box at the bottom left of the goal that tied the match at one.
Tisdale scored the winner in the 75th minute on a rebound off his first shot that was saved by the Maryville keeper. In the final 10 minutes, Maryville had two good chances with deflected shots, but fortunately for Covenant both went wide of the net.
Covenant moves to 10-9-3 all-time against Maryville. Theunissen's assist in the second minute was his 14th of the year, breaking the school record for most assists in a single season. Covenant outshot Maryville 21-6. Corner kick count was 17-1 Covenant. Maryville had a higher tally in fouls at 14-12. Covenant hosts the CCS Championship next Saturday against Belhaven or Asbury
In the women's game, Scots took on Asbury in the Quarterfinals of the CCS tournament. Covenant was looking to beat the Eagles again as it did in the regular season, but were unable to put any goals on the board, as their season came to a close with a 2-0 loss.
Covenant had two corner kicks in the first minute and change but were unable to convert on either attempt. The game's first goal was scored by Asbury as Hannah Muncie buried her shot in the left part of the net in the 19th minute off of a great pass from Peighton Sowder.
In the 23rd minute, Lila Wiley looked to have a great opportunity to score, however play was stopped as the Scots were called for offside in what was a very close play. At the half, both teams had taken just three shots.
Just seconds into the second half, Asbury capitalized on a Covenant mistake as Emily Carpenter scored with an open net to give the Eagles a 2-0 lead. Covenant got its first shot on goal from
Gretchen Caswell, however it was saved by Maliya Crump in the 64th minute.
In the 66th minute, Asbury had a shot on goal but it was saved by Bronwyn Kickasola. In the 74th minute, Mae Pierce put a dangerous shot on goal, only to be saved by Crump who barely got a hand on it, as the ball was headed to the top right corner of the net. Covenant put up five more shots in the last 15 minutes, but were unable to put any in the net.
Covenant moves to 6-4 all-time against Asbury. Covenant outshot Asbury 11-6 with Asbury putting five shots on goal to Covenant's three. Covenant had a higher foul count at 10-5.